Toyota GR86 review: Slide ruler November 18, 2022 The Toyota GR86 is a brilliant, back-to-basics sports car offering raw driving fun. It's also very affordable – if you can actually buy one…
Estée Lauder snaps up Tom Ford in £2.4bn luxury swoop November 16, 2022 Estée Lauder announced that it would be buying designer fashion house Tom Ford in a deal worth $2.8bn (£2.4bn). The deal, which was announced late last night, is the luxury cosmetics biggest acquisition to date. The French firm said the tie-up would “unlock new opportunities” for both sides. Under the agreement, Tom Ford, Founder and [...]
I stayed at the real White Lotus hotel in Sicily – it’s as OTT as it looks on the show November 14, 2022 Season two of The White Lotus has traded Hawaii for Sicily. There weren’t any hints in season one of the hugely popular show that The White Lotus hotel is a chain, but it turns out it might be a fictional Four Seasons – one where its inhabitants have an unlucky habit of winding up dead [...]
Government urged to sign off policy ensuring more EVs are on the road by 2024 November 8, 2022 A string of large electric vehicle (EV) players are lobbying the government to ink a mandate which would ensure a certain proportion of cars on the road in the UK are electric by 2024. A dozen businesses, including Ford, Britishvolt and Pod Point, have written to transport secretary Mark Harper and business minister Grant Shapps [...]
Design thinking – are we getting it right? November 1, 2022 Design thinking is a fragile and elusive process – the more you try to tie it down with procedure, the more you take the magic away. Imagine defining a step-by-step formula for making friends – “start by talking about the weather…” and so on – this is plainly absurd. An overly prescriptive approach will destroy [...]
Ford to discontinue Fiesta production as focus shifts to electric cars October 26, 2022 Ford will discontinue the production of its iconic Fiesta model by the end of June 2023 as the car maker focuses on its electrification strategy. The marque announced today that, alongside the Fiesta, it will also stop manufacturing the S-MAX and Galaxy models. “At Ford in Europe, we are accelerating our efforts to go all-in [...]
Sunak appoints unity Cabinet as Hunt stays and Braverman returns October 25, 2022 Jeremy Hunt will remain as chancellor under Rishi Sunak as the new Prime Minister picked a top team which finely balanced the different wings of the Tory party. Hunt is expected to deliver the planned Halloween fiscal statement next Monday, which is set to include a series of tax hikes and spending cuts. Close Boris [...]
Ford enters agreement with Tata Steel and others for supply of ‘green’ steel October 25, 2022 Ford has signed an agreement with Tata Steel’s Dutch arm and two other manufacturers for the supply of “green” steel from 2030. The car maker has in fact signed memorandums of understanding also with ThyssenKrupp and a German steel maker to provide low-carbon steel – which is made without the use of fossil fuels. Ford [...]
Sharks circling: Sale’s unbeaten start testament to mixing talent October 11, 2022 In Sale’s post-Steve Diamond era, no one really knew what to expect from a rugby union outpost written off season after season. But in their third year under former Saracens coach Alex Sanderson, Sale are one of two unbeaten sides in the Premiership and motoring along nicely. With four wins from four, including over the [...]
Rivian recalls almost all its EV trucks due to technical issue October 9, 2022 US electric truck maker Rivian has recalled most of its production due to a possible technical issue. Rivian over the weekend decided to recollect around 13,000 of its 14,317 vehicles manufactured after discovering that a fastener connecting the front upper control arm and the steering knuckle in some of its vehicles may have remained loose. [...]