British luxury car maker Bentley Motors, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, is planning to invest about GBP800m through 2016 at its Crewe Plant in the UK for the production of new sport utility vehicle (SUV) and other models. The new SUV, which ...
Tags: SUV Production, Bentley Motors
The Circular Economy Task Force is a government supported business-led group, including firms such as Boots, Unilever and Wrap, convened by independent think tank Green Alliance. It says that it is a forum for policy innovation which aims ...
UK government has collaborated with the county's automotive industry to make GBP1m investments in an advanced propulsion centre (APC) over the next ten years. Both the government and automotive industry will invest GBP500m each in the APC ...
Tags: Vehicle Development, Auto Parts, UK
The government is failing to promote UK manufacturing, according to a new industry and public poll conducted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Thumbs up for the financial sector? David Cameron’s government is ...
Tags: food businesses, drink businesses, food
Nissan's announcement that production of the 100% electric Nissan LEAF is starting in Sunderland has been welcomed by the CBI. The move will help to support more than 2,000 jobs in the UK automotive supply chain. "The start of UK ...
Tags: Nissan, Electric Car, Consumer Electronics
Hydrogen powered vehicles are expected to reach half million units in the UK by 2030, according to a Government-industry study by the UKH2Mobility project. The report calculates the benefits of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) ...
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Glasgow is to receive £24m of government investment to become "a city of the future". Glasgow is to host the Technology Strategy Board’s ‘Future Cities Demonstrator’ for showing the impact technology can ...
Europe's top digital commissioner has called for an "Airbus for chips" to boost the bloc's microelectronics sector. Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes said on Tuesday that if the European Union wants to be a global player in chip ...
Tags: Europe, digital commissioner, Airbus for chips, microelectronics sector
Britain's food and drink manufacturers are bracing themselves for difficult Christmas trading,according to the Food and Drink Federation(FDF). Speaking after the FDF's latest business confidence survey,FDF's economic and commercial ...
Tags: Business confidence, Business Leaders Forum, FDF, CBI
The Confederation of British Industry(CBI)has highlighted food manufacturing and agriculture as one of seven key"champion sectors"for growth,urging the government to develop a"coherent industrial strategy to boost exports". Agri-food ...
The UK is in need of 1.25 million science,engineering and technology professionals and technicians by 2020;but will not hit this target the Royal Academy of Engineering has warned. Research from the Academy estimates 830,000 ...
Tags: Royal Academy, engineers, industrial strategy, technicians
The government is refocusing its industrial policy to support key sectors of the economy such as IT, business secretary Vince Cable has announced. In a speech at Imperial College in London, Cable said the department was identifying ...
Tags: aerospace, automotive, life sciences, IT