• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Greenpeace, Temu, Strava, Wayve

  Tuesday 14 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Greenpeace is threatening to sue King Charles's property management company, accusing it of exploiting its monopoly ownership of the seabed. The environmental lobby group alleges the crown estate has driven up costs for wind power developers and boosted its own profits, as well as the royal household's income, due to the "aggressive" way it auctions seabed rights. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: IFS warning, crypto, housebuilders

  Monday 13 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves must avoid "a half-baked dash for revenue" or risk damaging economic growth as the chancellor seeks to close a large gap in next month's budget, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said. The tax and spending thinktank has warned there was a danger the chancellor would create "unnecessary economic damage" if she chooses to stitch together unrelated tax-raising measures to cut the shortfall in government revenues and keep within her fiscal rules. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Autumn budget, Jonathan Powell, China tariffs, BMW, Lower Thames crossing, Israel ceasefire

  Sunday 12 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has signalled the better off will be forced to "contribute more" as she prepares to raise taxes at the Budget. Treasury sources have said that the Chancellor will not cut spending on public services or significantly increase borrowing, as she looks to plug a £20-30bn black hole in the public finances. It will leave her with no option but to increase taxes substantially. Ms Reeves will argue that growth boosting reforms, such as a further loosening of planning rules, can avoid the need for tax rises on "working families". She will instead target those with higher incomes or more wealth, The Telegraph understands. Sources close to the Chancellor said: "She will be fair when asking those to contribute more to rebuild our public services." - Telegraph

• Friday newspaper round-up: Rishi Sunak, councils, Oracle

  Friday 10 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Rishi Sunak has been appointed as a senior adviser by the US technology companies Microsoft and Anthropic. The former British prime minister's pair of new jobs emerged on Thursday in letters published by Westminster's office of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba). They add to his roles as a senior adviser to Goldman Sachs International, the investment bank, and speechmaker to investment firms including Bain Capital and Makena Capital in the US, which have netted him over £150,000 a talk. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Pub opening hours, Elon Musk, tax fears

  Thursday 09 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Pubs, clubs and restaurants will be able to open into the early hours as part of Labour's drive for economic growth, a move which critics say will lead to more drunken disorder. Ministers are pushing ahead with plans to allow premises that sell alcohol to extend their opening hours in order to boost "the British night out" and help the hospitality sector. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tariffs, pension ages, Revolut co-founder

  Wednesday 08 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The EU has announced it will match Donald Trump's steel tariffs, doubling levies on imports to 50% in a decision condemned as "an existential threat" to the industry in the UK. With 80% of British exports going to the EU, the change poses the UK steel industry's biggest ever crisis, according to the lobby group representing the sector, while unions said they could kill off the industry. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: JLR, Ineos, pensions

  Tuesday 07 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The world's wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research. A report by the climate thinktank Ember found that in the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world's growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Gaza, water bills, household savings...

  Monday 06 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - President Donald Trump reiterated his warning that Hamas will face an aggressive offensive if the group does not agree to concede control of Gaza amid efforts to reach a ceasefire deal between the group and Israel. In a text message, sent to CNN reporter Jack Tapper Saturday, the president said the consequences for Hamas would be "complete obliteration!" if the group insists on staying in power. - The Independent

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Protest crackdowns, Gaza ceasefire, Kemi Badenoch, Viaro Energy, JLR, Chinese spies

  Sunday 05 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said. The announcement, made the morning after almost 500 people were arrested in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, could allow police to order regular protests to take place at a different site. Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, will also look at all anti-protest laws, with the possibility that powers to ban some demonstrations outright could be strengthened. - Guardian

• Friday newspaper round-up: US shutdown, Autumn Budget, Ryanair...

  Friday 03 Oct 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Senior officials inside Donald Trump's administration have acknowledged the federal government shutdown, without an end in sight, could hurt the US economy. The damage could be worth billions of dollars each week, according to analysts. [...] "We estimate that each week of shutdown would reduce US GDP growth by 0.1 percentage points (ppt) in Q4 (in annualized terms), translating into a $7 billion weekly hit to the economy," a report by EY Parthenon said, citing the effect of lack of pay for furloughed federal workers, delayed government procurement of goods and services and decline in demand. - The Guardian

• 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

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