Productivity is no puzzle for sheet metal and fabrication specialist Contracts Engineering Ltd (CEL) whose highly skilled workforce backed by robots is firing on all cylinders achieving record outputs. Asset finance for the automation has come from NatWest Group’s Lombard and underpins
France will ditch some of its weapon systems despite investing “significant funds” in developing its standing army, the country’s defence minister has said. Sébastien Lecornu recently announced the French government would pour €413billion (£353billion) into its armed forces, with the minister putting
The leaders of Brazil and France have announced a plan to invest $1.1 billion in the Amazon rainforest, including French Guiana, over four years. The investment will involve state-run Brazilian banks and France’s investment agency. French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian
Ryan Reynolds and Travis Kelce might face a tough start to the new F1 season with Alpine. Hollywood legend Reynolds and NFL superstar Kelce, who has hit the headlines for his relationship with Taylor Swift, both invested in the team last year.
Argentina’s libertarian leader Javier Milei on Friday hosted U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken, the most senior U.S. official to visit Argentina since Milei took office in December pledging a “shock therapy” to stabilize the country’s embattled economy. Asked at the start of
The protesting German soccer fans got what they wanted Wednesday when the league abandoned plans to sell a stake in its media rights income to an outside investor. The league, known as the DFL, said its board decided not to proceed with
Kemi Badenoch will today sign a deal with Nigeria to boost trade and investment with Britain. The Business and Trade Secretary has travelled to Abuja to ink the agreement, which is the first such deal the UK has struck with an African
Art can provide a stunning addition to your house and home — and it can also make you cash in the years while it hangs on your wall. Collectible art, just like any other investment, is not guaranteed to make you money.
Ministers will create 700 jobs when it invests £2 billion into 11 green hydrogen projects to help supply industry with renewable power. These projects will create 700 jobs over 15 years and will supply a Port Talbot paper mill, a whisky distillery
Sir Jim Ratcliffe is on the verge of sealing a £1.3billion deal for a 25 per cent stake in Manchester United, having beaten Qatari royal Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani in the Glazer family’s strategic review. But Sheikh Jassim could soon