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  • Thursday newspaper round-up: Nationwide, RedBird IMI, PwC
    18 Sep, 2025 07:23
    (Sharecast News) - Nationwide building society has defended its chair, Kevin Parry, after he became the first boss of a major British lender to publicly engage with Nigel Farage's Reform UK party. It emerged on Wednesday that Parry, who has been chair of

  • Wednesday newspaper round-up: Microsoft, Wedgwood, Sanofi CEO
    17 Sep, 2025 07:28
    (Sharecast News) - A long-coveted deal to slash US steel and aluminium tariffs to zero has been shelved on the eve of Donald Trump's state visit to Britain, the Guardian has learned. Ministers were poised to finalise a deal this week that would have reduc

  • Tuesday newspaper round-up: JLR, The Economist, Google
    16 Sep, 2025 07:22
    (Sharecast News) - Big pharmaceutical companies have ditched or paused nearly £2bn in planned UK investments so far this year, causing "suffering" to patients, as ministers gear up for discussions with Donald Trump amid a row over drug pricing. The gover

  • Monday newspaper round-up: Private renters, Argos, Stellantis
    15 Sep, 2025 07:19
    (Sharecast News) - More than 40% of private renters in England and Wales were forced to ration their gas and electricity use last winter to afford their energy bills, according to Citizens Advice. A survey by the consumer charity found that 41% of renters

  • Sunday newspaper round-up: Sainsbury's, Bank of England, Predators
    14 Sep, 2025 19:45
    (Sharecast News) - Sainsbury's has balked at Chinese retailer JD.com's attempt to revise a bid for its Argos unit. That talks had been ongoing had been revealed just 24 hours before by the Telegraph. According to the UK retailer, JD was not willing to con

  • Friday newspaper round-up: UK pharma investment, Paramount, Octopus Energy
    12 Sep, 2025 07:23
    (Sharecast News) - Sir John Bell, a prominent scientist who brought business and government together during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, has warned that other big pharmaceutical companies will stop investing in the UK, after the US drugmaker MSD's decisi

  • Thursday newspaper round-up: Merck, North Sea, life sciences
    11 Sep, 2025 07:24
    (Sharecast News) - The US drugmaker Merck has scrapped a £1bn London research centre and is laying off 125 scientists in the capital this year, in a big blow to the UK's important life science sector. Keir Starmer's government has described life scienc

  • Wednesday newspaper round-up: Vodafone, car finance loans, UK legal services
    10 Sep, 2025 07:22
    (Sharecast News) - Vodafone has launched a fourth investigation into the historical conduct within its franchising division, which is at the centre of a £120m high court claim against the mobile phone group. Vodafone is also understood to have offered fi

  • Tuesday newspaper round-up: Murdoch family, UK banks, Pret A Manger
    09 Sep, 2025 07:24
    (Sharecast News) - The succession battle at Rupert Murdoch's media empire has ended. The family announced on Monday that Lachlan Murdoch, Murdoch's eldest son, will secure control of the Murdochs' sprawling media empire that includes Fox News, The Wall St

  • Citi upgrades Marks & Spencer to 'buy', sees attractive entry point
    08 Sep, 2025 08:53
    (Sharecast News) - Citi upgraded Marks & Spencer on Monday to 'buy' from 'neutral' and lifted the price target to 440p from 380p as it said structural tailwinds are underappreciated.

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