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Danish toymaker’s first-half profits also rise, and sales almost double at UK-based Yoto, creator of screen-free speakers for childrenLego said it could be benefiting from parents’ desire to keep children – and themselves – away from smartphones as sal…
World’s largest wealth fund says it has excluded bulldozer maker and five Israeli banking groups on ethics groundsBusiness live – latest updatesThe world’s largest wealth fund has excluded Caterpillar, the construction equipment manufacturer, over Isra…
World’s largest wealth fund says it has excluded bulldozer maker and five Israeli banking groups on ethics groundsBusiness live – latest updatesThe world’s largest wealth fund has excluded Caterpillar, the construction equipment manufacturer, over Isra…
Bulk of UK scrap steel is exported, which industry groups say could cost up to £5bn in lost revenue and 20,000 jobsMetals recyclers are at loggerheads with the British steel industry over a call to limit lucrative scrap exports so steel can be reused b…
Unions receive assurances after state takes control of Liberty Steel plants that collapsed into administrationWorkers at the UK’s third-largest steelworks in South Yorkshire have been assured they will receive their pay for August as well as unpaid pen…
Court ends Sanjeev Gupta’s control of UK’s third-largest steelworks as ministers seek to save 1,450 jobsThe government has taken control of the UK’s third-largest steelworks as ministers try to protect 1,450 jobs after Liberty Steel’s operations in Sou…
Unite says stoppages at Broughton and Filton factories could disrupt production of wings and delay deliveriesBusiness live – latest updatesThousands of Airbus workers in the UK are to go on strike for 10 days in September in a row over pay that threate…
Court is shown proposal to secure operations of SSUK, which employs 1,450 peopleBusiness live – latest updatesMinisters have lined up special managers to run Liberty Steel’s South Yorkshire operations if they are put into administration, according to a…
Companies send letter to business secretary complaining new rules were imposed with 24 hours’ noticeBusiness live – latest updatesUK metals companies have threatened to take legal action against the government over tariffs on raw steel imports from Asi…
Economists doubt US duties will bring about a resurgence of US factory jobs, notably due to Trump’s erratic tariff rolloutDonald Trump’s hugely disruptive trade war is setting the stage for a manufacturing renaissance in the US, administration official…