Inside Maranello: Ferrari’s green and responsible factory
These fascinating photographs give a rare insight into the daily goings on at Ferrari, the world’s most famous car company. The Italian firm was launched by the eponymous Enzo Ferrari in 1940 with his first car unveiled in 1947. Sixty-six years after the 125S made its debut, Ferrari continues to build the most desirable sports cars and boasts an annual…
Cadbury factory closes for good
The Cadbury’s chocolate factory near Bristol has finally closed its doors for the last time. Forty staff headed to the Somerdale factory social club for a drink together before leaving for good after owners, US food giant Kraft, switched production to Poland. Workers downed tools at 1pm and left the plant which has produced dipped…
Kraft to sell Cadbury factory for £50 million
American food giant Kraft sparked fresh outrage today by selling the site of an historic Cadbury factory it vowed not to close – for £50million. The Somerdale site in Keynsham, near Bristol, was closed within days of Kraft’s £11.7billion takeover of Cadbury in 2009, despite pledges it would be saved. Now the company has put…
Ann Widdecombe’s lingerie award snub
Prudish Ann Widdecombe got her knickers in a twist at an awards bash and refused to present a businesswoman with a gong – because she runs a lingerie firm. The Strictly Come Dancing star, 64, was presenting prizes at the Woman of Worth Awards when winning entrepreneur Emily Bendell, 30, was called to the stage….
Forbes Rich List: The UK and world’s wealthiest people revealed
The Duke of Westminster is the nation’s richest man according to Forbes magazine which has released details on the world’s billionaires. The 59-year-old Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, is one of Britain’s 32 billionaires with a portfolio worth an eye-watering $13 billion. Indian-born property magnates David and Simon Reuben are next on the list…
£10 billion Airbus deal is biggest in aviation history
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has landed the biggest order in aviation history – a £10 billion contract with an Indian budget airline. Delhi-based IndiGo has ordered 180 Airbus A320 passenger jets, which will be partly built at the firm’s UK plant in Filton, Bristol. The order – which is nearly as big as EasyJet’s entire…
Nation of plonkers: Britons downed two billion bottles of wine last year
Britons now spend more on wine than the French – with nearly TWO BILLION bottles downed last year, new data revealed today. Wine consumption rose by 1.1 per cent last year to 1.765 billion bottles, making Britain the world’s largest wine importer. Total wine sales reached £8.642 billion – more than France – with overall…
Teenagers launch publishing careers with magazine
Two teenage entrepreneurs have been hailed the world’s youngest publishers after launching a magazine for their home town with a readership of over 5,000. Schoolboys Sean Spooner, 15, and Louis Porter, 14, launched their quarterly publication in June after noticing a gap in the market in Corby, Northants. Since then the enterprising media tycoons have…
Amazon backlash after website starts selling WikiLeaks cables
Furious Amazon users have accused the online retail giant of double standards after it was found to be selling the WikiLeaks embassy cables – just days it cut off the whistleblowing website from its hosting servers. The batch of 250,000 US classified documents were available free to users of the WikiLeaks website before it was…
Mastercard website hacked by angry WikiLeaks supporters on 4Chan
Credit card giant Mastercard’s website is down after being hacked by pro-WikiLeaks activists angry at the company’s decision to stop taking donations for the whistleblowing site. A group called ‘Anonymous’, which has been linked to popular internet forum 4chan, disabled the www.mastercard.com website today using a ‘distributed denial of service’ (DDOS) attack. They triumphantly announced…
Bernie Ecclestone makes light of mugging with Hublot watch advert
Forumula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has turned his recent mugging into a money spinner after he sported his black eye in a watch advert. The billionaire businesman was attacked by four men last month as he left his London office – with the vicious thugs leaving the 80-year-old battered and bruised while stealing his £11,000…
Royal Mail slammed over allegations it prioritise junk mail over Xmas post
Royal Mail was today slammed amid allegations that postal chiefs have sidelined Christmas post to prioritise – JUNK mail. An enormous backlog of more than 40,000 letters has gathered since sweeping changes were introduced to sorting offices last month. Thousands of people have been left without vital deliveries such as doctors appointments, business letters and…
Plymouth Argyle stars without pay this month
Cash-strapped League One football club Plymouth Argyle has not paid its players this month as it faces financial meltdown, it emerged today. Bosses have been unable to pay any members of staff for November after the club’s bank account was frozen. Plymouth Argyle Football Company Limited faces being wound up next week as it goes…
Facebook now worth $50 billion
The world’s biggest social networking website Facebook is now rumoured to be worth more than $50 billion following a private market transaction disclosed to a US blog. Techcrunch has reported that Facebook held a share auction last week where $40 million changed hands with an end share price of $20.76. The technology website estimates there…
Rolls-Royce axe 220 jobs
Under-fire bosses at Rolls-Royce came under more pressure today after they axed 220 jobs. The firm were heavily criticised earlier this month after a Rolls-Royce engine forced an Airbus A480 to make an emergency landing after it exploded mid-flight. Now Rolls-Royce chiefs have announced 220 jobs will be cut from the gas turbine department at…
Facebook trademarks the word “face”
Facebook is continuing its march towards global domination – by trademarking the word ”face”. The social networking phenomenon, which has an army of 500 million users across the world, wants to prevent other internet sites cashing in on its name. It applied to the US Patent And Trademark Office (USPTO) to trademark ”face” and today…
Longleat Estate fires every employee over 65
Bosses at Lord Bath’s historic Longleat Estate sparked outrage today by firing every employee aged over 65. The safari park attraction – owned by the 78-year-old Marquess of Bath – has axed all its pensionable workers a year before the practice is outlawed by the Government. More than 25 members of staff – including 18…
