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Thursday newspaper round-up: Post Office, Amazon, UK stocks

Thu 04 July 2024 07:22

(Sharecast News) - The former chair of the Post Office has expressed "sincere regret" for the state-owned body's failings in the Horizon IT scandal and said it was a mistake not to show a key report on the problem to its board. Tim Parker, who was chair o

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Private rents, M&S, Hipgnosis

Wed 03 July 2024 07:21

(Sharecast News) - Average private rents in Great Britain have climbed to record highs, prompting a call for the next government to prioritise measures to help create an extra 120,000 rental properties. Data shows that the typical advertised rent outside

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Inflation, Thames Water, Randox

Tue 02 July 2024 07:26

(Sharecast News) - Britain's next government is poised to benefit from easing pressure on household finances after a slowdown in inflation in stores and a fall in fuel prices, but costs remain "too expensive" for many families. Figures from the British Re

Monday newspaper round-up: Investment bankers, energy price cap, Raspberry Pi

Mon 01 July 2024 07:01

(Sharecast News) - London's investment bankers are expected to rake in bigger bonuses this financial year, as the City begins to recover from a two-year slump in deals caused by surging interest rates. Demand for investment banking services - such as faci

Sunday newspaper round-up: Britvic, Prices of UK homes, BT Group

Sun 30 June 2024 10:54

(Sharecast News) - Aviva, one of the ten largest shareholders in Britvic, thinks that Carlsberg needs to raise its takeover offer. During the preceding week, Britvic had let it be known that it had already rebuffed two acquisition offers from the Danish b

Friday newspaper round-up: Port Talbot, Elon Musk, Amazon

Fri 28 June 2024 07:28

(Sharecast News) - Tata Steel has told workers it could to cease operations at its steel plant in Port Talbot months earlier than planned because of a strike. The company had been planning to shut down one of the blast furnaces by the end of June and the

Thursday newspaper round-up: Betting advertising, Ferrari, Mike Ashley

Thu 27 June 2024 07:17

(Sharecast News) - The UK's current trade deal with the EU is not working and the country must stop "walking on eggshells" around the issue of building closer ties with its biggest trading partner, the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Post Office, Aston Martin, Stellantis UK

Wed 26 June 2024 07:27

(Sharecast News) - The UK needs a system for recording misuse and malfunctions in artificial intelligence or ministers risk being unaware of alarming incidents involving the technology, according to a report. The next government should create a system for

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Energy suppliers, Boeing, Thames Water

Tue 25 June 2024 07:26

(Sharecast News) - EDF, Utilita and British Gas have been named as the worst energy suppliers for customer service, as research shows industry standards have slipped sharply. Citizens Advice said customer service ratings across the industry were among the

Monday newspaper round-up: John Lewis, heat pumps, THG

Mon 24 June 2024 07:20

(Sharecast News) - The outgoing chair of John Lewis has insisted that the retail group is "back on track" and "more fit for the future" with an improving financial position enabling it to spend money refurbishing Waitrose supermarkets and opening convenie