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  • Friday newspaper round-up: Donald Trump, Telegraph sale, Blue Owl
    20 Feb, 2026 07:18
    (Sharecast News) - A new 33-strong drone unit is being deployed to investigate the scourge of illegal waste dumping across England, the government has announced. The improvements to the investigation of illegal waste dumping - which costs the UK economy ?

  • Thursday newspaper round-up: Retailers, Tesla, Rachel Reeves
    19 Feb, 2026 07:17
    (Sharecast News) - UK retailers are planning to cut staff hours and jobs amid rising employment costs and pessimism about the economy. Almost two-thirds (61%) of finance bosses at retail companies said they planned to reduce working hours or cut overtime,

  • Wednesday newspaper round-up: British Steel, Japan/US, net zero
    18 Feb, 2026 07:20
    (Sharecast News) - British Steel has secured an order worth tens of millions of pounds to supply rail for a high-speed electric railway in Turkey, amid continuing uncertainty over the long-term future of the government-controlled steelworks in Scunthorpe.

  • Tuesday newspaper round-up: Vista/Mastercard alternative, KPMG, Boots/Morrisons
    17 Feb, 2026 07:19
    (Sharecast News) - UK bank bosses will hold their first meeting to establish a national alternative to Visa and Mastercard, amid growing fears over Donald Trump's ability to turn off US-owned payment systems. The meeting, chaired by Barclays' UK chief exe

  • Monday newspaper round-up: Interest rates, Morrisons, Octopus Investments
    16 Feb, 2026 07:17
    (Sharecast News) - The Trades Union Congress is urging the Bank of England to cut interest rates and rekindle economic growth, pointing to analysis showing that cash-strapped consumers are lagging their international peers. The Bank's monetary policy comm

  • Sunday newspaper round-up: Labour Party, BrewDog, Peter Mandelson, Restore Britain, Greene King, LSEG
    15 Feb, 2026 09:45
    (Sharecast News) - A group of 25 Labour MPs and several trade union leaders have urged Keir Starmer to abandon what they described as a "narrow, factional agenda", according to the Guardian.

  • Friday newspaper round-up: Anthropic, NS&I, BBC
    13 Feb, 2026 07:13
    (Sharecast News) - The artificial intelligence company Anthropic said on Thursday it raised $30bn in its latest funding round that values the Claude maker and OpenAI rival at $380bn, underscoring the breakneck pace of AI investments. The round, led by the

  • Friday newspaper round-up: Anthropic, NS&I, BBC
    13 Feb, 2026 07:13
    (Sharecast News) - The artificial intelligence company Anthropic said on Thursday it raised $30bn in its latest funding round that values the Claude maker and OpenAI rival at $380bn, underscoring the breakneck pace of AI investments. The round, led by the

  • Friday newspaper round-up: Anthropic, NS&I, BBC
    13 Feb, 2026 07:13
    (Sharecast News) - The artificial intelligence company Anthropic said on Thursday it raised $30bn in its latest funding round that values the Claude maker and OpenAI rival at $380bn, underscoring the breakneck pace of AI investments. The round, led by the

  • Thursday newspaper round-up: Housing market, Tesco, Orbex
    12 Feb, 2026 07:08
    (Sharecast News) - There are "tentative signs" that the housing market in England and Wales is recovering from a months-long slowdown after uncertainty around the autumn budget and economic pressures, estate agents and surveyors have reported. The Royal I

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