What the Sunday papers say

SUNDAY EXPRESS

OVER a third of retailers are at serious risk of failure, according to financial health monitoring specialist Company Watch. PARENTS need to be more alert over who their children are playing games with online according to Internet Matters, the safety group backed by Sky, TalkTalk and BT. STOCK MARKET flotations and shares sales in the London market have fallen 18 per cent this year, according to financial information group Dealogic.

SUNDAY TIMES

STRUGGLING meat and vegetable processors are facing a cash squeeze after credit insurers refused to cover their suppliers amid fears that the chaos of a no-deal Brexit would push more into insolvency. THOUSANDS of sensitive documents have been stolen by hackers in a cyber-attack on the influential investment bank Evercore.

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

NETFLIX is launching a spin operation to combat claims from the BBC and an increasingly hostile media that it is a “Goliath” imposing American television on Britain while not paying fair taxes.

A PACK of Wall Street hedge funds is circling Carpetright as its lenders look to slash their exposure to the embattled flooring chain.

OBSERVER

INVESTORS are entering the Christmas holidays hoping for some respite from a brutal few months in which stock markets have sold off across the world, with little sign of the customer “Santa rally” in December.