Manufacturing sector
Ford to invest £230m in electric vehicle plant on Merseyside
Move to upgrade transmission plant at Halewood to produce parts for electric drive will maintain about 500 jobs
Jasper Jolly
18, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM
UK manufacturers hit back at claims firms are too reliant on foreign labour
Make UK urges government to work with sector to alleviate supply chain crisis instead viewing it as ‘the enemy within’
Joanna Partridge
18, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM
You’re betraying your Quaker roots: fury at Clarks’ ‘fire and rehire’ plan
The shoe firm was founded in Street in Somerset in 1825. Now workers there are on strike and feel a proud history is being erased
Tom Wall
17, Oct, 2021 @5:15 AM
Domestic holiday boom helped UK economy bounce back in August
Spending in bars, restaurants and festivals rose during first full month without Covid controls in England
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
13, Oct, 2021 @12:13 PM
Energy crisis: UK government will only support firms on brink of closure
Industry leaders say means-tested package is no more than ‘flimsy sticking plaster’ for high energy costs
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor
12, Oct, 2021 @3:55 PM
No 10 backs Kwasi Kwarteng as split with Treasury emerges in energy row
PM’s spokesperson says Treasury and BEIS officials looking at ways to help manufacturers
Rowena Mason, Heather Stewart and Rob Davies
11, Oct, 2021 @7:27 PM
Liberty Steel owner GFG to restart Rotherham and Stocksbridge plants
‘Substantial majority’ of 1,000 jobs will be saved, with £50m pumped into the business
Sarah Butler
10, Oct, 2021 @7:00 PM
A resentful UK plc hits back at Boris Johnson’s conference business-bashing
Analysis: from retailers to farmers, employers have not taken kindly to being told to stop whingeing about the supply crisis
Larry Elliott Economics editor
08, Oct, 2021 @12:34 PM
Two in three UK firms expect to raise prices in Christmas run-up, poll finds
BCC warning comes as Greggs flags price pressures amid surge in fuel and energy costs
Larry Elliott and Sarah Butler
05, Oct, 2021 @9:30 PM
UK business confidence collapses as fears of ‘stagflation’ grow
Supply chain shortages and price rises could lead to the zero growth and high inflation seen in the 1970s
Richard Partington and Larry Elliott
01, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM
How ‘wonder material’ graphene became a national security concern
UK and China are racing to develop forms of the super-strength technology that has potential aerospace and weaponry uses
Jasper Jolly
27, Sep, 2021 @3:16 PM
A man used to leaving a mess for others to clear | Brief letters
Brief letters: Johnson’s UN speech | CO2 shortage | Petrol delivery | Library books | Imperial measures
Letters
24, Sep, 2021 @3:35 PM
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