• Monday newspaper round-up: Benefits, tax rises, NMC Health, Thames Water

  Monday 02 Feb 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Struggling hotels, restaurants and nightclubs are calling for more financial help with business rates after it emerged that Heathrow is among the biggest beneficiaries of a multibillion-pound package of state support. The UK's biggest airport is in line for a discount of nearly £900m on its rates bill over the next three years. That is a fifth of the total £4.3bn "transitional relief" fund announced by the chancellor in the budget for all businesses facing big bill increases. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Heathrow wins £900m relief, Artemis slams IPF takeover, Trump says Iran in 'serious talks', Zelensky expects delays to discussions, Starmer urges former Duke of York to testify in US, Iran faces inquiry demands

  Sunday 01 Feb 2026

  (Sharecast News) - UK prime minister Keir Starmer has said Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor should give evidence to the US Congress regarding his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to The Guardian.

• Friday newspaper round-up: Trump, Apple, Asda, Quiz, Amazon

  Friday 30 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday laying the groundwork to slap tariffs on goods from countries that provide oil to Cuba, the White House said. The order, which ratchets up Trump's pressure to topple the Communist government, declares a national emergency and establishes a process for the US secretaries of state and commerce to assess tariffs against countries that sell or otherwise provide oil to the island nation. The White House has yet to specify tariff rates for violating its new policy of blocking Cuba from buying oil. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: The Original Factory Shop, water bills, CityFibre

  Thursday 29 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - The Original Factory Shop homeware chain has called in administrators, putting 1,200 jobs at risk, putting the decision partly down to higher costs from government policies. Administrators from Interpath have been appointed at the 137-store discount retailer, which was bought by the private equity firm Modella Capital less than a year ago. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Royal Mail, Meta, Quiz, Darktrace

  Wednesday 28 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Royal Mail has been criticised for offering an "unacceptable" performance over the crucial Christmas period after it failed to deliver letters and cards on time to about 16 million people, Citizens Advice found. The consumer watchdog, which carried out research into Christmas deliveries, said that figure was 50% higher than in 2024, and the highest level over the festive period in five years, excluding when Royal Mail was hit by strike action in the run-up to Christmas four years ago. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Trump tariffs, TikTok, Barbour family

  Tuesday 27 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - A new cargo and passenger ferry service directly linking Scotland and France could launch later this year as the port of Dunkirk embarks on a €40bn (£35bn) regeneration programme it claims will mirror the second world war resilience for which it is famed. The plans could include a new service between Rosyth in Fife and Dunkirk, eight years after the last freight ferries linked Scotland to mainland Europe, and 16 years after passenger services stopped. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Wind power, JLR, business rates, Heathrow

  Monday 26 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - The UK and nine other European countries have agreed to build an offshore wind power grid in the North Sea in a landmark pact to turn the ageing oil basin into a "clean energy reservoir". The countries will build windfarms at sea that directly connect to multiple nations through high-voltage subsea cables, under plans that are expected to provide 100GW of offshore wind power, or enough electricity capacity to power 143m homes. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting, Chagos Islands, Canada tariffs, China-Ireland diplomacy, Minneapolis shooting

  Sunday 25 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Andy Burnham signalled his intention to return to Westminster on Saturday, announcing plans to seek Labour's nomination for the Gorton & Denton by‑election, according to the Sunday Times.

• Friday newspaper round-up: JPMorgan Chase, Apple, Nigel Farage

  Friday 23 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Donald Trump has sued JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, for at least $5bn after accusing America's largest bank of "debanking" him. The US president alleged that the bank stopped offering him banking services in the wake of the Capitol riot on January 6. Earlier this month, he claimed it had "incorrectly and inappropriately" discriminated against him. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: AI, BBC, KPMG

  Thursday 22 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Jamie Dimon, the boss of JP Morgan, has said artificial intelligence "may go too fast for society" and cause "civil unrest" unless governments and business support displaced workers. While advances in AI will have huge benefits, from increasing productivity to curing diseases, the technology may need to be phased in to "save society", he said. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Super-rich taxes, fossil fuel companies, farmers

