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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Haulage industry, William Hill, Facebook

(Sharecast News) - The haulage industry has urged Boris Johnson to step up "lacklustre" efforts to tackle a shortage of 100,000 HGV drivers, telling him to act now on supply chains or face a Christmas crisis. Bosses of multiple trade bodies and businesses in the trucking and food industries have written to the prime minister saying not enough had been done to resolve the crisis and urging him to intervene personally. - Guardian William Hill has been accused of deploying "cynical" tactics to keep people gambling after the bookmaker launched an in-store cafe selling hot food, with some items cheaper than at McDonald's. At one branch of the bookmaker in the Arndale shopping centre in central Manchester signage advertised a "WH Cafe", selling meal deals, burgers and breakfast. - Guardian

Facebook has warned that its growth will slow down dramatically in the coming months amid iPhone privacy changes, a further blow to the embattled social network as it wrestles with a whistleblower scandal. The social media giant said revenues had grown by 35pc in the third quarter of the year to $29bn (£21bn), a marked slowdown on the 56pc growth in the previous three months. - Telegraph

Policymakers should wait to judge the impact of the end of the furlough scheme before raising interest rates, a ratesetter at the Bank of England said. Silvana Tenreyro, an external member of the monetary policy committee, said that policymakers should assess official data showing how well the labour market coped after the coronavirus job retention scheme closed at the end of September. - The Times

A cryptocurrency company is to buy the Gibraltar Stock Exchange, which will enable investors to buy crypto, debt and equities on the same bourse. Valereum Blockchain, which aims to link fiat currencies - government-issued money not backed by a commodity, such as sterling or US dollar - to cryptocurrencies, has signed an option to buy 80 per cent of the exchange. - The Times

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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Aviva Investors, HSBC, car finance
(Sharecast News) - One of the UK's biggest pension funds has lost more than £350m on a series of "calamitous" investments in incinerator power plants that are expected to go bust in the coming days. The Guardian understands that Aviva Investors will put three incinerators into administration this week after pouring millions of pounds into what has been described as the country's "dirtiest form of power generation". - Guardian
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Starling Bank, Asos, Morrisons
(Sharecast News) - Staff have resigned at Starling Bank after its new chief executive demanded thousands of workers attend its offices more regularly, despite lacking enough space to host them. In his first major policy change since taking over from the UK digital bank's founder, Anne Boden, in March, Raman Bhatia has ordered all hybrid staff - many of whom were in the office only one or two days a week, or on an ad-hoc basis - to travel to work for a minimum of 10 days each month. - Guardian
Monday newspaper round-up: Energy bills, Black Friday, Lloyds Bank, Sephora
(Sharecast News) - Household energy bills across Great Britain are set to rise at the start of next year, analysts predict, putting more pressure on household finances. Officially, the price cap for January-March 2025 will be set on Friday morning by regulator Ofgem, limiting what energy providers can charge in England, Scotland and Wales. - Guardian
Sunday newspaper round-up: Kursk, AstraZeneca, BAE Systems
(Sharecast News) - America's President has authorised Ukraine to employ long-range ATACMS supplied by the US to strike targets inside Russia. More specifically, Kyiv will now be allowed to strike targets within the Kursk region, the New York Times reported. Speculation may increase that permission from Britain, the US and France to do the same with Storm Shadow missiles could follow. Joe Biden's decision is said to have been triggered by the appearance of North Korean troops in the Kursk region. - The Sunday Telegraph

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