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    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Liberty Steel Group Holdings UK Ltd.
      Gupta’s Liberty Steel thwarted as rival snaps up Aartee Bright Bar

      Bradford-based Barrett Steel buys distribution business and property interests, saving 173 jobs

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Liberty Steel Group Holdings UK Ltd.
      Battle over Liberty Steel customer Aartee intensifies after court ruling

      Britain’s largest distributor of steel products could be sold as early as this week

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      European private equity funds scout for defence deals

      Buyout groups and venture funds seek to capitalise on rise in military spending following Ukraine invasion

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Ryanair Holdings PLC
      Ryanair restarts talks with Boeing over new aircraft order

      Airline’s chief executive optimistic there is a ‘deal to be done’

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Can smaller reactors help meet the UK’s nuclear power targets?

      Promoters of small modular reactors believe they can speed up plans to replace ageing atomic fleet

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      UK defence spending
      UK resumes payments for army’s troubled Ajax programme

      Defence secretary says progress made on long-delayed £5.5bn armoured vehicle procurement

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Gatwick Airport Ltd
      Gatwick chief says airport is prepared for peak summer travel rush

      Stewart Wingate confident passengers will not face repeat of last year’s disruptions

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      UK companies
      Rolls-Royce closes AI start-up after talks with buyers collapse

      Company blames tough economic environment as new boss puts his stamp on engineering group

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      UK launches competition for small nuclear reactor designs

      Ministers hope technology will help accelerate ambitious plans for new generation of atomic power stations

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      The Fed’s SVB balancing act

      Buyout titans weigh purchases from Silicon Valley Bank loan book

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      News in-depthAukus
      Aukus defence pact’s political pay-off will be a jobs bonanza

      Deal set to create decades of work across US, UK and Australia

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Military technology
      Aukus: the industrial challenges of delivering a new defence pact

      The deal to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines will test the countries’ abilities to share technology

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Aukus
      Australia to buy US submarines to bridge gap before UK-design boats

      Multi-stage Aukus pact will culminate in 2040s with next- generation nuclear-powered fleet

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      UK energy
      UK poised to redefine atomic power as ‘green’ in bid to pull in private investment

      Move comes as government is set to provide £80mn in seed funding for launch of Great British Nuclear

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Aukus
      Britain to play bigger role in Aukus submarine deal than envisaged

      UK minister says negotiations have ‘gone our way’ ahead of unveiling of new designs

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      Boeing and Airbus join forces in bid for £1bn UK helicopter contract

      Ambitious goal of introducing new machines in 2025 at risk after delays to contest

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Melrose Industries PLC
      Melrose backs London capital market ahead of auto business spin-off

      FTSE 100 group has no plans to abandon the City having earned a loyal following for its ‘buy, improve, sell’ strategy

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
      New Rolls-Royce chief executive in line to earn over £6mn

      Company says Tufan Erginbilgic pay package will be based ‘solely on in-year targets’

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      Indonesia
      Indonesia presses UK over corruption probe into Bombardier

      Jakarta wants a share of any financial settlement agreed between London and the company

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      UK defence spending
      British army’s troubled Ajax armoured vehicle back on track

      Defence secretary says long-delayed £5.5bn programme has ‘turned a corner’ and deliveries could start in 18 months

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      BAE Systems PLC
      BAE forecasts higher earnings after winning record £37bn in new orders

      UK defence contractor expects to keep up momentum as west increases military spending to help Ukraine

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
      Rolls-Royce launches sweeping review in turnround bid

      New boss vows to improve performance as aviation revival boosts profits

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      Defence industry shares soar on western backing for Ukraine

      Realisation that conflict is likely to drag on fuels 30 per cent rally since October

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      UK energy
      Energy-intensive UK companies set to receive state support

      Plans being drawn up as British Steel announces up to 260 job cuts to confront soaring costs

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      Airbus SE
      Hedge fund boss Chris Hohn demands Airbus drop deal with Atos cyber spin-off

      TCI says buying minority share in Evidian looks like ‘politically motivated bailout’

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