Sales in the UK’s civil and defence aerospace markets were up 2.1 per cent to £23.1bn in 2010, according to a report released today.

Ford of Europe intends to increase capacity of its St. Petersburg Assembly Plant and to start building the new Ford Mondeo for the Russian market.

Clipper Windpower has confirmed that it is to construct a factory in the Neptune Estate in Tyne to build the biggest offshore wind turbine blades in the world.

Finning (UK) Ltd, the UK distributor for Caterpillar equipment, has agreed to sell its materials handling division to US company, Sammons Enterprises for £85m.

Scottish and Southern Energy has been granted consent by Scottish ministers to develop a wind farm with a total capacity of up to 456MW.

BP is preparing a new tactic to contain its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico following its recent failed attempt to stop the flow of oil.

General Motors plans to sell Saab to the Koenigsegg Group, a consortium led by Koenigsegg Automotive, a Swedish manufacturer of sports cars.

Dow Chemical’s Union Carbide subsidiary is to sell its entire share of ownership in the Optimal Group of companies to Petronas for $660m.

There's still time to register for the  Collaborate to Innovate conference (C2I 2017) – which takes place at the MTC, Coventry on December 7th .

Intel's main rival AMD is to sell its digital TV business to communications chip house Broadcom for around $192.8m in cash.