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    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Buyout group Greybull emerges as potential late bidder for Britishvolt

      Executives from private equity group met battery start-up’s leaders on Monday

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Britishvolt founder to bid for bankrupt battery start-up

      Orral Nadjari expected to table firm offer by Tuesday as administrators seek buyer

    • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      Britishvolt collapse prompts calls for shake-up of UK subsidy policies

      More must be done to attract investment that will be vital to energy transition, say industry insiders

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Australian battery group tops shortlist to buy Britishvolt

      Consortium of existing investors also among the five suitors still in running for collapsed UK start-up

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Australian battery company signals plan to bid for Britishvolt

      Founder of Recharge Industries to meet UK officials this week

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Batteries
      Britishvolt: how Britain’s big battery hope ran out of charge

      Start-up’s collapse deals blow to UK’s attempt to supply electric-car industry

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Britishvolt site draws interest from more than a dozen companies

      Battery start-up’s collapse is ‘disaster’ for UK car industry, says Labour

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Britishvolt collapses into administration as rescue talks fail

      Move hits UK plans to create homegrown battery manufacturing powerhouse

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Britishvolt shareholders pitch rival bid to thwart Indonesian takeover

      Struggling battery start-up receives £30mn counter-offer to DeaLab proposal

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Britishvolt rescue deal set to cut battery maker’s valuation by 90%

      Current investors face almost total wipeout of equity if Indonesian-led offer goes ahead

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Britishvolt seeks lifeline with sale of majority stake

      International pension fund leads consortium of buyers for battery manufacturer with more than £150mn injection

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      Batteries
      Lithium groups choose Teesside in boost for UK battery industry

      Plans for refinery and recycling facilities come despite uncertainty over future of Britishvolt

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      Britishvolt renews plea for £30mn state cash to secure survival

      Battery start-up planning £3.8bn gigafactory says private equity will match government figure

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      Britishvolt secures five-week funding lifeline from Glencore

      Staff take pay cut to ease cash burn as battery start-up seeks longer-term financing

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      Batteries
      Britishvolt on brink after government rejects rescue plea

      Troubled UK battery start-up prepares for possible administration

    • Friday, 14 October, 2022
      Britishvolt in emergency funding talks to avoid pre-Christmas collapse

      Seven potential suitors include Tata Motors in process that may lead to takeover

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      The Big Read
      The EV battery race: inside the struggles of Britishvolt

      The fate of the UK’s automotive industry might ride on it — but it has no working prototype, no factory and no customers

    • Monday, 29 August, 2022
      Britishvolt’s gigafactory plan hit by surging energy costs

      Co-founder of UK electric battery start-up says facility will not start production until 2025

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Monaco shipping group takes stake in battery start-up Britishvolt

      Scorpio investment a sign of manufacturers looking beyond car industry into new markets

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      Commodities
      Britishvolt teams up with Indonesia’s Bakrie family in nickel venture

      UK battery start-up building gigafactory in Northumberland moves to secure supply of key metal

    • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
      Batteries
      Britishvolt wins further Glencore backing in latest funding round

      Miner and commodity trader to invest £40mn in UK battery start-up at a valuation of more than £774mn

    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
      Electric vehicles
      Glencore plans UK recycling plant for lithium-ion batteries

      Waste from Britishvolt’s gigafactory in Blyth to be processed at Kent facility to tap rise of electric cars

    • Friday, 21 January, 2022
      Britishvolt secures £1.7bn funding for North East battery plant

      Tritax and abrdn investment backed by £100m government grant in bid to safeguard UK car plants

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      Britishvolt closes in on £200m in government funding for UK plant

      Blyth gigafactory project in advanced talks to secure support for its proposed electric car battery facility

    • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
      Batteries
      Battery gigafactory group Britishvolt valued at more than $1bn

      Fundraising comes after start-up began to build plant for electric car batteries

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