by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 5, 2020 | Sectors, Sectors 2019
ELECTRIC DREAMS After two decades of growth and expansion, the UK’s auto industry faced a tough year in 2019. 2020 will see some uncertainties persist and the continued rise of electric and hybrid vehicles.David Bailey Professor of Business Economics at Birmingham...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 5, 2020 | Sectors, Sectors 2019
TAKING FLIGHT? As for many industries, Brexit nervousness hung over the UK aerospace sector for much of 2019.BY MURDO MORRISON Early in the year, Tom Enders, the departing chief executive of Airbus, repeated his warning that Europe’s biggest aircraft-maker would...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Above: The Crossrail trans-London metro railway project (the Elizabeth Line) is now running two years late and £2.2bn over budget, according to reports. The Rail Sector Deal, launched in 2018, sets out how the rail industry and the Government, working in partnership,...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Despite grim warnings about snarled supply chains, trucks stacking up at Dover and British parts banned for use on European-built aircraft, industry fears over Brexit have always been more about the long haul than what might happen in the weeks after 30 March 2019....
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
THE DEBATE OVER ELECTRIFICATION VERSUS THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAS POLARISED INTO OVER-SIMPLIFICATION AKIN TO ORWELL’S “FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD.” BUT POLITICIANS AND COMMENTATORS PROPHESYING THE DEMISE OF THERMAL PROPULSION SYSTEMS BY 2040, TO BE...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
No matter how you look back at 2018, there is one topic that has dominated the UK: Brexit. It has permeated every aspect of life, from pub discussions to televised debate, newspaper headlines and businesses, across the board. By Ian AdcockThe uncertainties over the...
