Press round-up
Monday newspaper round-up: Affordable housing, mobile coverage, unemployment
06 Jul, 2026 07:12
(Sharecast News) - Half of all affordable housing supply in rural England could be under threat under plans being considered by ministers to relax regulations for private housing developers, according to analysis. The government has proposed ending affordNewspaper round-up: Ukraine strikes, Next, Barratt Redrow, EU EES, Elon Musk, OpenAI, Neil Kinnock, state pension
05 Jul, 2026 07:48
(Sharecast News) - Ukraine launched a fresh longrange strike on Russian energy infrastructure early on Saturday, hitting an oil terminal outside St Petersburg, according to The Telegraph. Dozens of drones targeted Russia's secondlargest city overnigFriday newspaper round-up: Ineos, EG Group, Hill Group
03 Jul, 2026 07:21
(Sharecast News) - The boss of Currys has said supplies of air conditioning and fans are "tight" ahead of another UK heatwave, expected next week, after a boom in sales sent retailers scrambling to source new stock. Alex Baldock, chief executive of the elThursday newspaper round-up: EU car industry, Getty Images-Shutterstock, United Utilities
02 Jul, 2026 07:10
(Sharecast News) - The EU's car industry has called for the UK to be fully included in new "made in Europe" rules that threaten to shut out British manufacturers from their biggest export market. The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (Acea) onWednesday newspaper round-up: Fuel poverty, Asda, BoE
01 Jul, 2026 07:17
(Sharecast News) - Millions of households in Great Britain will be pushed into fuel poverty after months of volatility on the global gas markets as energy bills rise by more than £220 a year under the government's price cap from Wednesday. As the cap onTuesday newspaper round-up: Brompton, TG Jones, housebuilders
30 Jun, 2026 07:18
(Sharecast News) - The French sports gear retailer Decathlon and a Chinese investment group that was an early backer of Labubu soft toys have bought stakes in the British folding bike maker Brompton, as its boss said the cycling market was recovering fromMonday newspaper round-up: Chipmakers, HS2, Revolut
29 Jun, 2026 07:00
(Sharecast News) - Shares in chipmakers have surged in the first half of this year as investors piled into companies that make the hardware underpinning the AI boom, according to analysis. Investors have driven up the value of semiconductor and memory chiSunday newspaper round-up: London homes, ITV, United Utilities, Iran, Ukraine, Ocado, digital tax
28 Jun, 2026 08:55
(Sharecast News) - Around one third of new homes in London failed to sell to private buyers last year, underlining the scale of the housebuilding challenge facing incoming mayor Andy Burnham, according to the Telegraph. CBRE analysis of Molior data showedFriday newspaper round-up: Crown estate, UK food and drink exports, Ocado
26 Jun, 2026 07:17
(Sharecast News) - King Charles's property management company has made more than £1bn for the third consecutive year thanks to the boom in offshore windfarms paid for through energy bills. The crown estate, the royals' portfolio of land and property, repThursday newspaper round-up: UK graduates, Andy Burnham, Micron Technology
25 Jun, 2026 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Great Britain's grid operator is expected to pay millions to fire up gas power plants to avoid a rare summer power supply crunch on Wednesday evening as extreme heat puts pressure on the energy system. The National Energy System Operato
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