Press round-up from ShareCast
Monday newspaper round-up: Cyber attacks, Asda, Lloyds IT outages
Monday 30 June 2025 07:13
(Sharecast News) - Shiploads of Minis, Aston Martins and Range Rovers will set sail for the US on Monday as the UK-US trade deal kicks in, but British farmers say they have been used as collateral to save the car industry. Auto shipments across the Atlant
Sunday newspaper round-up: Elon Musk, Rolls-Royce, Lotus
Sunday 29 June 2025 11:46
(Sharecast News) - Elon Musk criticised Donald Trump's proposed tax and spending proposals on Saturday, labelling them "utterly insane and destructive". The tech mogul wrote on social media that "The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs
Friday newspaper round-up: Post office, local bus services, British vehicle production
Friday 27 June 2025 07:18
(Sharecast News) - The police criminal inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal is investigating more than 45 individuals, with seven formally identified as main suspects. The investigation, which the police described as unprecedented in size and s
Thursday newspaper round-up: Billionaires' wealth, China wind and solar installations, household incomes
Thursday 26 June 2025 07:23
(Sharecast News) - The wealth of the world's 3,000 billionaires has surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade, according to Oxfam, equivalent to 14.6% of global output. In total the richest 1% of the global population has gained at lea
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Post Office, interest-only mortgages, Asda
Wednesday 25 June 2025 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Post office operators yet to claim compensation of at least £600,000 relating to the Horizon IT scandal have not been chased up by officials because the government did not want to "harass" them with letters, it has emerged. In a report
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Co-op, Revolut, HSBC, Amazon
Tuesday 24 June 2025 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Co-op staff have accused the supermarket of putting their safety and security at risk by having too few people on duty - with some saying they have been threatened while working alone on the shop floor. Despite a surge in theft, many re
Monday newspaper round-up: Green levies, Thames Water, oil prices
Monday 23 June 2025 07:16
(Sharecast News) - The government is to slash green levies on thousands of businesses, in an effort to bring down sky-high energy costs for firms and boost the manufacturing sector in Labour heartlands. The measure is a key plank of the long-awaited indus
Friday newspaper round-up: UK manufacturing, passport fees, Thames Water
Friday 20 June 2025 07:25
(Sharecast News) - Thousands of European airline staff are being trained to stop people boarding flights to Britain without valid visas, in a move billed by the foreign secretary as a digital upgrade to border controls. David Lammy said the measures marke
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tariffs, UK gas plants, xAI
Wednesday 18 June 2025 07:24
(Sharecast News) - Donald Trump is threatening to keep 25% tariffs on some or all of its steel imports from the UK unless it gives specific guarantees over the Indian-owned steelmaking plant at Port Talbot in south Wales, sources have told the Guardian. A
Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK-US trade deal, Oxford Street, TSB
Tuesday 17 June 2025 07:27
(Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs "because I like them". The two leaders presented the deal, wh