Press round-up
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Government borrowing costs, US tech crash, civil servants
18 Aug, 2026 07:18
(Sharecast News) - Government borrowing costs in several advanced economies hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, or even earlier, on Monday as investors feared the Middle East crisis would keep inflation persistently high. Concerns oveMonday newspaper round-up: Water companies, asking prices, legal industry
17 Aug, 2026 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Water companies could be allowed to raise bills for customers during periods of drought under proposals being considered by the sector's regulator for England and Wales. Suppliers would be permitted to factor "water scarcity" into billsSunday newspaper round-up: Cost of living, Royal estates, Reform welfare cuts, water surge pricing, Jo Bamford, Heathrow
16 Aug, 2026 09:09
(Sharecast News) - British households are facing a renewed costofliving squeeze, with inflation expected to jump in July as soaring energy bills feed through into official data. Economists told The Guardian they expect the headline rate to rise to aFriday newspaper round-up: Elon Musk, Thames Water, Avant Homes
14 Aug, 2026 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Young people out of work or at risk of unemployment in the UK are to join "AI boot camps" where they harness the technology to get a foothold in the workplace. The government's latest attempt to address the crisis in Neets - young peoplThursday newspaper round-up: Greenland, Morrisons, Cisco Systems
13 Aug, 2026 07:19
(Sharecast News) - Greenland authorities have forced a US oil company connected to Donald Trump to postpone drilling wells in the Arctic territory, defying claims by the US president's envoy that Americans could be extracting crude by next year. Amid TrumWednesday newspaper round-up: Heatwaves, AI data centres, CoreWeave
12 Aug, 2026 07:14
(Sharecast News) - Repeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than £4bn in lost economic output by the end of July, new analysis shows. Green thinktank Verdant had suggested June's unseasonally hot weather hTuesday newspaper round-up: consumer confidence, easyJet, Thames Water
11 Aug, 2026 07:24
(Sharecast News) - Consumer confidence hit its highest level in almost two years in July, according to research that indicated the closing stages of the men's football World Cup and more people holidaying in the UK lifted summer spending. A truce in the MMonday newspaper round-up: Harvey Nichols, Heathrow, Lloyds Banking Group
10 Aug, 2026 07:18
(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham has promised a series of measures to tackle the cost of living, including a ban on fake discounts and making it easier for people to escape unwanted subscriptions. The crackdown on "rip-off" business practices is expected tSunday newspaper round-up: EU, UEFA, VitHit, foreign takeovers, DPD, Strait of Hormuz, North Korean troops
09 Aug, 2026 08:37
(Sharecast News) - Britain could seek to rejoin the EU's single market under a new postBrexit framework presented to Andy Burnham, according to The Telegraph. The plan, drafted by former Conservative MP Nick Boles and circulated among senior officialsFriday newspaper round-up: Gas power stations, Apple, Raleigh
07 Aug, 2026 07:19
(Sharecast News) - Trains across parts of north-west England have ground to a halt after a power failure hit the signalling centre controlling the railway in the region. Passengers awaiting Northern and TransPennine trains have been advised not to travel,
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