Press round-up from ShareCast

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Regional income divide, John Lewis, mortgages

Wed 08 July 2026 07:27

(Sharecast News) - Britain's deep regional income divide has barely changed in 30 years despite the promises of successive governments to narrow the gap, according to a report showing the challenge for Andy Burnham. As the prime minister-in-waiting prepar

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Gambling customers, student loan repayments, Russian bankruptcies

Tue 07 July 2026 07:17

(Sharecast News) - The Scottish government is about to consider a sweeping moratorium on building new datacentres, putting a key plank of the UK's AI strategy at risk. Last Sunday the Scottish National party (SNP)'s national council passed a motion to fre

Monday newspaper round-up: Affordable housing, mobile coverage, unemployment

Mon 06 July 2026 07:12

(Sharecast News) - Half of all affordable housing supply in rural England could be under threat under plans being considered by ministers to relax regulations for private housing developers, according to analysis. The government has proposed ending afford

Newspaper round-up: Ukraine strikes, Next, Barratt Redrow, EU EES, Elon Musk, OpenAI, Neil Kinnock, state pension

Sun 05 July 2026 07:48

(Sharecast News) - Ukraine launched a fresh long‑range strike on Russian energy infrastructure early on Saturday, hitting an oil terminal outside St Petersburg, according to The Telegraph. Dozens of drones targeted Russia's second‑largest city overnig

Friday newspaper round-up: Ineos, EG Group, Hill Group

Fri 03 July 2026 07:21

(Sharecast News) - The boss of Currys has said supplies of air conditioning and fans are "tight" ahead of another UK heatwave, expected next week, after a boom in sales sent retailers scrambling to source new stock. Alex Baldock, chief executive of the el

Thursday newspaper round-up: EU car industry, Getty Images-Shutterstock, United Utilities

Thu 02 July 2026 07:10

(Sharecast News) - The EU's car industry has called for the UK to be fully included in new "made in Europe" rules that threaten to shut out British manufacturers from their biggest export market. The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (Acea) on

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Fuel poverty, Asda, BoE

Wed 01 July 2026 07:17

(Sharecast News) - Millions of households in Great Britain will be pushed into fuel poverty after months of volatility on the global gas markets as energy bills rise by more than £220 a year under the government's price cap from Wednesday. As the cap on

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Brompton, TG Jones, housebuilders

Tue 30 June 2026 07:18

(Sharecast News) - The French sports gear retailer Decathlon and a Chinese investment group that was an early backer of Labubu soft toys have bought stakes in the British folding bike maker Brompton, as its boss said the cycling market was recovering from

Monday newspaper round-up: Chipmakers, HS2, Revolut

Mon 29 June 2026 07:00

(Sharecast News) - Shares in chipmakers have surged in the first half of this year as investors piled into companies that make the hardware underpinning the AI boom, according to analysis. Investors have driven up the value of semiconductor and memory chi