Undiscovered Business Entrepreneurs
Every day in rush hour London, be-suited businessmen disembark from the morning train and ride off to their work destinations on odd looking fold up bicycles.
While the average person may not have considered it, a folding bicycle is an impressive feat of engineering. It needs to be easily collapsible yet maintain alignment to [...]

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UK Business: The Brompton bicycle
John Williams - Thursday 29.10.09, 02:10am
Tags: Manufacturing · Transport · UK Economy
UK Business: TV manufacturer will create 500 jobs in Northampton
John Williams - Wednesday 07.10.09, 11:22am
Taiwanese firm Kenmark, a flat screen TV manufacturer have promised the provision of around 500 jobs at a factory that it is to be built in Corby in Northamptonshire.
The purpose built factory is expected to be ready by early 2010, while the jobs will be created over the next three years.
The East Midlands Development Agency [...]
Tags: Manufacturing · UK Economy
UK Business: Car scrappage scheme extended
John Williams - Monday 28.09.09, 16:16pm
Business secretary Peter Mandelson said that the car scrappage scheme would be extended to cover 100,000 more vehicles, but will still end in February 2010 as per the current agreement.
The £300 million scheme was launched in May and has so far seen 227,750 vehicles scrapped for new car orders, costing the government and the manufacturer [...]
Tags: Business News · Manufacturing · Retail · Transport · UK Economy
Opel Magna deal will result in up to 10,500 job losses in Europe
John Williams - Monday 14.09.09, 16:22pm
The deal struck with Canadian car parts manufacturer Magna with General Motors, to buy the European Vauxhall and Opel units, is likely to come at a higher price than anticipated for the companies workers across Europe.
That is all except Germany where job losses are in line with what was first estimated when Magna made their [...]
Tags: Business News · Manufacturing · Transport · World Economy
UK Business:Mandelson calls for apology from former Rover MG bosses
John Williams - Friday 11.09.09, 15:13pm
Business secretary Peter Mandelson has called upon the former bosses of carmaker Rover MG to apologise for milking the profits from the business following the news that they took pay and pensions worth £42million, shared by five executives.
The government has said that the former directors known as the ‘Phoenix Four‘ plus chief executive Kevin Howe, [...]
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