• Thursday newspaper round-up: Air safety, Apple, Costa Coffee

  Thursday 02 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Pilots and cabin crew at European airlines feel increasingly under pressure to work long hours and hide signs of tiredness at the expense of safety, according to a major study. Cost cutting and profit chasing at airlines has "systemically weakened" safety, and many exhausted employees feel too intimidated to challenge management decisions, the research by Ghent University in Belgium found. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Energy price cap, Burberry, net zero targets

  Thursday 02 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The majority of British households expect to restrict their home heating this winter to try to keep rising costs in check, according to research released as the price cap that dictates most bills rose again. The fuel poverty charity National Energy Action said 58% of households told its survey they were likely to trim their energy use, a nine-percentage-point increase from the level in January. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: YouTube, JustGiving, JPMorgan

  Tuesday 30 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The former head of the Institute of Directors (IoD) has accused the Government's Covid fraud division of a "deliberate smear campaign" after she was punished for abusing loan schemes. Anna Daroy, who was the think tank's director general between 2018 and 2019, has criticised the Insolvency Service over its decision to ban her as a company director for 11 years. - Telegraph

• Monday newspaper round-up: EU steel industry, UK graduates, recession fears, Ineos

  Monday 29 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The EU steel industry, already reeling from Donald Trump's 50% tariffs on imports, is bracing itself for further damage after the US opened the possibility of a rolling list of "derivative" products that could be subject to tariffs including windows and doors with some metal. In August the US listed 407 product categories as "derivative" inclusions, ranging from wind turbines, mobile cranes and bulldozers to rail cars and furniture. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: JLR bailout, drone wall, suspected Russian incursion, Revolut, Reform UK, Rackhams, new towns

  Sunday 28 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Jaguar Land Rover has been rescued with a £1.5bn government-backed loan after it stopped manufacturing following a cyber attack. The cash injection will allow JLR to support its supply chain after firms warned of mass layoffs and collapse following the halt to production. Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, said: "Jaguar Land Rover is an iconic British company which employs tens of thousands of people - a jewel in the crown of our economy. "Today we are protecting thousands of those jobs with up to £1.5bn in additional private finance, helping them support their supply chain and protect a vital part of the British car industry." - The Telegraph

• Friday newspaper round-up: Tariffs, Amazon, Starbucks

  Friday 26 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Donald Trump on Thursday announced a new round of punishing tariffs, saying the United States will impose a 100% tariffs on imported branded drugs, 25% tariff on imports of all heavy-duty trucks and 50% tariffs on kitchen cabinets. The US president also said he would start charging a 50% tariff on bathroom vanities and a 30% tariff on upholstered furniture next week, with all the new duties to take effect from 1 October. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Moderna boss, North Sea drilling, Ryanair

  Thursday 25 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The UK boss of the US drugmaker Moderna, which shot to prominence with its Covid vaccine during the pandemic, has defended the country after it was labelled the "worst in Europe" for drug pricing. Darius Hughes spoke as he opened a £150m vaccine site in Oxfordshire, just days after MSD, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly announced that they would ditch or pause planned UK investments amid a row over pricing between the pharmaceutical industry and the government. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Hybrid working, JLR, Revolut

  Wednesday 24 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Most new recruits to white-collar jobs are required to spend at least two or three days a week in the office, while roles requiring just one office day are dying out, according to an analysis of job postings. Hybrid work - where staff split their time between the office and another location, such as their home - has cemented itself as the new normal for millions of workers since the Covid-19 pandemic. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Nvidia, National Insurance, Heathrow third runway, Orsted

  Tuesday 23 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Nvidia, the chipmaking company, will invest up to $100bn in OpenAI and provide it with data center chips, the companies said on Monday, a tie-up between two of the highest-profile leaders in the global artificial intelligence race. The deal, which will see Nvidia start delivering chips as soon as late 2026, will involve two separate but intertwined transactions, according to a person close to OpenAI. The startup will pay Nvidia in cash for chips, and Nvidia will invest in OpenAI for non-controlling shares, the person said. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Gatwick airport, Vodafone franchisees, US tariffs

  Monday 22 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Gatwick airport's £2.2bn second runway plan has been given the go-ahead by the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander. With the privately financed project, the West Sussex hub is aiming to increase its capacity by 100,000 flights a year. Gatwick will move its emergency runway 12 metres north, enabling it to be used for departures of narrow-bodied planes such as Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Starmer to recognise Palestine, Miliband to soften stance on North Sea oil, Collins Aerospace, Duchy of Lancaster, RAF over Poland, Nvidia

