automotive
UK Plants Defer Electric Model Upgrades Pending Mandate Shift
Carmakers suspend UK factory commitments while the government prepares to ease electric vehicle sales targets it introduced to drive the transition.
Industrial Decline
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steel industry
UK hands largest electric arc furnace to Norwegian startup without steel experience
Official receiver prefers Blastr, a novice Norwegian firm, for SSUK assets amid repeated state bailouts. This foreign sale exposes chronic failure to sustain domestic steel control.
Brexit
The Steel Trap: How Brexit Britain Became Europe's Industrial Afterthought
Importing twice the steel it produces, relying on EU buyers for 78% of exports, and having no negotiated protections, Britain faces an 'existential threat' to its steel industry after the EU imposed 50% tariffs. This article explores the institutional failures and economic realities behind this crisis.