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...Dyson’s sales have risen as the business has moved into new products such as air purifiers and hair dryers....
...It is grappling with the rising cost of materials, as well as the global semiconductor shortage. In the last quarter, it dipped into inventory to minimise production disruptions....
...Nissan’s discussions over stopping sales and marketing of vehicles in South Korea comes as part of a broader overhaul of its global operations that could also see the company withdrawing its premium Infiniti...
...In July, the Japanese group said it would cut another 90 jobs in the UK as part of a reduction in its global workforce by 12,500 in an effort to revive its business....
...The group is also pulling back from some markets, moving its premium Infiniti business from Hong Kong and is considering exiting the South Korean market....
...Some of these are already collateral on loans. Before the pandemic, Eurostar had been doing decently — with operating profit of £92m in 2019, and net debt less than twice ebitda....
...At the turn of the millennium it embarked on an overseas shopping spree — with the UK at its core — that for many encapsulated the heyday of an era of globalisation....
...Jose Munoz, Nissan’s former chief performance officer, left the business earlier this year and has since been named as the chief operating officer of Hyundai....
...As well as the loss of the X-Trail, unconfirmed reports recently suggested a reduction in the number of production shifts could threaten 400 jobs....
...Mr Juffali’s company has also said the payments it received were “for legitimate business purposes” to promote Nissan’s business strategy in Saudi Arabia....
...Its tax advantages — long one of the big attractions of doing business there — have been eroded by US laws designed to stem the flow of capital offshore....
...India’s surging air travel — where passenger numbers have been growing by an average of about 16 per cent a year since the beginning of the millennium — adds more pressure to the global pilot shortage....
...Ian Henry, managing director at AutoAnalysis, said: “The UK downgrade is really because we have several vehicles [made in Britain] not doing as well as thought, combined with additional market downturn in...
...As it approached the new millennium, Whitbread was brewing beer and spotting such literary talent as Zadie Smith and John Lanchester in its eponymous Book Awards....
...than one-third since the millennium....
...The Sunderland site was expanded last year with a £250m investment to begin producing upmarket Infiniti cars for the US and Chinese markets, and has recently started work on the latest generation of the...
...Several of Nissan’s key international figures, including Mr Mann, began in Sunderland as shop floor employees....
...doing for targeted attacks on wealthy people....
...The cost of doing business in Africa, however, means manufacturers such as A to Z cannot compete entirely equally....
...“The good thing is that the clock speed of motorsport is so much faster,” says Jerry Hardcastle, general manager for innovation and performance at Infiniti, an automotive brand involved in F1, albeit as...
...in Europe this year as part of a long-term plan to increase margins in Europe....
...reducing the chances of success for the business as a whole....
...Lexus, which was born in the same year as Infiniti, racked up about 475,000 sales last year; the highest of any Asian luxury brand....
...As well at Caterham, other F1 teams, including Infiniti Red Bull, are using the technology to manufacture metal parts on racing cars....
...“Our future success also lies with every employee in our business.”...
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