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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Shein, JPMorgan Chase

(Sharecast News) - The UK's advertising watchdog has banned a campaign by an online investment company predominantly targeting Muslims that featured images of euros and US dollars and the words "The United States of America" in flames alongside a call to "join the money revolution". Wahed Invest Ltd, an online investment platform, ran six posters on various Transport for London (TfL) services, including the London Underground and on buses, last September and October. - Guardian

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has said it will invest £300m in expanding its Goodwood factory in West Sussex to meet the growing demand for bespoke upgrades, after the luxury carmaker recorded its third-highest annual sales in 2024. The investment will extend the luxury carmaker's manufacturing facility as it gradually moves away from V12 petrol engines to battery electric vehicles, as well as increasing its capacity to fulfil the whims of some of the world's richest people. - Guardian

An overtime ban at Britain's aviation regulator could delay aircraft upgrades, the Prospect union claimed, including a revamp of first-class cabins at British Airways. Prospect said 360 members employed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will begin a work-to-rule on January 20 in protest against the public body imposing a 3-4pc pay rise. - Telegraph

Shein's London float has been thrown into further doubt after it was accused by MPs of behaviour that "bordered on contempt" by repeatedly refusing to answer questions over the origins of its cotton sourcing. The Chinese-founded fast-fashion giant, which is hoping to list in the UK this year, was summoned by parliament to provide evidence to the business and trade select committee on Tuesday after concerns over labour practices in its supply chain. - The Times

JPMorgan Chase is planning to order all its staff back to the office five days a week, in the latest crackdown on hybrid working policies introduced during the pandemic. America's biggest bank, which employs more than 300,000 people worldwide and about 22,000 in the UK, is preparing to end remote working for thousands of staff. - The Times

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Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK-US trade deal, Oxford Street, TSB
(Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs "because I like them". The two leaders presented the deal, which covers aerospace and the auto sector, at the G7 venue in Kananaskis, Alberta. - Guardian
Monday newspaper round-up: Ofwat, Fortnum & Mason, British manufacturers
(Sharecast News) - Bonuses and dividends for water company bosses and shareholders should be approved by the regulator before they are paid, as billpayer funds are being used irresponsibly, MPs have said. They also recommended that the government consider ending the profit-driven water company model and making English companies non-profit, similar to how the system works in Wales, in the report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select committee. - Guardian
Friday newspaper round-up: Credit Suisse, P&O Ferries, KPMG
(Sharecast News) - Bosses at Credit Suisse were warned against dealing with the Australian financier Lex Greensill's eponymous company three years before the collapse of his Greensill Capital, which once employed the former UK prime minister David Cameron as an adviser. The "character judgment" of senior Credit Suisse managers was challenged in anonymous messages they received as early as 2018, which raised concerns over the Swiss bank's dealings with Greensill, according to a report by the Swiss regulator Finma, released under a London court order after a request by the Guardian and other media. - Guardian
Thursday newspaper round-up: RedBird, Meta, WPP
(Sharecast News) - A cross-party group of MPs and peers has called on ministers to investigate how a US private equity company is funding its £500m takeover of the Telegraph. In a letter sent to the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, last week, the MPs said there was a risk of "potential Chinese state influence" in RedBird Capital. They said the firm's chair, John Thornton, sat on the advisory council of China's sovereign wealth fund and had high-level meetings with Chinese Communist party figures in 2024 and this year. - Guardian

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