FTSE 100 holds on to gains as US stocks boosted The index managed to claw back losses from earlier in the day to gain 1.95 points, or 0.02%, to close at 8,496.8. Evening Standard · May 1, 2025
Rolls-Royce says trading ‘strong’ despite tariffs and supply chain issues The London-based company stressed it expects to ‘offset’ the impact of announced US tariffs and is taking mitigating actions. Evening Standard · May 1, 2025
Jay Leno Drives The Still-Not-Ready Cadillac Celestiq EV The $340,000 Cadillac Celestiq flagship EV was supposed to arrive by the end of 2024, but that deadline has passed. You can sign up for a waitlist for the best chance to reserve an early example, but it’s still not clear when it will actually debut, even though it's supposedly… InsideEVs · Apr 24, 2025
MG and Zeekr show us the future of electric SUVs – and it includes the return of pop-up headlights The Shanghai Auto Show proves that Zeekr and MG have both ends of the electric SUV spectrum covered. TechRadar · Apr 23, 2025
Does Rolls-Royce's sleek chess set take its minimalism a move too far? Chess pieces or salt shakers? Creative Bloq · Apr 22, 2025
Ignore the Way This Mercedes Van Looks—It's Actually Awesome When was the last time you saw a concept van? It's been a minute, but big vans aren't dead yet. In a fateful twist, Mercedes-Benz wants to push them to a whole new level. Feast your eyes on the Vision V concept, a vehicle that could be the future for… Motor1 · Apr 22, 2025
Only Rolls-Royce Could Make a Chess Set Like This It's not uncommon for automakers to dish up some swag to help promote the brand. But we've never seen anything like this. Apparently, Rolls-Royce owners enjoy a rousing game of chess. Now, they can go full checkmate with a chessboard unlike any other. Motor1 · Apr 19, 2025
Mini Changes Course, Won't Abandon Gas Engines It feels like I’ve written this headline a dozen times, but with the names of other automakers instead. One by one, lofty EV goals are toppling like dominoes. We’ve seen brands get swept up in the zero-emissions hype, boldly declaring deadlines to phase out combustion engines, only to quietly walk… Motor1 · Apr 17, 2025
The 5 best luxury cars to be chauffeur-driven in If you’re being driven rather than driving, these are the cars that will let you arrive in style T3 · Apr 12, 2025
Today’s luxury car buyers want experiences, not performance EVs have democratised power. Now, for supercar buyers, performance is not enough. T3 · Apr 11, 2025
At a little known Rolls-Royce museum in Pennsylvania farm country, volunteers dote over iconic cars The 29 vehicles in a Rolls-Royce and Bentley museum outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, are getting the best of care in their golden years The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2025
FTSE 100 suffers biggest daily decline since start of pandemic The index plummeted by 419.75 points, or 4.95%, to close at 8,054.98. Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2025
Tariffs live: UK suspends some tariffs to ease business tension as trade deal ‘days away’ Breakthrough between UK and the US over tariffs could be reached in the coming days The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025
Which UK carmakers will be hit hardest by Trump’s latest import tariffs? Eight in 10 cars produced in Britain are exported, with high-end manufacturers much more reliant on the US market The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2025
Fortune · Mar 27, 2025 Rolls-Royce owner Donald Trump just took a hammer to the U.K.’s $8 billion luxury car market The U.K.'s luxury car sector, operating almost entirely in the country, could be one of the biggest victims of Trump's 25% import tariffs.
Fortune · Mar 25, 2025 Rolls-Royce CEO fired managers and held staff brainstorms, leading to 500% share price jump Tufan Erginbilgiç's four pillars involved showing employees the extent of Rolls-Royce's issues, then giving them a say in fixing them.
InsideEVs · Mar 17, 2025 BMW Sold More EVs In 2024 Than Audi And Mercedes-Benz Combined BMW’s electric vehicles had a “significant” increase in global sales last year. So much so, that the German automaker managed an impressive feat: it sold more EVs in 2024 than two of its homegrown rivals combined.
The National (Scotland) · Mar 16, 2025 Arms dealers in lobbying blitz before Labour hiked defence spending ARMS dealers lobbied ministers a whopping 19 times in just two months after Labour came to power, the Sunday National can reveal.
Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2025 US stocks rally after bruising week while defence stocks lift FTSE New York’s top index, the S&P 500, was making strides after markets opened, reversing some of the heavy losses from recent days.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025 British defence jobs and skills will keep us safe, says the PM. So he’d better buy the UK’s jet, not the US one Why purchase American-made F-35 jets instead of upgraded T5 Typhoons? Surely that would make a mockery of all he promised, says Sharon Graham, general secretary of the union Unite
Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025 Rolls-Royce chief executive’s pay package falls by nearly £10m Tufan Erginbilgic had received a £7.5 million buyout in company shares the previous year, to make up for him leaving his old job in private equity.
Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2025 FTSE 100 hits new record as defence stocks surge The rise came after a summit in London where the UK and France announced a ‘coalition of the willing’ in an effort to secure peace in Ukraine.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025 UK defence spending is about to boom – can British firms step up? Keir Starmer plans to build up UK military, but domestic companies could lose out if it is forced to turn to US weapons instead
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025 European defence stocks soar as arms makers expect orders boom Big rises for BAE, Rheinmetall, Thales and Leonardo amid European push to support possible Ukraine peace deal
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2025 Rolls-Royce’s recovery is stunning: from basket case to No 8 in the Footsie In just over two years under Tufan Erginbilgiç, the aero engine maker’s share price has gone into the stratosphere