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Sunday newspaper round-up: Jaguar Land Rover, Huawei, Spanish elections, Gatwick diversions
Struggling Jaguar Land Rover is considering a bid for the minicab operator Addison Lee as it attempts to navigate the challenge to car ownership from Uber and driverless vehicles.
Sunday share tips: City Pub Group, President Energy, SSE
This Sunday's share tips were City Pub Group and President Energy in the Mail on Sunday, with The Sunday Telegraph taking a look at SSE.
Sunday share tips: Funding Circle, SSP, Ceres Power
This Sunday's share tips were Funding Circle in the Sunday Times, SSP in the Sunday Telegraph and Ceres Power in the Mail on Sunday.
Sunday newspaper round-up: StanChart, Anglo, Thomas Cook, Shell, Tesla
British shopping centres, DIY stores and garden centres struggled over the bank holiday weekend as shoppers stayed outside to enjoy the blazing sunshine. Indoor shopping centres were hit particularly hard, with a year-on-year decline in footfall of more than 11% on both Friday and Saturday, according to retail data company Springboard. - Observer.
Thursday newspaper round-up: Auditors, Brexit, EU tariffs, Uber
The competition watchdog has called for the Big Four auditors to split their auditing and consulting operations to address "serious" issues in the disgraced accounting sector, but stopped short of calling for a full break-up. Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG, which audit 97pc of all FTSE 350 companies, have faced extensive criticism for failing to flag problems in the accounts of clients including Carillion, BHS and Patisserie Valerie before their collapse. - Telegraph.
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Slow growth, waning trade, Brexit stumble
Experimental early warning systems for the economy, devised by the Office for National Statistics and using VAT and road traffic data, have suggested that turnover at British companies may have weakened during the first quarter. The ONS said that its new index based on VAT returns had shown a “mixed picture”, with “very slightly more firms reporting a decline in turnover” between the first quarter of 2019 and the final quarter of 2018 than those posting an increase.
Monday newspaper round-up: Barclays, Domino's, TSB, Whitbread, Netflix
British businesses are the most gloomy they have been about Brexit since the 2016 referendum, with eight out of 10 finance leaders expecting the long-term business environment to be worse as a result of the UK leaving the EU. The accountancy group Deloitte has warned that worries over the long-term impact of Brexit are mounting, with more than half of finance bosses expecting to rein in recruitment and spending. - Guardian.
Sunday share tips: Direct Line, Morses Club, IWG
In this Sunday's round of share tips, Direct Line was the focus for the Sunday Times' Inside the City column, while Midas in the Mail on Sunday looked at Morses Club and IWG was examined by Questor in the Sunday Telegraph.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Brexit, Melrose, Stagecoach, Barclays, WPP
David Lidington, the cabinet minister overseeing cross-party Brexit talks with Labour, has insisted that there is now “more that unites than divides” the main parties, amid desperate attempts to find a breakthrough that avoids European elections that could prove disastrous for the Tories. His claims that the meetings had been “serious and constructive”, with large areas of agreement, comes as Theresa May and her team want to show progress as soon as possible, in a bid to avoid taking part in European elections late next month.
Friday newspaper round-up: Brexit, Superdry, Disney, Uber
Theresa May has dispatched shattered MPs for a 10-day Easter recess, and urged them to use the time away from Westminster to “reflect on the decisions that will have to be made swiftly on our return,” after European Union leaders set 31 October as the new Brexit deadline. The prime minister addressed the House of Commons after her return from the late-night summit in Brussels at which EU27 leaders thrashed out an extension to article 50. - Guardian.
Thursday newspaper round-up: Brexit, HSBC, Superdry, Melrose
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn were both facing a furious backlash from their parties last night amid growing scepticism over the prospects of their talks finding a way through Brexit. No 10 and Labour claimed initially that the leaders had had a “constructive” meeting after they spent an hour and 40 minutes in the Commons working through options. They agreed to set up a working party to meet today. - The Times.
Wednesday newspaper update: Brexit, bitcoin, Paddy Power, tax avoidance
Theresa May has offered to enter talks with Jeremy Corbyn to break the logjam over Brexit and let parliament decide a binding way forward if they fail to find a compromise. In a significant shift, May said she would request an extension to leaving the European Union and opened the door to accepting a softer Brexit, with No 10 not ruling out accepting either a customs union or a second referendum. - Guardian.
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Brexit, Superdry, Petrofac, FCA
Theresa May will summon her warring cabinet to Downing Street for a five-hour showdown on Tuesday after parliament once again failed to coalesce behind any alternative to her rejected Brexit deal. Three options – a common market, a customs union and a second referendum – were all narrowly rejected in the process of indicative votes, prompting renewed talk of a swift general election. - Guardian.
Monday newspaper round-up: Brexit, minimum wage, RBS, Grainger
Almost 2 million workers in the UK are in line for a pay rise on Monday as the legal minimum wage increases by nearly 5%. Adults on pay rates rebranded as the “national living wage” will receive a 4. 9% rise from £7. 83 to £8. 21 an hour, worth an extra £690 over a year and affecting around 1. 6 million people. - Guardian.