Press round-up from ShareCast
Friday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, Netflix, consumer confidence
Friday 19 April 2024 06:39
(Sharecast News) - "Misleading" and "inconsistent" labels make it hard for shoppers to know where their food comes from, the consumer champion Which? has said, as it found supermarket chains were selling products with "meaningless" statements on their pac
Thursday newspaper round-up: Royal Mail, welfare bill, Boeing, Alstom, Federal Reserve
Thursday 18 April 2024 07:08
(Sharecast News) - The Labour Party is open to the prospect of a takeover of the owner of Royal Mail by the struggling postal group's Czech billionaire investor, which is considering a renewed approach. EP Group, a conglomerate controlled by Daniel Kretin
Wednesday newspaper round-up: IMF, champagne, Boeing, Plus500, Trump Media
Wednesday 17 April 2024 07:10
(Sharecast News) - Rising energy prices and disruption to international shipping risk "stalling" declines in inflation in leading economies, the International Monetary Fund has warned, telling central banks that the "last mile" of their battle against pri
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Tesla, Trump trial, Boeing, Thames Water, Apple
Tuesday 16 April 2024 07:06
(Sharecast News) - Tesla is to cut more than 14,000 jobs as Elon Musk's groundbreaking electric car company feels the heat of a global price war with Chinese rivals at the same time as stalled demand for zero-emission vehicles. In an email to staff amid r
Monday newspaper round-up: Barclays, Middle East, fuel prices, oil exploration, tax havens
Monday 15 April 2024 07:06
(Sharecast News) - A 20-year-old children's charity that shut down after an error by Barclays led to its account being closed was offered only £250 in compensation by the bank. JusB, which worked with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, initiall
Sunday newspaper round-up: Middle East, Aston Martin, Defence
Sunday 14 April 2024 13:31
(Sharecast News) - Britons must accept that their country was now involved in the Middle East conflict, Tobias Ellwood said. The former defence minister warned that "nobody was in full control" of the growing conflict as more and more countries were sucke
Friday newspaper round-up: Everton, AstraZeneca, Amazon
Friday 12 April 2024 07:28
(Sharecast News) - Everton has paid about £30m in interest charges to an opaque lender associated with a tax exile, corporate records suggest. The charges appear to have reached about £438,000 a week, according to the troubled Premier League club's most
Thursday newspaper round-up: Border controls, McKinsey, KPMG
Thursday 11 April 2024 07:21
(Sharecast News) - New post-Brexit UK border controls coming into force later this month will cost British businesses £2bn and fuel higher inflation, according to a report warning that UK-EU trade will be damaged as a result. With less than a month bef
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Shoplifting, EnQuest, Klarna
Wednesday 10 April 2024 07:20
(Sharecast News) - The government is investing more than £55m in expanding facial recognition systems - including vans that will scan crowded high streets - as part of a renewed crackdown on shoplifting. The scheme was announced alongside plans for tough
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Pharma companies, Puig, Thames Water
Tuesday 9 April 2024 07:31
(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has said an incoming Labour government would launch a £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close a gap in its spending plans exposed by Jeremy Hunt scrapping the non-dom regime to finance tax cuts. Warning households and bus