  Sunday 21 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Sir Keir Starmer will say on Sunday that statehood is the "inalienable right of the Palestinian people" and the international community has a "moral responsibility to act" in an intervention that risks inflaming tensions with both the United States and Israel. The prime minister will formally recognise Palestine as a state after Israel failed to meet conditions he set in July that would have postponed the historic step. The long-trailed move by the British government has already sparked a furious backlash in the US and among the families of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza. Formalising it is expected to exacerbate this, although it will be welcomed by numerous other nations that already recognise the territories. - The Times

• Friday newspaper round-up: UK borrowing, Next, JLR...

  Friday 19 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The UK government borrowed more than expected last month, official figures show, adding to pressure on the Treasury in the run-up to the autumn budget. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed public sector net borrowing - the difference between public spending and income - rose to £18bn in August, £3.5bn more than in the same month a year earlier. The reading was above City predictions for a deficit of £12.75bn and forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility of £12.5bn. - The Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Nationwide, RedBird IMI, PwC

  Thursday 18 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Nationwide building society has defended its chair, Kevin Parry, after he became the first boss of a major British lender to publicly engage with Nigel Farage's Reform UK party. It emerged on Wednesday that Parry, who has been chair of the member-owned building society since 2016, attended a breakfast event earlier this week meant to help companies understand Reform's approach to business. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Microsoft, Wedgwood, Sanofi CEO

  Wednesday 17 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - A long-coveted deal to slash US steel and aluminium tariffs to zero has been shelved on the eve of Donald Trump's state visit to Britain, the Guardian has learned. Ministers were poised to finalise a deal this week that would have reduced Trump's tariffs on British steel to zero, according to government officials. But that deal has been put on ice hours before the US president's arrival in the UK, in what steel industry figures privately described as a major blow. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: JLR, The Economist, Google

  Tuesday 16 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Big pharmaceutical companies have ditched or paused nearly £2bn in planned UK investments so far this year, causing "suffering" to patients, as ministers gear up for discussions with Donald Trump amid a row over drug pricing. The government's plan for the life science sector, a key pillar of the economy, has been thrown into disarray, after US drugmaker MSD's shock announcement last Wednesday that it would scrap its £1bn London research centre. Two days later, AstraZeneca decided to halt a planned £200m expansion of its research facilities in Cambridge. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Private renters, Argos, Stellantis

  Monday 15 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - More than 40% of private renters in England and Wales were forced to ration their gas and electricity use last winter to afford their energy bills, according to Citizens Advice. A survey by the consumer charity found that 41% of renters, or the equivalent of 4.5 million people, had to eke out energy, while one-third, or 3.5 million, struggled to maintain a comfortable temperature during the winter months. Most of those cutting back were living in homes with low energy-efficiency ratings. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Sainsbury's, Bank of England, Predators

  Sunday 14 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Sainsbury's has balked at Chinese retailer JD.com's attempt to revise a bid for its Argos unit. That talks had been ongoing had been revealed just 24 hours before by the Telegraph. According to the UK retailer, JD was not willing to continue talks on the basis of its initial deal, only on "a materially revised set of terms and commitments". The talks have now been terminated. - The Sunday Times

• Friday newspaper round-up: UK pharma investment, Paramount, Octopus Energy

  Friday 12 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Sir John Bell, a prominent scientist who brought business and government together during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, has warned that other big pharmaceutical companies will stop investing in the UK, after the US drugmaker MSD's decision to scrap its planned £1bn London research centre. Bell, a former regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, told Today on BBC Radio 4 that he had spoken to several chief executives of large companies in the past six months and that they were "all in the same space. And that is: they're not going to do any more investing in the UK." - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Merck, North Sea, life sciences

  Thursday 11 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The US drugmaker Merck has scrapped a £1bn London research centre and is laying off 125 scientists in the capital this year, in a big blow to the UK's important life science sector. Keir Starmer's government has described life sciences as "one of the crown jewels of the UK economy" and the previous Conservative government had vowed to turn the country into a "global science and technology superpower" by 2030. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Vodafone, car finance loans, UK legal services

  Wednesday 10 Sep 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Vodafone has launched a fourth investigation into the historical conduct within its franchising division, which is at the centre of a £120m high court claim against the mobile phone group. Vodafone is also understood to have offered financial settlements to a selection of former franchisees who are outside the group of 62 currently suing the business. - Guardian

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