Press round-up from ShareCast

Friday newspaper round-up: Essar Energy, M&S, Intertek

Fri 24 April 2026 07:20

(Sharecast News) - Days after the first wave of Russian tanks surged over the border into Ukraine in March 2022, dockers at a port in northern England took a stand. Appalled by Vladimir Putin's brutality, workers at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire vowed never

Thursday newspaper round-up: Medicine prices, ticket touting, Ryanair

Thu 23 April 2026 07:23

(Sharecast News) - The war in Iran has pushed up the price of widely used medicines in England, including painkillers and hay fever medication, leading pharmacists have warned. Community chemists are charging customers 20-30% more for paracetamol than the

Wednesday newspaper round-up: SpaceX, airlines, PM Law, Kevin Warsh

Wed 22 April 2026 07:11

(Sharecast News) - The UK could face "hacktivist attacks at scale" if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar to recent high-profile ransomware incidents, according to the head of the country's online security agency. Richard Ho

Wednesday newspaper round-up: SpaceX, airlines, PM Law, Kevin Warsh

Wed 22 April 2026 07:11

(Sharecast News) - The UK could face "hacktivist attacks at scale" if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar to recent high-profile ransomware incidents, according to the head of the country's online security agency. Richard Ho

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Wind and solar farms, Amazon, energy debt

Tue 21 April 2026 07:20

(Sharecast News) - The government has confirmed plans to move older wind and solar farms which make up almost a third of Great Britain's power market on to fixed-price contracts to help protect households and businesses from future gas market shocks. Unde

Monday newspaper round-up: Job losses, net zero, Blue Origin

Mon 20 April 2026 07:12

(Sharecast News) - A quarter of a million people could lose their jobs by the middle of next year as Britain "flirts with recession", analysis suggests, after business confidence was shattered by the US-Israel war on Iran. As the chancellor, Rachel Reeves

Sunday newspaper round-up: Hormuz, Reform vetting, Virgin Atlantic, HS2, Peter Mandelson, Britain First protests

Sun 19 April 2026 08:19

(Sharecast News) - Iran has reinstated restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz after the US refused to lift its blockade of Iranian ports, according to thE Guardian, citing officials in Tehran. A UK maritime agency said IRGC vessels had fired at a tanker att

Friday newspaper round-up: Defence spending, Metro Bank, Aston Martin

Fri 17 April 2026 07:21

(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has warned "difficult choices" are required to increase defence spending and other budgets may have to be cut, including welfare. Under pressure for a faster rise in the military budget amid the Iran conflict and Russia's

Thursday newspaper round-up: Private rents, NHS drugs, data centre

Thu 16 April 2026 07:21

(Sharecast News) - Average private rents have stopped rising in Great Britain after almost a decade of increases, as more landlords cut their prices to secure a tenant, data shows. The typical advertised private rent outside London for properties coming o

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Lidl and Iceland, Help to Buy, shadow banking

Wed 15 April 2026 07:11

(Sharecast News) - Lidl and Iceland have become the first companies to have ads banned after the introduction of rules cracking down on the marketing of junk food in the UK. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been policing the ban on ads featur