This was one of the leading headlines in The Daily Telegraph Business section on Monday 8th June, a quotation from one of Britain’s leading industrialists. Interviewed by journalist, Robin Pagnamenta, the former head of BP, Lord Browne of Madingley, set out a robust manifesto for manufacturing; arguing […]
Read more →The Stilton Cheesemakers’ Association has reported a 30 per cent decline in the sale of Stilton – and of cheese, generally during the Coronavirus crisis. The closure of pubs and restaurants, and the virtual grounding of airlines, such as British Airways (a major consumer of cheese products […]
Read more →Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and Ireland have a long history of survival in adversity and recovery thereafter. The Black Death Pandemic 1347/50; The Great 60 year Slump 1430/90; The Great Plague of London 1665/66; Scottish Famine 1695/99; Irish famine 1740/41; Post Napoleonic depression 1812/21; Famine and Typhoid […]
Read more →Richard Branson is prepared to mortgage his luxury Caribbean island to save Virgin Atlantic which has run into difficulties because of the downturn in passenger traffic due to coronavirus. He made a recent impassioned plea in an open letter to secure a state loan that could save […]
Read more →For eagle-eyed followers of film actress Anita Ekberg and songstress Madonna (to name but two well known names), a close look might have revealed incredible and beautifully designed Sergio Rossi shoes. Rossi’s business was inherited as a cobbler’s shop from his father which he transformed into a […]
Read more →Taking a short break from his usual Health remit, Cabinet leading light, Jeremy Hunt, gave an upbeat assessment of Brexit Britain during an interview on Radio 4’s Today Programme (26th January). Despite there being an estimated one per-cent decline in the overall “growth” of the economy, which […]
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Everyone on the pro-Brexit side has been talking about the wonderful opportunities we are going to have in all these other markets once we leave the EU. At the moment there is absolutely nothing stopping UK companies selling to most countries in the world, you just need […]
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With the survival of the Port Talbot steelworks hanging in the balance, there are justified demands that “something must be done” to safeguard what remains of Britain’s steel industry. Members of parliament from both sides of the House of Commons have joined forces with trade unionists […]
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Currently reporting £303 million in earnings, JCB is one of the United Kingdom’s success stories. Its heavyweight machinery (from excavators to tractors) is known the world over, and is truly the leader in its field. Earlier this month, North Midlands-based JCB won a massive £4m contract from […]
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“We are all about enjoying your time on sea and land with the most traditional and beautiful material, ‘wood’. Wood is our passion, we have worked with it all our lives but never get tired of the ever changing characteristics it exhibits. If it is tended […]
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