Press round-up from ShareCast

Sunday newspaper round-up: Help to Buy, British Airways, Iran, Brontanax jet, UK constitution, UKGI, Ceuta, FIFA

Sun 02 August 2026 08:55

(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham has received a sizeable lift to the public finances after new figures showed the Treasury has made almost £2bn from George Osborne's Help to Buy scheme, The Times reported. Homes England's annual report revealed the excheq

Friday newspaper round-up: Anthropic, JLR, Apple

Fri 31 July 2026 07:26

(Sharecast News) - Anthropic ⁠said on Thursday its AI Claude model hacked ⁠systems of ⁠three organizations during testing, days after rival OpenAI ⁠revealed a rogue agent had gone on a days-long ⁠hacking spree at AI firm Hugging ‌Face. Claude

Thursday newspaper round-up: Carmakers, worklessness, Macfarlanes

Thu 30 July 2026 07:22

(Sharecast News) - Carmakers are delaying final decisions to invest in UK factories until electric car sales rules are relaxed, according to the head of the British car industry's lobby group. The chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Apple, Netflix, grid operators

Wed 29 July 2026 07:14

(Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham has been warned by a leading thinktank of "very difficult trade-offs in the next autumn budget" if the Iran war keeps oil prices and inflation high. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said the ne

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Johnson & Johnson, Amazon, Ocado

Tue 28 July 2026 07:16

(Sharecast News) - Johnson & Johnson said it would pay an estimated $5.5bn to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby ⁠powder and other talc products caused ⁠ovarian cancer, in a landmark deal that could end a contentious, decade-long

Monday newspaper round-up: Heathrow airport, wind farms, Pinewood Technologies

Mon 27 July 2026 07:16

(Sharecast News) - Expanding Heathrow airport will take thousands of jobs from other regions of the UK, including almost 10,000 from the West Midlands alone, according to an analysis of the government's own forecasts. An economic paper published by the De

Sunday newspaper round-up: North Korean bots, Asda, Wes Streeting, BP, Rosebank, Reform UK

Sun 26 July 2026 08:28

(Sharecast News) - More than 700 suspected North Korean bots attempted to secure remote‑working roles at a major UK bank last month, in what UK authorities believe was part of Pyongyang's wider effort to infiltrate British firms' data, systems and payro

Friday newspaper round-up: Tariffs, regional mayors, Leon boss

Fri 24 July 2026 07:16

(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump has imposed a fresh round of sweeping tariffs on more than 80 countries to replace a 10% global duty that was due to expire, setting off a wave of criticism and protests from US allies and major trading partners. In its lat

Thursday newspaper round-up: Business rates, Barclays, Moonshot

Thu 23 July 2026 07:16

(Sharecast News) - Business rates will be cut by 20% for pubs, clubs and live music venues across England from April next year, Downing Street has announced. The discount will apply to nearly 32,000 hospitality businesses and is expected to save a typical