Construction firms lose hope but businesses are ‘showing resilience’ April 30, 2025 Construction firms have grown despondent about their business prospects despite signs of resilience across the UK economy, a new survey has found. The sector is key to the housing secretary Angela Rayner’s plans to build 1.5m homes by 2030 though early signs suggest the ambitious target will not be met. Construction saw a bigger drop [...]
Polestar takes advantage of Tesla sales slump April 10, 2025 Polestar is benefitting from Tesla’s well-publicised slump as it revealed a huge growth in global sales for the first three months of 2025. The Swedish company, which is listed on the US Nasdaq, has sold an estimated 12,304 cars since the turn of the year, 76 per cent up compared to the same period in [...]
Jaguar Land Rover: Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten US growth April 7, 2025 The scale of the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs facing Jaguar Land Rover has been revealed as the luxury car maker outlined how many vehicles it exported to the US in the first three months of 2025. The Coventry-headquartered automotive giant saw wholesale volumes in its fourth quarter rise by 14.4 per cent in North [...]
McCain: Chips favourite doubles profit to £100m in three years April 7, 2025 Profit at the UK arm of potatoes giant McCain Foods surged to almost £100m during its latest financial year, it has been revealed. The North Yorkshire-headquartered UK arm of the Canadian giant has reported a pre-tax profit of £98.7m for the 12 months to 30 June, 2024. The figure, revealed in new accounts filed with [...]
Nissan: Qashqai maker in the red despite sales accelerating by over £2bn April 4, 2025 The UK arm of Japanese carmaking giant Nissan fell into the red despite its sales surging by more than £2bn, it has been revealed. Based out of its Sunderland factory, Nissan’s UK arm has reported a pre-tax loss of £67.2m for the 12 months to 31 March, 2024, new accounts filed with Companies House show. [...]
UK manufacturing woes deepen as industry ‘hit on several fronts’ April 1, 2025 The latest S&P Global’s UK Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) shows that UK manufacturing’s woes have deepened. S&P Global’s latest PMI survey, which asks around 600 industrial companies about their performances, suggests that manufacturing is again in the downturn following a poor start to the year. The latest figure showed that it decreased to 44.9, which [...]
Fentimans returns to profit after cutting costs March 27, 2025 Fentimans, the soft drinks and tonic water brand, has predicted higher profits in 2025 as it returned to the black during its latest financial year despite the “ongoing challenging backdrop”. The Northumberland-based business has reported a pre-tax profit of £1.4m for 2024, according to new accounts filed with Companies House. The total comes after Fentimans [...]
British Steel: thousands of jobs at risk after £500m subsidy rejected March 27, 2025 Thousands of jobs have been put at risk after British Steel announced plans to significantly reduce operations at its Scunthorpe steelworks. Up to 2,700 employees are expected to be impacted by the move which would see the closure of two blast furnaces and steelmaking operations as well as a reduction of steel rolling mill capacity [...]
Why boss of FTSE 100 giant Auto Trader might ditch his Tesla March 25, 2025 The boss of FTSE 100 Auto Trader may ditch his Tesla in the future as rivals to Elon Musk's giant become more competitive on price.
Mixed bag of PMI data as services grow but manufacturing slumps March 24, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has received mixed signals about the state of the UK economy ahead of her Spring Statement as S&P Global’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) pointed to an upturn in services while manufacturing declined again. The Spring Statement will be delivered on Wednesday as global trade war tensions escalate and worries over incoming tax [...]