Press round-up from ShareCast

Thursday newspaper round-up: Housing market, Tesco, Orbex

Thu 12 February 2026 07:08

(Sharecast News) - There are "tentative signs" that the housing market in England and Wales is recovering from a months-long slowdown after uncertainty around the autumn budget and economic pressures, estate agents and surveyors have reported. The Royal I

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Franchise businesses, Lloyds, small businesses

Wed 11 February 2026 07:10

(Sharecast News) - The UK government needs to eradicate "unsustainable" gaps in the policing of franchise businesses after a series of scandals to hit the sector, a parliamentary committee has found. The conclusion forms part of the business and trade com

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Index of corruption, net zero, small businesses

Tue 10 February 2026 07:09

(Sharecast News) - It would take 137 years for lower-income families in the UK to see their living standards double at the current rate of growth, according to a thinktank. A two-decade stagnation in disposable incomes has created a "mood of unease" acros

Monday newspaper round-up: Train drivers, bank chairs, Ocado, cash ISAs

Mon 09 February 2026 07:18

(Sharecast News) - Labour will introduce legislation to lower the minimum age for train drivers to 18 in the House of Commons this week, as figures show fewer than 3% of drivers on Great Britain's railways are under 30. The government is pressing ahead wi

Sunday newspaper round-up: Water executive bonuses, British Steel, Gorton and Denton by‑election, Vladimir Alexeyev shooting,

Sun 08 February 2026 09:00

(Sharecast News) - The government will move to shut down loopholes that have allowed executives at struggling water companies to keep collecting hefty payouts despite a bonus ban introduced last year, according to reporting in the Guardian.

Friday newspaper round-up: Amazon, Barclays, Epstein

Fri 06 February 2026 07:22

(Sharecast News) - Amazon announced plans to spend $200bn on artificial intelligence and robotics this year, the latest tech giant to vow fresh enormous investments in the artificial intelligence arms race. The news of the investment comes one day after t

Thursday newspaper round-up: Bond markets, Nike, ElevenLabs

Thu 05 February 2026 07:21

(Sharecast News) - A government minister has defended long delays to a military spending plan that are also stalling the UK's next-generation Tempest fighter jet programme, but refused to say when it will be complete. The defence investment plan (DIP), or

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Migration, women in tech, mini-nukes

Wed 04 February 2026 07:30

(Sharecast News) - The UK economy would be 3.6% smaller by 2040 if net migration fell to zero, forcing the government to raise taxes to combat a much bigger budget deficit, a thinktank has predicted. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Riverford, US investment, Publicis

Tue 03 February 2026 07:16

(Sharecast News) - Consumers searching for healthy food from trusted sources have fuelled the UK organic market's biggest boom in two decades, according to vegetable box seller Riverford. The delivery business, which sells meat, cheese, cookbooks and reci

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Riverford, US investment, Publicis

Tue 03 February 2026 07:16

(Sharecast News) - Consumers searching for healthy food from trusted sources have fuelled the UK organic market's biggest boom in two decades, according to vegetable box seller Riverford. The delivery business, which sells meat, cheese, cookbooks and reci