Toyota follows Renault out of the pit lane

Lack of racing success and economic slump sees Japanese carmakers all but vanish from the top level of motor racing

• F1’s big players driven away
• Renault stays cagey on F1 future

Tate & Lyle to review capital investment plans

Javed Ahmed, the new chief executive of Tate & Lyle, is carrying out a review of the group's approach to capital investment, an area in which it has had highprofile...

Rentokil stands by revival plan

The washrooms-to-pest control business insists that its turnround strategy was on track after cost-cutting helped third-quarter operating profits rise by more than a third

Charter and Tomkins point to higher demand

The engineering companies say a recovery in the automotive industry has helped drive a slight improvement in sales but rule out a rapid recovery following last autumn’s collapse

Shanks sees underlying profits fall 41%

A drop in manufacturing and construction activity in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK hurt revenue across the waste disposal group, which says the tough market has at least stabilised

South Africa drops Airbus contract

The government says it has no choice but to pull out because of failure to deliver the A400M on time and to budget, dealing yet another blow to the struggling pan-European aircraft programme

Price deflation takes shine off Unilever

Unilever's chief executive warned of a protracted global economic recovery and price deflation as the maker of Lipton tea and Sunsilk shampoo reported strong...

View from the Top: Christina Gold, CEO of Western Union

Christina Gold, a Dutch immigrant to Canada at the age of five, now relies on other immigrants sending money around the world as chief executive of Western Union. She...