Ricardo, the international automotive consultancy with a major operation in the West Midlands, has expanded its test facilities in Germany to accommodate what it said was a “significant increase in demand”.
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Company owners and fleet managers are being urged to change business practices and sack – or severely discipline - staff found guilty of breaching the laws on the use of mobile phones while driving.
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Governments are unfairly blocking trade in response to the global downturn, squeezing automotive and steel exports and hurting wealthy economies most, the head of the World Trade Organisation has claimed.
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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to investigate the collapse of MG Rover after a four-year probe into the Midlands carmaker's demise, it was reported today.
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The man at the helm of Jaguar Land Rover says Indian conglomerate Tata’s move to buy the loss-making West Midland group was a “terrific decision.”
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Staff at Jaguar Land Rover have been asked to agree to delayed salary payments until the end of the month "to ease cash-flow problems", it has been claimed.
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About 200 employees at LDV dealerships across Europe have been forced to work for nothing following the van-maker’s collapse with debts of £75 million.
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James Bond will be both shaken and stirred - Aston Martin, the marque most associated with 007, is set to break with near 100 years of tradition by building an ultra-small city car in association with Toyota.
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A deal on crucial research and development money for Jaguar Land Rover needs to be done by the end of the summer – or the firm could suffer the same fate as MG Rover.
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There are tens of thousands of classic British cars on the roads of Australia, and a Black Country company has found a way of turning them into business.
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A new LDV crisis has been signalled after more than 230 dealers and suppliers owed millions of pounds by the Birmingham factory were told no warranties would be honoured.
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British Airways has announced that almost 7,000 of its workers have applied for voluntary pay cuts, including 800 who said they will work unpaid for up to a month.
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Nearly 60 Birmingham city centre workers with logistics giant DHL were yesterday made redundant after refusing four-figure pay cuts to move to the Land Rover site.
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Hundreds of workers have been given fresh hope LDV could be rescued within a month as a range of “very credible” bidders prepare to battle it out for the stricken van maker.
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