Press round-up from ShareCast

Thursday newspaper round-up: AI companies, Waitrose, gas standing charges

Thu 22 October 2026 07:18

(Sharecast News) - AI companies have told ministers they have 12 months to head off public opposition to datacentres in the UK or risk US-style protests that could threaten their construction. Successive dry summers and rising energy bills are increasing

Wednesday newspaper round-up: SpaceX, NatWest, Anthropic

Wed 21 October 2026 07:24

(Sharecast News) - The UK government has approved the controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, a widely expected move that will nonetheless dismay environmental campaigners and a number of Labour MPs. While Labour's 2024 election manifesto committ

Wednesday newspaper round-up: SpaceX, NatWest, Anthropic

Wed 21 October 2026 07:24

(Sharecast News) - The UK government has approved the controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, a widely expected move that will nonetheless dismay environmental campaigners and a number of Labour MPs. While Labour's 2024 election manifesto committ

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, North Sea workers, tobacco companies, John Lewis

Tue 20 October 2026 07:13

(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham has told officials to rip up their plans for how to fix Thames Water and present him with more radical options for what to do with the stricken company. In an early test of his promise to bring "the essentials of life" unde

Monday newspaper round-up: Profit warnings, British steelmakers, Microsoft

Mon 19 October 2026 07:13

(Sharecast News) - The number of profit warnings from UK-listed companies has risen to the highest level in two years, as the war in the Middle East triggers a surge in costs for businesses before the budget. With less than a fortnight before John Healey'

Sunday newspaper round-up: Barclays, Renault, Welsh radar project, water companies, NHS, Israeli militants

Sun 18 October 2026 08:01

(Sharecast News) - Barclays will spend more than £100m cutting high‑street roles as part of a major cost‑reduction drive, according to The Times. The FTSE 100 lender is set to be the first of the UK's big four banks to update investors on quarterl

Friday newspaper round-up: Banks, Meta, John Lewis, Big Four accountancy firms

Fri 16 October 2026 07:22

(Sharecast News) - John Healey is poised to tax Britain's banks in his 28 October budget, to help offset the damage inflicted on the public finances by war in the Middle East, the Guardian understands. The chancellor is in Bangkok, where the International

Thursday newspaper round-up: Hospitality jobs, household bills, Netflix

Thu 15 October 2026 07:19

(Sharecast News) - Bars, clubs and restaurants will offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people not in employment, education or training (Neet) over the next three years in an effort to give them a first step on the ladder into work. The move comes before th

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tariffs, BitMEX, Character.AI

Wed 14 October 2026 07:19

(Sharecast News) - The business secretary has hit back at European demands for British tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the government will not change its trade rules because of pressure from Brussels. Jonathan Reynolds warned that the government would

Tuesday newspaper round-up: IMF warning, Poundland, Burberry

Tue 13 October 2026 07:17

(Sharecast News) - The global economy "could soon test the limits of resilience", as emergency oil stocks run low and government budgets become overstretched, the International Monetary Fund has warned. In its twice-yearly World Economic Outlook, the IMF