Press round-up
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Red Sea islands, BoE bond selling, energy imports
15 Sep, 2026 07:21
(Sharecast News) - Yemen's Houthi militants have seized two strategic islands in the Red Sea, reinforcing the Iran-backed group's ability to control a key shipping route, as concerns mount that the world is facing a new oil supply crisis. The seizure of tMonday newspaper round-up: hospitality businesses, rail passengers, Battersea Power Station
14 Sep, 2026 07:18
(Sharecast News) - Hundreds of UK hospitality businesses, backed by celebrity chefs including Angela Hartnett and Heston Blumenthal, have asked Andy Burnham to lay out plans to lower VAT for the sector, urging him to make good on his previous pledge. MoreSunday newspaper round-up: Cardiff summit, Reform UK, Nats, JLR, Anthropic, Tesco
13 Sep, 2026 08:49
(Sharecast News) - The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will meet in Cardiff on Monday to sign a joint declaration calling for the right to hold independence referendums, according to The Telegraph. The paper said the unprecedented summit wSunday newspaper round-up: Cardiff summit, Reform UK, Nats, JLR, Anthropic, Tesco
13 Sep, 2026 08:49
(Sharecast News) - The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will meet in Cardiff on Monday to sign a joint declaration calling for the right to hold independence referendums, according to The Telegraph. The paper said the unprecedented summit wFriday newspaper round-up: Energy bills, triple lock, ONS data crisis
11 Sep, 2026 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Consumers will pay higher energy bills unless the UK government speeds up work on a vast programme of upgrades to the electricity grid to enable the switch to renewables, the public spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit OfficThursday newspaper round-up: Migration, air traffic control, triple lock
10 Sep, 2026 07:24
(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham must overhaul Shabana Mahmood's migration reforms or risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentiment, the TUC general secretary, Paul Nowak, has warned. Speaking ahead of the TUC's annual congress in BrightWednesday newspaper round-up: Air traffic control breakdown, Bet365, consumer finance claims
09 Sep, 2026 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Flight delays and cancellations were expected to continue into Wednesday at UK airports after another air traffic control failure kept planes grounded for hours, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers. At least 177 flights scheduTuesday newspaper round-up: UK retailers, Volkswagen, stock market funds
08 Sep, 2026 07:24
(Sharecast News) - UK retailers plan to create up to 100,000 short-term placements for young people not in employment, education or training (Neet) over the next three years to give them a first step on the ladder to paid work. In partnership with the DepMonday newspaper round-up: JLR, family-owned manufacturing businesses, airline passengers
07 Sep, 2026 07:25
(Sharecast News) - Professional designers should not feel "threatened" by the rapid growth of generative AI, according to business leaders, despite fears over job losses in the sector. With design and film production companies and manufacturers all adoptiSunday newspaper round-up: US-Iran strikes, EU border delays, Jaguar Land Rover, UK taxes, M&S, TG Jones
06 Sep, 2026 08:49
(Sharecast News) - The US military said it had struck three Iranian oil tankers after American warships came under missile attack, warning it would "if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet" as tensions in the region escalated. According
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