Press round-up from ShareCast

Tuesday newspaper round-up: FCA, housebuilders, Panmure Liberum

Tue 06 October 2026 07:20

(Sharecast News) - A top UK regulator has launched an investigation into how it handled a whistleblower - who highlighted alleged ties between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick - after he took his own life

Monday newspaper round-up: North Sea strikes, BT/TalkTalk, bank taxes

Mon 05 October 2026 07:10

(Sharecast News) - A looming strike by oil workers in the North Sea could "severely disrupt" UK fuel supplies, the Unite union has said, adding that staff were left with no choice after a breakdown in pay talks with the Texas oil company Apache. The union

Sunday newspaper round-up: Talk-Talk, Superstruct, Jaguar, Deliveroo, OpenAI, Manchester City

Sat 03 October 2026 21:38

(Sharecast News) - A rival bidder has urged ministers to block BT's move to acquire TalkTalk's wholesale arm, PXC, warning the deal would hand the former state telecoms giant "near‑total dominance" of the UK broadband market. Tom O'Hagan - a former Talk

Friday newspaper round-up: BBC, airlines, OpenAI

Fri 02 October 2026 07:06

(Sharecast News) - The BBC has started a redundancy process in its TV and streaming division, heightening staff fears that Matt Brittin will announce the closure of the poorly performing BBC Three and BBC Scotland channels next week. The corporation's dir

Thursday newspaper round-up: New oil and gas projects, Micron, ElevenLabs

Thu 01 October 2026 07:05

(Sharecast News) - An internal watchdog said the Federal Reserve mismanaged costs associated with a $2.4bn renovation of its Washington DC headquarters, but noted that no criminal violations occurred, according to a report released on Wednesday. For over

Wednesday newspaper round-up: BrewDog, Barclays, Grant Thornton

Wed 30 September 2026 07:08

(Sharecast News) - BrewDog's new owner has urged drinkers to give the ailing brand "a second chance" as it invests more than £50m in improving the company's beers, pubs and working conditions. The US cannabis and drinks company Tilray bought BrewDog fo

Tuesday newspaper round-up: BT, borrowings costs, RBA, tariffs

Tue 29 September 2026 07:02

(Sharecast News) - BT has been blocked from offering rival broadband providers discounted access to its network over concerns that the plans would threaten competition. Openreach, BT's infrastructure division, proposed discounts of up to £9.50 per mont

Monday newspaper round-up: Heathrow, diesel cars, empty homes

Mon 28 September 2026 07:09

(Sharecast News) - Plans for a third runway at Heathrow are once again up in the air after the prime minister refused to say whether he backs the "contested" project which is delayed by up to four years. Over the weekend it emerged that ​Heathrow no lon

Friday newspaper round-up: Food and drink trade deficit, datacentre project, Meta, Morgan Stanley

Fri 25 September 2026 07:10

(Sharecast News) - The gap between Britain's food and drink exports and imports has neared its highest this century, as a combination of Brexit, war in the Middle East and US tariffs dented deliveries overseas while imports soared. The UK's food and drink

Thursday newspaper round-up: Defence contractors, Bentley, McDonald's

Thu 24 September 2026 07:07

(Sharecast News) - Defence contractors have promised to create 40,000 apprenticeships, work experience placements and jobs for young people each year, as Wes Streeting claimed to be overseeing a "ministry for growth". Labour is keen to demonstrate that th