Stellantis: Vauxhall owner picks former Jeep boss as chief executive May 28, 2025 Stellantis has picked 25-year veteran Antonio Filosa as its new chief executive amid an ongoing turnaround effort that was given fresh urgency by President Donald Trump’s shock tariff announcement. Filosa, who is currently Stellantis’s chief operating officer for the Americas, will take the top job on 23 June following a unanimous verdict by the board. [...]
How the UK took on Hollywood (and why Trump wants it back) May 22, 2025 With expanding film studios and its creative talent, the UK is forging a new era of Hollywood. It's no surprise Trump wants it back.
Aston Martin limits US imports amid tariff uncertainty April 30, 2025 Aston Martin has begun limiting car imports to the US as it wrestles with the fallout from Donald Trump’s erratic tariff regime. The luxury carmaker was already forced to revised down sales targets slightly in April as Donald Trump’s liberation day announcement rocked global markets and sent shares in a string of carmakers spiralling. Chief [...]
Rolls-Royce’s FTSE 100 shares near complete recovery after tariffs shock April 25, 2025 Shares in FTSE 100 giant Rolls-Royce have surged to their highest value since US President Donald Trump shocked global markets with his trade tariffs. The Derby-headquartered group has seen a spike in its share price of almost two per cent in early trading on Friday morning, continuing a recovery which started on 7 April. The [...]
Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 giant worth £60bn after shares rebound April 22, 2025 Rolls-Royce is worth £60bn again after shares in the FTSE 100 giant continued their recovery after President Donald Trump’s tariffs shocked global markets. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group have now risen to more than 700p, giving it a market capitalisation of more than £60.5bn. Rolls-Royce’s shares had been trading at more than 800p before Trump’s [...]
Nvidia shares skyrocket but tariffs still threaten AI boom April 10, 2025 Shares in AI giant Nvidia have skyrocketed by almost a fifth after President Donald Trump paused his sweeping new tariffs for 90 days. The move brought a brief, albeit potent, reprieve for Wall Street, triggering the Nasdaq’s largest single day gain in nearly a quarter of a century and reigniting investor appetite for the battered [...]
Rolls-Royce: Shares in FTSE 100 giant rocket April 10, 2025 Shares in FTSE 100 giant Rolls-Royce are on the march and have now recovered more than half the value they lost in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group are now trading at around 734p, up more than 10 per cent since the start of trading today. That is [...]
Next: Boss of FTSE 100 giant rewarded after £1bn profit April 10, 2025 The chief executive of FTSE 100 giant Next took home almost £5m as the high street icon’s profit surged to more than £1bn for the first time. Lord Simon Wolfson took home a total pay packet of £4.72m for the Leicester-headquartered retailer’s latest financial year, up from £4.63m. The CEO’s remuneration package included a salary [...]
FTSE 100: Rolls-Royce shares rebound after losing over £10bn in value April 8, 2025 Shares in Rolls-Royce have started to rebound after losing more than £10bn in value since President Donald Trump’s tariffs were announced. The Derby-headquartered group’s shares had been trading at an all-time high of 812p in the middle of March before plummeting to 635p on Monday. They have now started to rebound and are trading at [...]
Lush to pass tariffs onto US shoppers as it sinks further into the red April 8, 2025 Lush has revealed plans to open a UK hotel as it detailed its response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs amid the ethical cosmetics retailer sinking further into the red. The Dorset-headquartered company has included scant detail in its annual accounts about its plans for a new hotel but did say it is working with a [...]