Press round-up from ShareCast

Thursday newspaper round-up: Shorter working week, Microsoft, EY

Thu 03 July 2025 07:21

(Sharecast News) - Nearly 1,000 British workers will adopt a permanently shorter working week, after the latest trial of a four-day week and similar changes to traditional working patterns. All 17 British businesses in a six-month trial of the four-day we

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Prax Lindsey, Santander/TSB, pensions, Qantas

Wed 02 July 2025 07:22

(Sharecast News) - The married couple behind the Prax Lindsey oil refinery awarded themselves at least $15.9m (£11.5m) in pay and dividends in the years leading up to its collapse, it has emerged, as the government urged the company's boss to "put his ha

Tuesday newspaper round-up: King Charles, Google, offshore companies

Tue 01 July 2025 07:15

(Sharecast News) - King Charles is set to receive official annual income of £132m next year, after his portfolio of land and property made more than £1bn in profits thanks to a boom in the offshore wind sector. Profits at the crown estate - which partly

Monday newspaper round-up: Cyber attacks, Asda, Lloyds IT outages

Mon 30 June 2025 07:13

(Sharecast News) - Shiploads of Minis, Aston Martins and Range Rovers will set sail for the US on Monday as the UK-US trade deal kicks in, but British farmers say they have been used as collateral to save the car industry. Auto shipments across the Atlant

Sunday newspaper round-up: Elon Musk, Rolls-Royce, Lotus

Sun 29 June 2025 11:46

(Sharecast News) - Elon Musk criticised Donald Trump's proposed tax and spending proposals on Saturday, labelling them "utterly insane and destructive". The tech mogul wrote on social media that "The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs

Friday newspaper round-up: Post office, local bus services, British vehicle production

Fri 27 June 2025 07:18

(Sharecast News) - The police criminal inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal is investigating more than 45 individuals, with seven formally identified as main suspects. The investigation, which the police described as unprecedented in size and s

Thursday newspaper round-up: Billionaires' wealth, China wind and solar installations, household incomes

Thu 26 June 2025 07:23

(Sharecast News) - The wealth of the world's 3,000 billionaires has surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade, according to Oxfam, equivalent to 14.6% of global output. In total the richest 1% of the global population has gained at lea

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Post Office, interest-only mortgages, Asda

Wed 25 June 2025 07:22

(Sharecast News) - Post office operators yet to claim compensation of at least £600,000 relating to the Horizon IT scandal have not been chased up by officials because the government did not want to "harass" them with letters, it has emerged. In a report

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Co-op, Revolut, HSBC, Amazon

Tue 24 June 2025 07:20

(Sharecast News) - Co-op staff have accused the supermarket of putting their safety and security at risk by having too few people on duty - with some saying they have been threatened while working alone on the shop floor. Despite a surge in theft, many re

Monday newspaper round-up: Green levies, Thames Water, oil prices

Mon 23 June 2025 07:16

(Sharecast News) - The government is to slash green levies on thousands of businesses, in an effort to bring down sky-high energy costs for firms and boost the manufacturing sector in Labour heartlands. The measure is a key plank of the long-awaited indus