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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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(Sharecast News) - The US president said talks with China that were taking place in Geneva had achieved a "total reset" in the two countries' trade relations. Without elaborating, Donald Trump said that great progress had been made and that they wanted to see an opening up of China to American businesses. The negotiations were scheduled to continue on Sunday. - Guardian
Friday newspaper round-up: Centrica, water bills, BlackRock
(Sharecast News) - The owner of British Gas has suffered a shareholder rebellion after handing its chief executive a multimillion pound pay packet while energy bill payers struggle with record levels of debt. Nearly 40% of Centrica's shareholders voted against the board's pay plans at the energy company's annual investor meeting in Manchester on Thursday, after rising criticism of boss Chris O'Shea's pay during the energy crisis. - Guardian
Thursday newspaper round-up: Orsted, drought conditions, HSBC, uninsurable homes
(Sharecast News) - The world's biggest wind power developer has cancelled plans for one of the UK's largest offshore windfarms, in a significant blow to the government's green energy targets. The Danish wind power company Ørsted said the Hornsea 4 project no longer made economic sense because of soaring costs in the industry's global supply chain, after it won a government contract last year. - Guardian
Tuesday newspaper round-up: US Treasury Secretary, Profit warnings, Russia
(Sharecast News) - The US treasury secretary attempted to soothe Wall Street on Monday as President Trump rattled markets with a plan to impose 100 per cent tariffs on foreign-made films and a prominent investor said the US brand had been damaged. "It has never been a better time to invest in America," Scott Bessent told finance leaders gathered at the annual Milken Institute global conference in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. - The Times

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