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Thursday newspaper round-up: Self-driving taxis, ENRC, Barclays
Thu 03 September 2026 07:14
(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham moved to calm volatile bond markets on Wednesday as surging borrowing costs threatened to wreck plans for his government's crucial first budget next month. After a days-long sell-off of government bonds - and with the chanc
Wednesday newspaper round-up: defence spending, LSEG, Sports Direct
Wed 02 September 2026 07:21
(Sharecast News) - The chancellor, John Healey, must be prepared to raise taxes for middle earners if he wants to fund significantly higher defence spending, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has said. Healey resigned from Keir Starmer's government in J
Monday newspaper round-up: House prices, German economy, ChatGPT, Capita
Tue 01 September 2026 07:08
(Sharecast News) - A house near a top state secondary school costs an extra £40,000 on average, according to research that reveals education premiums that rank alongside some private school fees. The average property in a postcode district that include
Sunday newspaper round-up: Fertiliser shortages, Loungers, Alex Gerko, delivery drivers, South West Water, French credit rating
Sun 30 August 2026 08:49
(Sharecast News) - British farmers have been warned of potential fertiliser shortages as turmoil in the Gulf threatens global supply chains, according to The Sunday Times. An industry briefing circulated to producers said disruption following Donald Trump
Friday newspaper round-up: Anthropic, BBC, crypto investors
Fri 28 August 2026 07:24
(Sharecast News) - A clampdown on "rogue bailiffs" has been launched by Andy Burnham amid concerns that vulnerable people are being overcharged and face aggressive behaviour. In the latest in a series of "everyday fixes" to ease the cost of living and "ma
Thursday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, Epstein, Macquarie Group
Thu 27 August 2026 07:24
(Sharecast News) - Levels of a toxic "forever chemical" rose to 13 times the legal limit during Thames Water pilots for a controversial multimillion pound water recycling scheme that will pump millions of litres of treated sewage into the River Thames dur
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Canada tariffs, national lottery boss, Meta glasses
Wed 26 August 2026 07:19
(Sharecast News) - Canada has announced it will impose tariffs on a wide range of key American industries including cosmetics, dairy, wood products and outdoor equipment in the coming weeks, as it retaliates roughly "dollar for dollar" against levies impo
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Trump tariffs, European insurers, high streets
Tue 25 August 2026 07:16
(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump announced a new 50% tariff on automobiles and crucial raw materials from Canada, the latest deterioration in trade relations between the two neighbours with historically strong economic ties. The US president said that the
Monday newspaper round-up: UK productivity, Shein, Poundland
Mon 24 August 2026 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Productivity in the UK - a vital measure of economic health - is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation. The thinktank suggests the chancellor, John Healey, may have inh