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Monday newspaper round-up: Private rents, TikTok, Yodel
Mon 27 October 2025 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Average private rents in Great Britain have climbed to record highs, with the amount tenants are being asked to pay in some hotspots rising more than 25% in a year, data shows. The typical advertised private rent outside London for prop
Friday newspaper round-up: Income tax, Amazon, Petrofac
Fri 24 October 2025 07:26
(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves is considering raising income tax at next month's budget to help reduce a multibillion pound shortfall, sources have told the Guardian. The chancellor is in active discussions over breaking one of her party's main manifest
Thursday newspaper round-up: US sanctions on Russian oil, Tesla, housing plans
Thu 23 October 2025 07:22
(Sharecast News) - The US has sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's two largest oil companies, as the Trump administration increased pressure on the Kremlin to negotiate an end to its war against Ukraine. The sanctions were the first against Russia sinc
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Eurostar, water companies, JP Morgan
Wed 22 October 2025 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Eurostar is to start running doubledecker trains through the Channel tunnel to meet growing demand for international rail travel from the UK. The rail operator announced it had signed a €2bn (£1.7bn) deal for at least 30 - and up t
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Business bureaucracy, gambling watchdog, Apple shares
Tue 21 October 2025 07:19
(Sharecast News) - The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is poised to launch a renewed "blitz on business bureaucracy" ahead of next month's budget to target savings for companies worth £6bn. With Labour under pressure to reboot the economy, Reeves is expected
Monday newspaper round-up: Betfred, Trustpilot, planning applications
Mon 20 October 2025 07:21
(Sharecast News) - Betfred has said it will close all 1,287 of its high street betting shops if Rachel Reeves raises taxes on the gambling industry in next month's budget. The company's threat comes amid speculation that the chancellor is considering a ta
Sunday newspaper round-up: US protests, forever chemicals, Jamie Dimon, Chinese espionage, Andrew Bailey, influencer marketing,
Sun 19 October 2025 08:11
(Sharecast News) - Americans across all 50 states marched in protests against the Trump administration on Saturday, aligning behind a message that the country is sliding into authoritarianism and there should be no kings in the US. Millions of people turn
Sunday newspaper round-up: US protests, forever chemicals, Jamie Dimon, Chinese espionage, Andrew Bailey, influencer marketing,
Sun 19 October 2025 08:11
(Sharecast News) - Americans across all 50 states marched in protests against the Trump administration on Saturday, aligning behind a message that the country is sliding into authoritarianism and there should be no kings in the US. Millions of people turn
Friday newspaper round-up: Romance fraud, Telegraph takeover, Sky
Fri 17 October 2025 07:19
(Sharecast News) - The City regulator has called on banks and payment firms to bring in stricter controls protecting customers from romance fraud after a study showed a number of missed "red flags" that led to people losing huge sums of money. The review
Thursday newspaper round-up: Welfare cuts, PHEVs, London City Airport
Thu 16 October 2025 07:17
(Sharecast News) - Britain's leading tax and spending experts have urged Rachel Reeves to consider announcing billions of pounds in welfare cuts in next month's budget to help placate jittery financial markets. After the chancellor gave her strongest hint