Press round-up from ShareCast

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

Friday newspaper round-up: Speciality Steel UK, Canada tariffs, X and Meta

Fri 11 July 2025 07:22

(Sharecast News) - Ministers are considering options to step in to save another major steel plant if its parent company collapses into administration after a key court case next week. The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, is understood to be looking

Thursday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, high streets, X boss

Thu 10 July 2025 07:20

(Sharecast News) - Thames Water paid almost £2.5m to senior managers from an emergency loan that was meant to be used to keep the failing utilities company afloat - and has refused to claw back the payments, newly released documents reveal. The strugglin

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Wealth tax, net zero economy, Sizewell C

Wed 09 July 2025 07:20

(Sharecast News) - The London stock market risks "drifting into irrelevance" without government and regulatory reforms, ranging from tax breaks for stock market listings to looser bonus rules for directors, a lobbying group has said. The 20 recommendation

Tuesday newspaper round-up: NDAs, Amazon, wealth tax, Seraphine

Tue 08 July 2025 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Bosses in the UK will be banned from using non-disclosure agreements to silence employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination in the workplace as part of the government's overhaul of workers' rights. Ministers will on Monday

Monday newspaper round-up: EasyJet staff, hiring confidence, Apple

Mon 07 July 2025 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump has said that his administration plans to start sending letters on Monday to US trade partners dictating new tariffs, amid confusion over when the new rates will come into effect. "It could be 12, maybe 15 [letters]," the p

Sunday newspaper round-up: Trade, AstraZeneca, Tax hikes

Sun 06 July 2025 12:41

(Sharecast News) - Brussels is heading into a critical week, with just two to go to clinch a trade agreement with the US or face a 50% levy on its exports. At stake are €1.6trn in transatlantic trade. Germany is down as favouring a quick deal akin to th