Press round-up from ShareCast

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, Johnson & Johnson, BoE

Wed 05 February 2025 07:30

(Sharecast News) - Thames Water may need as much as £10bn in debt and equity investment to repair its finances, according to a representative of creditors hoping to lend the struggling utility another £3bn. London's high court heard evidence on Tuesday

Tuesday newspaper round-up: AstraZeneca, Thames Water, Funding Circle

Tue 04 February 2025 07:29

(Sharecast News) - The UK's science minister, Chris Bryant, has described AstraZeneca's decision to scrap plans for a £450m expansion of its vaccine plant in Merseyside as "deeply disappointing". The pharmaceutical company announced on Friday that it was

Monday newspaper round-up: Zero-hours contracts, Barclays, Asos

Mon 03 February 2025 07:29

(Sharecast News) - Hundreds of thousands of British workers are on zero-hours contracts despite being with the same employer for years, according to analysis from the TUC. The majority of zero-hours contract workers have been with their employer for more

Friday newspaper round-up: Apple, Daily Mail, OpenAI, Homebase

Fri 31 January 2025 07:28

(Sharecast News) - Apple slightly beat analysts' expectations in its first-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2025 on Thursday. The iPhone-maker's revenue rose by 4%, coming in at $124.30bn, barely above estimates of $124.12bn. Earnings per share were $2.40

Thursday newspaper round-up: Car production, UK retailers, water bills, KPMG

Thu 30 January 2025 07:31

(Sharecast News) - The architect of a ban on newspaper takeovers by foreign states has demanded that an Abu Dhabi fund be forced to sell The Telegraph by Easter. Baroness Stowell, the Conservative chairman of the Lords communications and digital committee

Thursday newspaper round-up: Car production, UK retailers, water bills, KPMG

Thu 30 January 2025 07:31

(Sharecast News) - The architect of a ban on newspaper takeovers by foreign states has demanded that an Abu Dhabi fund be forced to sell The Telegraph by Easter. Baroness Stowell, the Conservative chairman of the Lords communications and digital committee

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Starbucks, JPMorgan, Santander

Wed 29 January 2025 07:26

(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves is unveiling plans to create "Europe's Silicon Valley" between Oxford and Cambridge as she stakes the government's success on kickstarting economic growth and putting more pounds in people's pockets. The chancellor will an

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Amazon, Nvidia, Harland & Wolff

Tue 28 January 2025 07:30

(Sharecast News) - The UK has given more than £12.5bn from energy bills to fossil fuel power plants in the past decade through a government scheme to keep the lights on during winter, according to new analysis. The research found that, since 2015, the go

Monday newspaper round-up: Four-day working week, Diageo, mortgage rules

Mon 27 January 2025 07:23

(Sharecast News) - The government is under growing pressure to get momentum back into the economy amid warnings that businesses plan to cut jobs and raise prices, while millions of families believe their finances will worsen this year. Before a major spee

Friday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, CMA, UAE

Fri 24 January 2025 07:29

(Sharecast News) - The UK government has reportedly approached multiple restructuring advisers for the role of special administrator for Thames Water if the troubled utility falls into bankruptcy. Teneo, Interpath and EY are among the companies contacted