Press round-up from ShareCast

Monday newspaper round-up: Job losses, net zero, Blue Origin

Mon 20 April 2026 07:12

(Sharecast News) - A quarter of a million people could lose their jobs by the middle of next year as Britain "flirts with recession", analysis suggests, after business confidence was shattered by the US-Israel war on Iran. As the chancellor, Rachel Reeves

Sunday newspaper round-up: Hormuz, Reform vetting, Virgin Atlantic, HS2, Peter Mandelson, Britain First protests

Sun 19 April 2026 08:19

(Sharecast News) - Iran has reinstated restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz after the US refused to lift its blockade of Iranian ports, according to thE Guardian, citing officials in Tehran. A UK maritime agency said IRGC vessels had fired at a tanker att

Friday newspaper round-up: Defence spending, Metro Bank, Aston Martin

Fri 17 April 2026 07:21

(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has warned "difficult choices" are required to increase defence spending and other budgets may have to be cut, including welfare. Under pressure for a faster rise in the military budget amid the Iran conflict and Russia's

Thursday newspaper round-up: Private rents, NHS drugs, data centre

Thu 16 April 2026 07:21

(Sharecast News) - Average private rents have stopped rising in Great Britain after almost a decade of increases, as more landlords cut their prices to secure a tenant, data shows. The typical advertised private rent outside London for properties coming o

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Lidl and Iceland, Help to Buy, shadow banking

Wed 15 April 2026 07:11

(Sharecast News) - Lidl and Iceland have become the first companies to have ads banned after the introduction of rules cracking down on the marketing of junk food in the UK. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been policing the ban on ads featur

Tuesday newspaper round-up: HS2 trains, renewable energy, Anthropic

Tue 14 April 2026 07:19

(Sharecast News) - Plans to change the size of HS2 trains to maximise capacity are likely to inflate costs and mean fewer seats and slower services north of Birmingham, a senior government and rail industry figure has warned. The £2bn order for 54 high-s

Monday newspaper round-up: Electric cars, Richard Caring, Starbucks

Mon 13 April 2026 07:10

(Sharecast News) - Ministers are planning to fundamentally reshape Britain's relationship with the European Union, with new legislation that could result in the UK signing up to EU single market rules without a normal parliamentary vote. In a major develo

Sunday newspaper round-up: US-Iran talks, Palestine Action protest, UK wholesalers, Heck, Chagos Islands, Hungarian election

Sun 12 April 2026 07:44

(Sharecast News) - US vice‑president JD Vance left Islamabad on Sunday after more than 21 hours of talks failed to produce an agreement with Iran, according to the Guardian.

Friday newspaper round-up: Tata battery factory, tech firms, UK tax rules

Fri 10 April 2026 07:11

(Sharecast News) - The Somerset battery factory due to supply Jaguar Land Rover is to receive £380m in UK government funding as it pushes ahead with construction despite delays. JLR, Britain's largest automotive employer, is due to receive batteries from