Tag:Manufacturing sector
Business
Tupperware files for bankruptcy in US and hunts for new owners
Tupperware, the lossmaking 78-year-old American plastic food container brand, has filed for bankruptcy and is on the hunt for new owners as it attempts...
Business
Blow for British steel industry as 2,500 jobs go at Port Talbot
The British steel industry has suffered a blow after confirmation that 2,500 jobs will go at the Port Talbot steelworks despite a £500m taxpayer-backed...
Asia Pacific
How China and a tariffs row cast a shadow over the US’s booming solar power
The Biden administration touts solar energy as one of its big success stories, a booming new industry that is curbing the effects of the...
Brexit
Sixth-generation wire-maker blames Brexit for shredding its business
The head of a family-owned company that has made specialist wires and cables for six generations for clients ranging from naval vessels to film...
Aerospace industry
Rolls-Royce is FTSE 100’s biggest faller as Cathay Pacific inspects A350 fleet
Shares in Rolls-Royce, the leading British engineering company, were the biggest faller on the FTSE 100 on Monday after Cathay Pacific Airways identified an...
Climate crisis
‘These ideas are incredibly popular’: what is degrowth and can it save the planet?
In the run-up to the UK general election, the Labour party’s central offer to the public was a “laser-like” focus on economic growth. Its...
Brexit
Renewed calls for UK industrial strategy to bring in investment and fix Brexit damage
UK manufacturers have renewed calls on the government to urgently draft an industrial strategy that will bring in investment and fix the “terrible” damage...
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Teamsters skip presidential endorsement for first time since 1996
WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters will not issue an endorsement in the presidential election for the...
Five arrested for murder over stabbing on Teesside
Five people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed to death on Teesside.The 26-year-old...
Israel launches airstrike in Lebanon, targets Hezbollah
Israel launched a series of strikes on Hezbollah targets Thursday as the war against the Lebanon-based group widened in...
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