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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Brompton, TG Jones, housebuilders
Tue 30 June 2026 07:18
(Sharecast News) - The French sports gear retailer Decathlon and a Chinese investment group that was an early backer of Labubu soft toys have bought stakes in the British folding bike maker Brompton, as its boss said the cycling market was recovering from
Monday newspaper round-up: Chipmakers, HS2, Revolut
Mon 29 June 2026 07:00
(Sharecast News) - Shares in chipmakers have surged in the first half of this year as investors piled into companies that make the hardware underpinning the AI boom, according to analysis. Investors have driven up the value of semiconductor and memory chi
Sunday newspaper round-up: London homes, ITV, United Utilities, Iran, Ukraine, Ocado, digital tax
Sun 28 June 2026 08:55
(Sharecast News) - Around one third of new homes in London failed to sell to private buyers last year, underlining the scale of the housebuilding challenge facing incoming mayor Andy Burnham, according to the Telegraph. CBRE analysis of Molior data showed
Friday newspaper round-up: Crown estate, UK food and drink exports, Ocado
Fri 26 June 2026 07:17
(Sharecast News) - King Charles's property management company has made more than £1bn for the third consecutive year thanks to the boom in offshore windfarms paid for through energy bills. The crown estate, the royals' portfolio of land and property, rep
Thursday newspaper round-up: UK graduates, Andy Burnham, Micron Technology
Thu 25 June 2026 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Great Britain's grid operator is expected to pay millions to fire up gas power plants to avoid a rare summer power supply crunch on Wednesday evening as extreme heat puts pressure on the energy system. The National Energy System Operato
Wednesday newspaper round-up: WH Smith, card payments, BBC News
Wed 24 June 2026 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Small suppliers including the charity Help for Heroes are to lose at least half the money owed to them by the former WH Smith high street chain if a planned restructure is voted through this week. The books to paperclips retailer, which
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Rail passengers, Lime, BoE
Tue 23 June 2026 07:10
(Sharecast News) - Rail passengers have been told to attempt to travel only if "absolutely essential" and check trains are running, with extreme heat expected to disrupt services around Britain. Temperatures are forecast to rise to 37C across most of sout
Monday newspaper round-up: Tech companies, Pennon, David Lloyd gyms
Mon 22 June 2026 07:11
(Sharecast News) - Leave-voting areas have seen faster relative growth in foreign workers since the Brexit referendum, a Guardian investigation has found. Data analysis suggests that the decade since the Brexit vote may not have matched the expectations o
Friday newspaper round-up: Fujitsu, Telegram, Grenson
Fri 19 June 2026 07:18
(Sharecast News) - The Japanese tech company at the centre of the Post Office IT scandal is facing calls from a parliamentary committee to make an "immediate" payment towards the compensation bill for victims. Fujitsu supplied the faulty Horizon software
Thursday newspaper round-up: Brexit, HMRC, new homes
Thu 18 June 2026 07:24
(Sharecast News) - Brexit has depressed UK exports to the EU by 12%, and rejoining the customs union would undo only a fraction of the damage, research shared with the Guardian shows. With the UK's future relationship with the bloc likely to feature promi