Press round-up from ShareCast

Friday newspaper round-up: TikTok, BP, Hogan Lovells

Fri 19 December 2025 07:21

(Sharecast News) - TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US business to three American investors - Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX - ensuring the popular social video platform can continue operating in the United States. The deal is expected to close on 22 Jan

Thursday newspaper round-up: Höfner, Sotheby's, Christie's

Thu 18 December 2025 07:20

(Sharecast News) - Ministers and senior MPs have warned that the UK's agreements with Donald Trump are "built on sand" after the Guardian established that the deal to avoid drug tariffs has no underlying text beyond limited headline terms. The "milestone"

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Grangemouth ethylene plant, Warner Bros, ChatGPT

Wed 17 December 2025 07:22

(Sharecast News) - Jim Ratcliffe's chemicals company Ineos has been granted £120m of government funding to help save the UK's last ethylene plant at Grangemouth, in a deal expected to protect more than 500 jobs. The investment in the Scottish plant was n

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Nissan, Morrisons, Ford

Tue 16 December 2025 07:21

(Sharecast News) - Nissan has started the production of its latest electric car in Sunderland, a crucial step in the UK automotive industry's transition away from petrol and diesel. The Japanese manufacturer will launch the third generation of the Leaf on

Monday newspaper round-up: Cryptocurrencies, jobs downturn, Cycle Pharma

Mon 15 December 2025 07:23

(Sharecast News) - Cryptocurrencies will be regulated in a similar way to other financial products under legislation coming into force in 2027. The Treasury is drawing up rules that will require crypto companies to meet a set of standards overseen by the

Sunday newspaper round-up: Anti-labour YouTube content, UK ambassador to Washington, Tories vow to scrap 2030 car bans, NHS, Syr

Sun 14 December 2025 06:49

(Sharecast News) - YouTube channels spreading fake, anti‑Labour content have racked up more than a billion views this year, according to research seen by the Guardian.

Friday newspaper round-up: OBR, franchise agreements, GoCardless

Fri 12 December 2025 07:21

(Sharecast News) - MPs have launched an inquiry into the role and performance of the Office for Budget Responsibility. The all-party Commons Treasury committee will spend until the end of next month investigating the independent agency's forecasting perfo

Thursday newspaper round-up: Youth employment, SpaceX, EY

Thu 11 December 2025 07:18

(Sharecast News) - Britain is slipping down the global league table for youth employment amid a dramatic rise in worklessness that is putting a generation's future at risk, research has warned. Sounding the alarm over a worsening youth jobs crisis, the re

Wednesday newspaper round-up: UK borrowing costs, Channel 4, Anduril

Wed 10 December 2025 07:13

(Sharecast News) - The "premium" that the UK pays to borrow money compared with its international peers may be coming to an end as markets grow more confident about the government's plans, a thinktank has suggested. The Institute for Public Policy Researc