• Sunday newspaper round-up: Car loans scandal, L'Oreal, Cambridgeshire stabbing, Ukrainian drone strike, ZTE Mobile, JLR, council taxes, national debt

  Sunday 02 Nov 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Victims of the car loans scandal could miss out on more than £4bn in compensation if the City regulator ploughs ahead with plans for an "insulting" interest rate in its redress scheme, consumer groups and claims firms say. The Financial Conduct Authority has been accused of offering a reduced rate of interest which will be added to compensation from banks for borrowers caught up in the car loan commissions scandal. Claims law firms and consumer groups say borrowers should be offered the same terms as Marcus Johnson: the sole driver whose case was upheld by the supreme court in a landmark case in August. While the terms of the final payout are sealed, Johnson is widely believed by industry experts to have received about 7% interest on his compensation package, after judges ordered the parties to negotiate a "commercial rate". - Guardian

• Friday newspaper round-up: Energy customers, Apple, copper prices

  Friday 31 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Almost 2 million energy bill payers could be owed a share of £240m from old accounts that were closed while still in credit, according to the regulator. The latest figures from Ofgem show that about 1.9m energy accounts were closed over the past five years, with outstanding credit balances totalling £240m left unclaimed. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Trade talks, The Telegraph, Meta Platforms

  Thursday 30 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Donald Trump has described crucial trade talks with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, in South Korea as "amazing", saying their dispute over the supply of rare earths had been settled and that he would visit China in April. In early comments, Chinese state media reported Xi as saying a "consensus" with Trump had been reached on trade issues, and that there were good prospects for cooperation on trade, immigration and fraud. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Trade talks, Rachel Reeves, Google, OpenAI

  Wednesday 29 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Donald Trump landed in South Korea on Wednesday to meet President Lee Jae Myung, with deadlocked talks over a $350bn trade deal between the two countries threatening to cast a shadow over the event. After arriving on a flight from Tokyo, where he signed a rare earths deal with Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, the US president addressed a summit of CEOs ahead of a meeting with Lee in the town of Gyeongju, a historical city playing host to the annual Apec summit. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Amazon, wind power, Elon Musk

  Tuesday 28 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Amazon is preparing to lay off tens of thousands of corporate workers, reversing its pandemic hiring spree. The cuts come months after the retail giant's CEO warned white-collar employees their jobs could be taken by artificial intelligence. The Seattle-based technology firm is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, media outlets including Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, as it tries to cut costs and undo the vast recruitment drive it embarked on at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, which unleashed an extraordinary - but fleeting - surge in demand for online shopping. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Amazon, wind power, Elon Musk

  Tuesday 28 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Amazon is preparing to lay off tens of thousands of corporate workers, reversing its pandemic hiring spree. The cuts come months after the retail giant's CEO warned white-collar employees their jobs could be taken by artificial intelligence. The Seattle-based technology firm is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, media outlets including Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, as it tries to cut costs and undo the vast recruitment drive it embarked on at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, which unleashed an extraordinary - but fleeting - surge in demand for online shopping. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Amazon, wind power, Elon Musk

  Tuesday 28 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Amazon is preparing to lay off tens of thousands of corporate workers, reversing its pandemic hiring spree. The cuts come months after the retail giant's CEO warned white-collar employees their jobs could be taken by artificial intelligence. The Seattle-based technology firm is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, media outlets including Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, as it tries to cut costs and undo the vast recruitment drive it embarked on at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, which unleashed an extraordinary - but fleeting - surge in demand for online shopping. - Guardian

• RBC Capital starts coverage of Trustpilot at 'outperform'

  Monday 27 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - RBC Capital Markets initiated coverage of Trustpilot on Monday with an 'outperform' rating and 290p price target.

• Monday newspaper round-up: Private rents, TikTok, Yodel

  Monday 27 Oct 2025

  (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 properties coming on to the market rose to a record £1,385 a calendar month in the third quarter of this year, according to the property website Rightmove. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Private rents, TikTok, Yodel

  Monday 27 Oct 2025

  (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 properties coming on to the market rose to a record £1,385 a calendar month in the third quarter of this year, according to the property website Rightmove. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Private rents, TikTok, Yodel

  Monday 27 Oct 2025

  (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 properties coming on to the market rose to a record £1,385 a calendar month in the third quarter of this year, according to the property website Rightmove. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Private rents, TikTok, Yodel

  Monday 27 Oct 2025

  (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 properties coming on to the market rose to a record £1,385 a calendar month in the third quarter of this year, according to the property website Rightmove. - Guardian

• Friday newspaper round-up: Income tax, Amazon, Petrofac

  Friday 24 Oct 2025

  (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 manifesto pledges as she looks for ways to clear an estimated shortfall of more than £30bn, according to three sources close to the budget process. Some advisers in the Treasury and No 10 believe that raising income tax may be the only way to make sure she raises enough money never to have to come back for tax rises again in this parliament. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: US sanctions on Russian oil, Tesla, housing plans

  Thursday 23 Oct 2025

  (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 since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, and were targeted to cut key revenues from oil sales that finance the Russian war machine. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Eurostar, water companies, JP Morgan

  Wednesday 22 Oct 2025

  (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 to 50 - new trains from the manufacturer Alstom. The doubledeckers will start operating from 2031, with each able to carry more than 1,000 passengers. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Business bureaucracy, gambling watchdog, Apple shares

  Tuesday 21 Oct 2025

  (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 to tell business leaders in Birmingham for the government's first regional investment summit that she plans to "cut pointless admin". - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Betfred, Trustpilot, planning applications

  Monday 20 Oct 2025

  (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 tax increase worth up to £3.2bn on sports betting to help to close a potential £30bn shortfall in the public finances. Betfred said such a tax increase would ultimately force all its shops to close, putting 7,500 jobs at risk. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: US protests, forever chemicals, Jamie Dimon, Chinese espionage, Andrew Bailey, influencer marketing, Prince Andrew

  Sunday 19 Oct 2025

  (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 turned out for the No Kings protests, the second iteration of a coalition that marched in June in one of the largest days of protest in US history. People in communities big and small came together natonwide with signs, marching bands, a huge banner with the US Constitution's preamble that people could sign, and inflatable costumes, particularly frogs, which have emerged as a sign of resistance beginning in Portland, Oregon. The rallies are a turnaround from just six months ago, when Democrats seemed at a loss as to how to counter Republicans' grip of the White House and both houses of Congress after stinging national election losses. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: US protests, forever chemicals, Jamie Dimon, Chinese espionage, Andrew Bailey, influencer marketing, Prince Andrew

  Sunday 19 Oct 2025

  (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 turned out for the No Kings protests, the second iteration of a coalition that marched in June in one of the largest days of protest in US history. People in communities big and small came together natonwide with signs, marching bands, a huge banner with the US Constitution's preamble that people could sign, and inflatable costumes, particularly frogs, which have emerged as a sign of resistance beginning in Portland, Oregon. The rallies are a turnaround from just six months ago, when Democrats seemed at a loss as to how to counter Republicans' grip of the White House and both houses of Congress after stinging national election losses. - Guardian

• Friday newspaper round-up: Romance fraud, Telegraph takeover, Sky

  Friday 17 Oct 2025

  (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 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) highlighted one case where someone lost £428,000, another where a customer made 403 payments totalling £72,000 to a fraudster and a case where someone wanted money to transfer cryptocurrency to their "partner" in Iraq. - Guardian

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