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  • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
    Melrose Industries PLC
    Melrose targets big acquisition as it relaunches Nortek sale process

    FTSE 100 buyout group aims to offload $3.5bn US air conditioning business following delay caused by pandemic

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    UK Budget
    Eight bidders gain freeport approval in move to boost English regions

    Chancellor says special economic zones will unlock billions of pounds in private sector investment

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    UK Budget
    Companies enjoy extra £35bn boost until UK economy recovers

    Flagship coronavirus furlough scheme extended while VAT and business rates are cut

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    State offers loan support to foreign buyers of UK goods

    Scheme aims to boost post-Brexit trade for small British firms seeking export contracts

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Jaguar Land Rover Ltd
    Jaguar Land Rover lays out electric plans in radical overhaul

    Bolloré vows to keep all UK ‘core sites’ open under 15-year strategy to phase out diesels

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    Brexit
    Call for UK to rethink £1bn Brexit red tape plan for chemicals

    Letter from 25 industry leaders warns that new regulatory system risks driving business overseas

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    Three UK manufacturers selected to make rapid Covid tests

    Push to develop domestic diagnostics industry and less reliance on foreign producers

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Rolls-Royce to temporarily close jet-engine plants this summer

    Group in talks with unions over productivity gains as it seeks to ride out aviation crisis

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    UK trade
    The UK companies seeing the upside of Brexit

    Despite the EU-UK trade deal bringing disruption and red tape, some companies report benefits

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Style
    ‘British brands will die’: Fashion raises the alarm on Brexit trade deal

    Costs and paperwork are spiralling because of Britain’s new deal with the EU, designers and executives say

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    The Big Read
    UK carmakers after Brexit: a race to attract battery production

    Manufacturers are less concerned about tariffs and supply chains than the switch to mass production of electric vehicles

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    UK manufacturing ‘close to stalling’ as Brexit and Covid hit supplies

    Delivery times in January were among the longest in 30 years, according to purchasing managers’ index

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    Automobiles
    UK carmakers braced for more job losses after worst year since 1984

    The 10,000 roles lost in 2020 were tip of ‘iceberg’, trade body warns

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Nissan Motor Co Ltd
    Nissan greets Brexit deal as chance to expand range at Sunderland

    Group says agreement creates opportunities as it moves battery making to north-east site

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    UK business & economy
    Boris Johnson vows to business he will seize ‘opportunities of Brexit’

    UK prime minister shares plans to revive economy at first meeting of ‘build back better’ council

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Honda to close Swindon plant next week due to semiconductor shortage

    Global chip supply disruption has affected operations of carmakers Volkswagen, Nissan and GM

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Brompton Bicycle
    Brompton pedals faster to keep up with global bike boom

    Cycle maker embarks on rapid expansion after surge in demand during lockdowns

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    News in-depthUK business & economy
    Why UK pledge to become ‘Saudi Arabia’ of wind power rings hollow

    Despite being a world leader in offshore wind farms, Britain is yet to enjoy a manufacturing and jobs boom

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    Automobiles
    UK car industry suffers worst sales drop since 1943

    Far more battery factories needed to ‘sustain’ auto plants during shift to electric vehicles, trade body warns

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    UK business & economy
    UK housing and manufacturing sectors improve despite tightening restrictions

    Mortgage approvals rise to highest level since 2007, bucking expectations of slowdown

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Rolls-Royce to put engine development ‘on ice’ until new jet unveiled

    UltraFan engine programme to be halted when testing finishes in 2022, says chief

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    News in-depth
    Rolls-Royce plant closure hits Conservative ‘red wall’ promise

    Move to Singapore jars with Boris Johnson’s pledge to spread prosperity in north of England

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    LexBrexit
    UK carmakers/Brexit: no-deal whiplash Premium

    Industry faces jolt if trade negotiations fail

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Pandemic resurgence delays recovery at Rolls-Royce

    Aero-engine maker expects an improvement in the second half of 2021

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    UK’s first gigafactory to provide £2.6bn boost for ‘red wall’ town

    Battery production centre to create thousands of jobs and boost prospects of homegrown electric car industry

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