Nissan Sunderland plant this week resumed vehicle production after almost three months, with a new Juke the first car off the line on Monday evening. The vehicle factory in the North East – the biggest in the country with more than 7,000 staff – is one of the last major car manufacturing sites to restart … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Chancellor Rishi Sunak needs to harness the power of savings and investments to rebuild a better Britain after coronavirus pandemic By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 7 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 7 June 2020 Coronavirus has turned thousands of us – the fortunate ones – into accidental … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Negative interest rates are an insidious way of making savers finance Government’s debt pile, but economies that victimise the thrifty seldom thrive in the long run By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:20 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 31 May 2020 Savers, collectively, are losing billions of pounds … Read more
Nissan bosses have delivered a vote of confidence in UK car making by announcing that the Sunderland plant will become the hub for production of core models – securing thousands of jobs in the North East – after confirming the closure of two other factories. The Japanese firm says it will close plants in Barcelona, … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Should Sunak bail out major employers like foreign-owned Jaguar Land Rover? By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 25 May 2020 Rishi Sunak won many plaudits for moving so swiftly to pump billions of pounds into the economy to save Britain from going … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Virus or no virus, the Conservatives need to deliver on their promise to bring back prosperity to the regions By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 24 May 2020 | Updated: 22:24 BST, 24 May 2020 Remember the Red Wall? Rather like Brexit, the seismic shift in UK politics – … Read more
Businesses are outraged over the six months of fresh Brexit purgatory to which they are condemned, but there are some problems that are even more difficult than extricating ourselves from the EU. Climate change, to name one. It used to be left to the lentil-munchers, but it has gone mainstream in the financial world as … Read more
‘We all miss and love you. I know God is taking care of you’: Former Premier League and England star Jermain Defoe pens a heartfelt tribute to ‘best friend’ Bradley Lowery on what would have been his ninth birthday Jermain Defoe shared a special relationship with Bradley Lowery before his tragic death from a rare … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Simply loading up firms with loans, as is happening now, is not the answer to the coronavirus crisis By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 10 May 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 10 May 2020 What will happen to small firms once the immediate peril has passed? This is a … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Why Britain MUST bail out Richard Branson – however mad it may sound for the taxpayers to save a billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic airline is under serious threat due to COVID-19 Virgin announced they would be cutting 3,150 jobs on Tuesday afternoon Other airlines such as Lufthansa and Air France-KLM are in … Read more