Plans for a £3.8bn battery gigafactory are near collapse, in a transfer elevating recent questions in regards to the UK automobile business following the Brexit commerce deal.
The troubles which have hit the UK start-up Britishvolt are additionally a significant embarrassment for Boris Johnson – who hailed the agency as a key a part of his “Inexperienced Industrial Revolution” earlier this 12 months.
The agency – which deliberate to create 300 jobs by means of the manufacturing facility in Northumberland – is poised to enter administration after struggling to search out traders.