  Wednesday 21 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich, amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence. An open letter, released to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos, calls on global leaders attending this week's conference to close the widening gap between the super-rich and everyone else. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: City & Guilds, water companies, home ownership

  Tuesday 20 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - The new owners of the vocational training body City & Guilds appear to have more than tripled the pay of its top six executives right at the moment the company is cutting £22m of costs and shrinking its UK workforce. The large increases to salary and bonuses have emerged during a scandal over the sale of the qualification awards business by its former owner, the UK charity City & Guilds London Institute (CGLI), to the international certification company PeopleCert. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Scottish Power, South East Water, Elon Musk

  Monday 19 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Scottish Power has been ranked Britain's worst energy supplier for customer service in a survey from a leading consumer body that placed many of the UK's biggest suppliers at the bottom of the league table. British Gas and EDF Energy were just above Scottish Power at the foot of the annual Which? rankings. These are based on a satisfaction survey of almost 12,000 energy customers and a Which? assessment of each supplier's customer service. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Greenland, Karoline Leavitt, Robert Jenrick, LTN exemptions

  Sunday 18 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Eight European nations warned that Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on their economies would "undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral," as they issued a joint statement backing support for Greenland.

• Friday newspaper round-up: Asda, Starlink, weight-loss drugs

  Friday 16 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Leading members of Donald Trump's campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election are seeking a huge European pipeline contract, the latest figures from the US president's circle to mix business and geopolitics. Jesse Binnall, a lawyer who worked on legal actions advancing Trump's baseless claim that the vote was stolen from him, and Joe Flynn, who also sought to undermine Joe Biden's victory, have been in Bosnia this week to discuss the project. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: South East Water, Asda, The Arts Club

  Thursday 15 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - South East Water could lose its operating licence after residents across Kent and Sussex faced up to a week without water. The environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, has called for the regulator to review the company's operating licence. If it were to lose it, the company would fall into a special administration regime until a new buyer was found. If the regulator, Ofwat, decides the company has breached its licence but decides not to revoke it, penalties include a fine of 10% of the company's annual turnover. Ofwat in 2024 decided Thames Water was in breach of its licence but decided to avoid forcing it into special measures and instead insisted on a turnaround plan. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Railways, BBC, Grok

  Wednesday 14 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Leading US investors and private equity firms could step up their foray into UK new-build housing after Donald Trump's move to ban institutional companies from buying single-family homes in the US, raising concerns that investors could "cut corners and increase rents". The US president said last week that he would ask Congress to codify the measure as he tries to address concerns that families are struggling to buy or rent a home. The median property sale price was $410,800 (£305,000) last year, according to the US Census Bureau. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Russia, Trump, Black Hawk helicopters

  Tuesday 13 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Russia is already working to circumvent the latest US sanctions to ensure India can continue to import high levels of cheap Russian crude oil, according to industry analysts. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, India has become the world's second largest purchaser of Russian crude oil, which has been heavily discounted due to the impact of western sanctions. US-India relations have plummeted in recent months as Donald Trump has attempted to coerce India into halting its reliance on cheap Russian oil, accusing it of bankrolling Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Russia, Trump, Black Hawk helicopters

  Tuesday 13 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Russia is already working to circumvent the latest US sanctions to ensure India can continue to import high levels of cheap Russian crude oil, according to industry analysts. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, India has become the world's second largest purchaser of Russian crude oil, which has been heavily discounted due to the impact of western sanctions. US-India relations have plummeted in recent months as Donald Trump has attempted to coerce India into halting its reliance on cheap Russian oil, accusing it of bankrolling Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Business confidence, Marks & Spencer, Federal Reserve

  Monday 12 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - UK business confidence weakened sharply at the end of 2025 and hiring fell amid rising costs and uncertainty about the economic outlook, according to key business surveys. Contrasting with the prime minister's optimistic new year message that the country was about to start feeling richer again, the jobs market weakened, with full-time and temporary appointments falling in December, according to a study by the accountants KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). - Guardian

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