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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Government borrowing costs, US tech crash, civil servants
Tue 18 August 2026 07:18
(Sharecast News) - Government borrowing costs in several advanced economies hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, or even earlier, on Monday as investors feared the Middle East crisis would keep inflation persistently high. Concerns ove
Monday newspaper round-up: Water companies, asking prices, legal industry
Mon 17 August 2026 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Water companies could be allowed to raise bills for customers during periods of drought under proposals being considered by the sector's regulator for England and Wales. Suppliers would be permitted to factor "water scarcity" into bills
Sunday newspaper round-up: Cost of living, Royal estates, Reform welfare cuts, water surge pricing, Jo Bamford, Heathrow
Sun 16 August 2026 09:09
(Sharecast News) - British households are facing a renewed cost‑of‑living squeeze, with inflation expected to jump in July as soaring energy bills feed through into official data. Economists told The Guardian they expect the headline rate to rise to a
Friday newspaper round-up: Elon Musk, Thames Water, Avant Homes
Fri 14 August 2026 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Young people out of work or at risk of unemployment in the UK are to join "AI boot camps" where they harness the technology to get a foothold in the workplace. The government's latest attempt to address the crisis in Neets - young peopl
Thursday newspaper round-up: Greenland, Morrisons, Cisco Systems
Thu 13 August 2026 07:19
(Sharecast News) - Greenland authorities have forced a US oil company connected to Donald Trump to postpone drilling wells in the Arctic territory, defying claims by the US president's envoy that Americans could be extracting crude by next year. Amid Trum
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Heatwaves, AI data centres, CoreWeave
Wed 12 August 2026 07:14
(Sharecast News) - Repeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than £4bn in lost economic output by the end of July, new analysis shows. Green thinktank Verdant had suggested June's unseasonally hot weather h
Tuesday newspaper round-up: consumer confidence, easyJet, Thames Water
Tue 11 August 2026 07:24
(Sharecast News) - Consumer confidence hit its highest level in almost two years in July, according to research that indicated the closing stages of the men's football World Cup and more people holidaying in the UK lifted summer spending. A truce in the M
Monday newspaper round-up: Harvey Nichols, Heathrow, Lloyds Banking Group
Mon 10 August 2026 07:18
(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham has promised a series of measures to tackle the cost of living, including a ban on fake discounts and making it easier for people to escape unwanted subscriptions. The crackdown on "rip-off" business practices is expected t