Industrial strategy must boost e-commerce exports to help small firms, report urges Politics The government’s industrial strategy must prioritise e-commerce in order to boost small business exports and promote economic growth, a report has urged. Improving trade technology adoption, boosting support for targeting emerging markets, and developing initiatives to support female-led small and medium enterprises (SMEs) would make a significant contribution to the number of small firms exporting, [...]
Workers to strike at Rolls-Royce supplier owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Business Almost 200 workers at a supplier to the likes of Airbus, Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems are to strike over an “unacceptable” pay offer. The employees at SPS Technologies in Leicester will begin industrial action later this month, union Unite has confirmed. SPS Technologies is part of Precision Castparts Corp which is owned by Warren Buffett’s [...]
Tata Steel: Labour demands urgent support for workers facing redundancies redundancies Labour is calling for the government to take urgent action to cover thousands of workers facing redundancy at the country’s biggest steel plant.