Press round-up from ShareCast

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Co-op, Revolut, HSBC, Amazon

Tue 24 June 2025 07:20

(Sharecast News) - Co-op staff have accused the supermarket of putting their safety and security at risk by having too few people on duty - with some saying they have been threatened while working alone on the shop floor. Despite a surge in theft, many re

Monday newspaper round-up: Green levies, Thames Water, oil prices

Mon 23 June 2025 07:16

(Sharecast News) - The government is to slash green levies on thousands of businesses, in an effort to bring down sky-high energy costs for firms and boost the manufacturing sector in Labour heartlands. The measure is a key plank of the long-awaited indus

Friday newspaper round-up: UK manufacturing, passport fees, Thames Water

Fri 20 June 2025 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Thousands of European airline staff are being trained to stop people boarding flights to Britain without valid visas, in a move billed by the foreign secretary as a digital upgrade to border controls. David Lammy said the measures marke

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tariffs, UK gas plants, xAI

Wed 18 June 2025 07:24

(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump is threatening to keep 25% tariffs on some or all of its steel imports from the UK unless it gives specific guarantees over the Indian-owned steelmaking plant at Port Talbot in south Wales, sources have told the Guardian. A

Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK-US trade deal, Oxford Street, TSB

Tue 17 June 2025 07:27

(Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs "because I like them". The two leaders presented the deal, wh

Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK-US trade deal, Oxford Street, TSB

Tue 17 June 2025 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs "because I like them". The two leaders presented the deal, wh

Monday newspaper round-up: Ofwat, Fortnum & Mason, British manufacturers

Mon 16 June 2025 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Bonuses and dividends for water company bosses and shareholders should be approved by the regulator before they are paid, as billpayer funds are being used irresponsibly, MPs have said. They also recommended that the government consider

Friday newspaper round-up: Credit Suisse, P&O Ferries, KPMG

Fri 13 June 2025 07:27

(Sharecast News) - Bosses at Credit Suisse were warned against dealing with the Australian financier Lex Greensill's eponymous company three years before the collapse of his Greensill Capital, which once employed the former UK prime minister David Cameron

Thursday newspaper round-up: RedBird, Meta, WPP

Thu 12 June 2025 07:22

(Sharecast News) - A cross-party group of MPs and peers has called on ministers to investigate how a US private equity company is funding its £500m takeover of the Telegraph. In a letter sent to the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, last week, the MPs said

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Spending review, BT, AstraZeneca

Wed 11 June 2025 07:25

(Sharecast News) - Officials from the US and China have agreed on a "framework" to move forward on trade after two days of talks in London stemming from their confrontation over tariffs. The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, expressed optimism on Tue