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Wednesday newspaper preview: South West Water, Hyve, Royal Exchange
Wed 03 June 2026 07:11
(Sharecast News) - A utility company has been fined £1.85m for supplying water unfit for human consumption after a parasite outbreak made hundreds of people sick and forced thousands of households to boil their water. South West Water (SWW) pleaded guilt
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Anthropic, unemployment, business rates
Tue 02 June 2026 07:20
(Sharecast News) - More than a million jobs, higher wages, nearly half a trillion pounds in investment in the pipeline - the UK's green economy is powering ahead, according to research by the country's leading business organisation. The net zero economy,
Monday newspaper round-up: Arm CEO, Meta, Jes Staley
Mon 01 June 2026 07:07
(Sharecast News) - The UK's financial watchdog is being urged to prove its relationship with the US tech company Palantir will not provide the Trump administration with backdoor access to troves of sensitive citizen and commercial data. A US law that can
Sunday newspaper round-up: Easyjet, dark trading, Tempest fighter jet, Keir Starmer, Premier Group Recruitment, Lebanon
Sun 31 May 2026 08:16
(Sharecast News) - Easyjet could become the latest company to exit London's struggling stock market after US investment fund Castlelake said it was considering a takeover approach, according to The Times. The disclosure triggered a formal "put up or shut
Friday newspaper round-up: Nationwide, Anthropic, Marks & Spencer
Fri 29 May 2026 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Labour is poised for a fresh attempt at changing the welfare system after a major government-backed report said youth unemployment was costing Britain more than £125bn a year. As official figures revealed the number of young people not
Thursday newspaper round-up: Food crisis, Universal Music, Samsung
Thu 28 May 2026 07:13
(Sharecast News) - Britain is "sleepwalking into a food crisis" caused by extreme weather, inflation and the impacts of the Iran war - and the government is failing to take the threat seriously, food experts have said. Farmers are facing severe strain fro
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Energy price cap, Post Office Horizon, Radley
Wed 27 May 2026 07:16
(Sharecast News) - Households will face the steepest summer rise in energy charges in four years after months of soaring market prices caused the government's energy price cap for Great Britain to climb by 13%. Under the cap the average gas and electricit
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Meta, British businesses, Eurowag
Tue 26 May 2026 07:18
(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has instructed cabinet colleagues to award government contracts in four critical industries directly to British companies, making clear her irritation that ministers have been sending too much government business abroad. I