By P R SanjaiShares in Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) owner Tata Motors fell to the lowest level in more than six years in Mumbai trading after the luxury carmaker said it was temporarily halting production because of weak demand in China.Production at the Solihull plant in the UK will be stopped for two weeks this month, the company said after sales in China declined 46% last month.Demand in the world’s biggest auto market dropped because of uncertainty resulting from import duty changes and continued trade tensions, the automaker saidin an emailed statement earlier this week.Performance of the marquee brands is critical for Tata, which gets more than three-fourths of its revenue from the UK units it bought from Ford Motor about a decade ago.Chinese vehicle sales have been tumbling for carmakers including General Motors, as slowing economic growth, a weakening currency and losses in the stock market add to the woes from a tit-for-tat trade dispute with the US.Shares of Tata … [Read more...] about Shares in Jaguar-Land Rover owner fall on UK news
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UK will leave customs union, insists No 10
UK Politics 23 April 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43860453 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Related TopicsBrexit The government has restated its commitment to leaving the EU's custom union - ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week. Last Wednesday, the government suffered defeat on the EU … [Read more...] about UK will leave customs union, insists No 10
Scotland’s hotels outperform rest of UK
Scotland business 23 April 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-43856439 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Hotels in Scotland outperformed those in the rest of the UK last year, according to a report.Business advisers BDO found average room yield, or revenue, in Scotland grew by almost 5% in 2017 to … [Read more...] about Scotland’s hotels outperform rest of UK
Majority of people believe UK government should fine Facebook after data scandal, poll reveals
Facebook should be fined by the UK government to punish the technology giant for failing to protect people’s data, according to a majority of those polled by The Independent. It follows the scandal that engulfed the social media company last month over allegations by a whistleblower that the British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica had improperly accessed user information. It led to a public apology over the “breach of trust” from the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, including in several full-page advertisements in both British and American newspapers. Read more Facebook stops users from benefitting from new data protection Russia considers Facebook ban over data law violations Facebook to ask everyone to agree to tracking to keep using it Facebook admits it tracks users around the internet for ads But according to the exclusive polling by BMG for The Independent, 60 per cent of respondents either "strongly" supported or "somewhat" … [Read more...] about Majority of people believe UK government should fine Facebook after data scandal, poll reveals
Lied to, tied up and locked in: Woman who arrived in Britain as a child exposes reality of UK deportation system
When Opelo Kgari was summoned to the Yarl’s Wood reception desk she didn’t think much of it. She had been staging a sit-in protest with fellow detainees when her unit officer tapped her on the shoulder and said they needed to have a chat. She asked if it could wait until later, but was told it would only take 10 minutes. This was far from the truth. Over the next 12 hours, she and her mother Florence were strapped in waist restraint belts, placed in two separate vans and – chaperoned by a dozen officers – driven to Heathrow to be forcibly removed from Britain– the country Opelo has lived in since the age of 13. “I went down to reception and she sat me in a little room,” the 27-year-old told The Independent. “Then another manager came in and she put on a pair of latex gloves. As soon as she came in with those on I knew what was happening. Read more Woman brought to UK from Botswana as a child in deportation … [Read more...] about Lied to, tied up and locked in: Woman who arrived in Britain as a child exposes reality of UK deportation system