Press round-up from ShareCast

Thursday newspaper round-up: UK car manufacturing, River Island, Tesla

Thu 24 July 2025 07:21

(Sharecast News) - British car and van manufacturing slumped in the first half of the year to its lowest since 1953 outside the Covid pandemic, as Donald Trump's US tariffs caused global industry chaos. UK vehicle manufacturing declined by 12% to 417,200

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tariffs, UK banks, Eurostar...

Wed 23 July 2025 07:12

(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump said the US had agreed the terms of a "massive" trade deal with Japan that will impose 15 per cent tariffs on goods imported into America from the world's fourth-largest economy. The 15 per cent levy is lower than the 25 pe

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Sizewell C, State pensions, Gaza

Tue 22 July 2025 07:28

(Sharecast News) - Ed Miliband has given final approval for the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station at a cost of at least £38bn. The Energy Secretary took the final investment decision on the controversial power station on Tuesday. The site

Monday newspaper round-up: LSE, Ofwat, house prices...

Mon 21 July 2025 07:11

(Sharecast News) - London Stock Exchange Group is weighing whether to launch 24-hour trading as bourses race to extend access to stocks amid growing demand from small investors active outside normal business hours. The group is looking into the practicali

Friday newspaper round-up: JLR, BNPL, Telegraph sale, water industry

Fri 18 July 2025 07:23

(Sharecast News) - Britain's largest carmaker, Jaguar Land Rover, has delayed the planned launches of its new electric Range Rover and electric Jaguar models to give it time for more testing and for demand to pick up, the Guardian can reveal. JLR has writ

Thursday newspaper round-up: WPP, Jerome Powell, Elon Musk

Thu 17 July 2025 07:25

(Sharecast News) - The advertising agency WPP has been asked to work up ideas for a government-endorsed advertising blitz to urge more consumers to invest in stocks through a "Tell Sid"-style campaign expected to cost tens of millions of pounds. Plans for

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Red tape, billionaires, diesel emissions

Wed 16 July 2025 07:09

(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has claimed that rules and red tape are acting as a "boot on the neck" of businesses and risk "choking off" innovation across the UK without bold reforms. In a speech to City bosses attending the Mansion House dinner at Lo

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Rachel Reeves, electric cars, Marks & Spencer

Tue 15 July 2025 07:11

(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves will claim that cutting red tape for City firms will have trickle-down benefits for households across Britain, as she tries to drum up support for a new financial services strategy. A raft of regulatory reforms are due to

Monday newspaper round-up: Pubs, country houses, Severn Trent

Mon 14 July 2025 07:19

(Sharecast News) - The boss of the pub chain Greene King has called for changes to business rates to remedy "unfairness" that he said added to financial pressures on the struggling pubs industry. Nick Mackenzie, Greene King's chief executive, said the bus

Sunday newspaper round-up: EU tariffs, Begbies Traynor, Burberry's

Sun 13 July 2025 12:34

(Sharecast News) - The US President announced that imports from the EU and Mexico would both be taxed at 30% commencing on 1 August. The announcement was a surprise for both Brussels and the US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, as both believed that t