Press round-up
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Wealth tax, Paramount, UK pension funds
21 Jul, 2026 07:18
(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham has announced a fresh tax cut to remove VAT from domestic electricity bills from 1 October, a move that will funded from cancelling the Digital ID programme. The prime minister said in a statement: "Westminster has not beenMonday newspaper round-up: Pay gap, Thames Water, Boohoo
20 Jul, 2026 07:09
(Sharecast News) - The bosses of Britain's largest listed companies received record pay last year, fuelling the widest earnings gap with workers in eight years. Median pay for FTSE 100 chief executives hit £5.06m in the last financial year, according toSunday newspaper round-up: Northumbrian Water, Live Nation, Benjamin Netanyahu, digital IDs, poultry sector, Cuba
18 Jul, 2026 23:23
(Sharecast News) - Northumbrian Water will hand chief executive Heidi Mottram a £1.5m retention payment over the next five years, a sum that sits outside Ofwat's new powers to block bonuses at companies that breach pollution rules, according to The TimesFriday newspaper round-up: IMF warning, AI threat, Vodafone
17 Jul, 2026 07:29
(Sharecast News) - Britain cannot afford a fresh spending binge, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Andy Burnham. The Washington-based body said the UK Government should be "very selective in accommodating new demands" for spending and insteThursday newspaper round-up: SpaceX, Stonegate, Utmost
16 Jul, 2026 07:16
(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham must avoid another "summer of speculation" on tax and spend that would spook British business, the chief executive of the CBI has warned. As Burnham prepares to take up the Labour leadership on Friday, with a new cabinet toWednesday newspaper round-up: Heating oil customers, benefit claimants, SoftBank chief
15 Jul, 2026 07:23
(Sharecast News) - Heating oil customers whose deliveries were cancelled when the war in the Middle East caused a price surge are to receive compensation of up to £350 each following an investigation by the UK competition watchdog. As the crisis unfoldedTuesday newspaper round-up: North Sea oil, Anthropic, EV owners
14 Jul, 2026 07:13
(Sharecast News) - The US government has already paid back tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it collected before the supreme court ruled them illegal, according to budget figures released on Monday. Tariffs - taxes on imported goods - have been a keyMonday newspaper round-up: Pub sector, Eurostar, war bonds
13 Jul, 2026 07:13
(Sharecast News) - The beleaguered pub sector is getting a boost from England's World Cup run, with some landlords reporting roaring sales as anticipation builds for a bumper night on Wednesday for the semi-final clash with Argentina. Lisa Mayall, the manSunday newspaper round-up: Burnham, Wahaca, digital services tax, Asda, carbon emissions, Iran
11 Jul, 2026 22:19
(Sharecast News) - Leading British tech entrepreneurs, including Multiverse chief executive Euan Blair, have urged Andy Burnham not to risk stifling enterprise by imposing higher taxes, according to The Times. A coalition of prominent founders has writtenFriday newspaper round-up: Nigel Farage, diesel prices, Kraken Technology
10 Jul, 2026 07:16
(Sharecast News) - Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to announce a new City "skills compact" that will commit firms such as Barclays and Lloyds to retraining thousands of financial sector workers for the AI revolution. The financial services skills compact will
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