Press round-up from ShareCast

Thursday newspaper round-up: Advertisers, pubs, Asda, Rolls-Royce

Thu 29 October 2020 07:27

(Sharecast News) - Advertisers are cutting more than £700m from their marketing budgets in the run-up to Christmas, as the pandemic puts paid to the big budget extravaganzas that normally bombard the public over the festive season. While the annual Chris

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Young workers, Aston Martin, self-employed

Wed 28 October 2020 07:26

(Sharecast News) - The head of the UK's leading employers' organisation has stepped up pressure on the government to conclude trade talks with the EU so that the country can move on from the "suspended animation" of the past four years. Reflecting on her

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Young workers, IWG, business leaders

Tue 27 October 2020 07:36

(Sharecast News) - Young people in the UK are more than twice as likely to lose their jobs compared with older workers, according to a study that documents the growing divisions in the workplace since the Covid-19 pandemic hit in March. In the past two mo

Monday newspaper round-up: Aerospace industry, TalkTalk, Debenhams

Mon 26 October 2020 07:33

(Sharecast News) - The global aerospace industry has endured its worst quarter ever with record low orders for new aircraft and 12,000 UK jobs already lost or at risk because of the collapse in travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Aircraft manufactu

Sunday newspaper round-up: Coronavirus vaccine, UK-US trade, Shell

Sun 25 October 2020 12:39

(Sharecast News) - Plans are being drawn up for frontline NHS staff to receive a coronavirus vaccine within weeks, as the Government moves to accelerate the timetable for a mass roll-out. An email sent by an NHS Trust chief to his staff, seen by The Mail

Friday newspaper round-up: Driverless cars, NS&I, household wealth

Fri 23 October 2020 07:28

(Sharecast News) - Plans for cars to drive themselves on UK motorways as soon as 2021 are unlikely to go ahead after insurers warned government proposals were risking lives and "hugely wrong". Cars with the technology to keep in lane, accelerate and brake

Thursday newspaper round-up: Covid support package, wealth divide, Tesla, Asda

Thu 22 October 2020 07:33

(Sharecast News) - Rishi Sunak is expected to announce his fourth package of support for business in as many months amid mounting pressure on the government to help hard-hit companies in lockdown-affected regions. Trades unions and the UK's five big emplo

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Royal Mail, Poundstretcher, UK airports

Wed 21 October 2020 07:32

(Sharecast News) - Royal Mail postal workers will for the first time collect parcels on the doorstep, in one of the biggest changes to the service as it adapts to the decline in letters and rapid growth in online shopping. From Wednesday customers across

Tuesday newspaper round-up: ITV, PPE, working lunches

Tue 20 October 2020 07:36

(Sharecast News) - Mervyn King, the Bank of England governor during the financial crisis, has told the government now is not the time to worry about record levels of national debt and that the furlough scheme could be needed throughout 2021. In a warning

Monday newspaper round-up: China growth, BT, Autumn Budget

Mon 19 October 2020 07:29

(Sharecast News) - The Chinese economy grew 4.9% between July and September, according to government data, as China becomes the first major economy to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. The year-on-year expansion, while slightly lower than analyst expect