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Press round-up from ShareCast

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Thursday newspaper round-up: Energy prices, national wage, Thames Water

Thu 28 March 2024 07:26

(Sharecast News) - Millions of households are being urged to submit meter readings to their energy supplier this weekend to ensure they do not overpay when cheaper prices come in on Monday. The consumer champion Martin Lewis is among those urging people t

Wednesday newspaper round-up: AI, CBI, US government debt

Wed 27 March 2024 07:18

(Sharecast News) - Almost 8 million UK jobs could be lost to artificial intelligence in a "jobs apocalypse", according to a report warning that women, younger workers and those on lower wages are at most risk from automation. The Institute for Public Poli

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Amanda Staveley, ITV, Bidstack

Tue 26 March 2024 07:26

(Sharecast News) - Are 200,000 jobs really supported by the oil and gas industry in the North Sea? Campaigners and MPs are questioning the longstanding government claim. Ministers have repeatedly used the 200,000 jobs figure as justification for pushing a

Monday newspaper round-up: Wind farms, interest rates, FCA

Mon 25 March 2024 07:21

(Sharecast News) - More than 20 leading social scientists have warned the UK's biggest investment companies and pension funds that allowing US-style executive pay packages could "create a significant risk of higher inequality" and "much worse lower levels

Friday newspaper round-up: Mike Lynch, Three, Scottish Power

Fri 22 March 2024 07:19

(Sharecast News) - Two major UK high street banks have been accused of continuing to finance fossil fuel expansion in the North Sea despite signing a pledge to align their activities with the net zero climate goal. HSBC and NatWest have provided tens of m

Thursday newspaper round-up: Reddit, Daily Mail, zero hour contracts

Thu 21 March 2024 07:24

(Sharecast News) - The disgraced former owner of Norton Motorcycles should have served jail time for his role in the multi-million-pound pension fraud, the chair of the Pensions Ombudsman service has told a parliamentary inquiry into the scandal. The comm

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Self-checkout, Indivior, Amanda Staveley

Wed 20 March 2024 07:22

(Sharecast News) - Cross-Channel ferry operators will be required to pay their crew at least £9.95 an hour after France implemented a new minimum wage law aimed at preventing the exploitation of seafarers. The move comes two years after P&O Ferries cause

Tuesday newspaper round-up: P&O Ferries, National Grid, Heathrow, Mike Lynch

Tue 19 March 2024 07:23

(Sharecast News) - P&O Ferries, which controversially sacked about 800 workers in 2022, has paid some crew members less than half the UK minimum wage thanks to an ongoing legal loophole the British government promised to close two years ago. Agency worker

Monday newspaper round-up: Mike Lynch, London population, heat pumps

Mon 18 March 2024 07:18

(Sharecast News) - A record 6.7 million people in Britain are in financial difficulty, a campaign group has claimed, as the cost of living crisis pushes more households into debt. A survey for Debt Justice found that 13% of adults had missed three or more

Sunday newspaper round-up: Nationwide, Direct Line, Rolls-Royce

Sun 17 March 2024 22:57

(Sharecast News) - Nationwide's bid to create the UK's second-largest savings and loans group by taking over Virgin Money may be derailed if its members get a say on whether the deal goes through or not. It would take just 500 Nationwide members depositin