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Britishvolt

  • Monday, 15 April, 2024
    Blackstone Group LP
    Blackstone nears deal to buy former Britishvolt site in northern England

    US buyout firm has plans to build a vast data centre to tap growing demand for computing power

    An aerial view of the site
  • Sunday, 24 March, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    UK MPs to be given warnings on threat of Chinese cyber attacks

    Reprisals expected just as company from China eyes investment in Midlands battery gigafactory

    Sir Iain Duncan Smith
  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    News in-depth
    Missing investments and unpaid rent: Britishvolt owner’s broken promises

    Due diligence report by Grant Thornton had raised multiple “red flags” over David Collard, his businesses and his ability to raise financing

    A montage of David Collard and the Britishvolt Gigaplant in Northumberland in the background
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
    Britishvolt owner faces legal action over unpaid wages

    Former employee serves ‘statutory demand’ on Recharge Industries, which could lead to bankruptcy proceedings

    Computer-generated imagery of a Britishvolt plant
  • Monday, 6 November, 2023
    Britishvolt staff warn battery start-up may be trading while insolvent

    Australian entrepreneur David Collard has left bills and staff unpaid for months

    A rendering of Britishvolt’s planned electric vehicle plant in Blyth
  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    Tata Motors Ltd
    Tata Motors set to announce plans to build UK battery factory

    Indian group to select Somerset site to supply Jaguar Land Rover’s electric cars

    A Jaguar I-Pace electric vehicle
  • Saturday, 24 June, 2023
    Batteries
    Australian police raid Britishvolt owner over suspected tax fraud

    David Collard bought the UK’s best hope for a homegrown battery champion out of administration

  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    Britishvolt deal at risk of collapse over power supply contract

    Deadline for Recharge Industries to finalise purchase of site runs into impasse with EY

    Britishvolt Blyth site
  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    Britishvolt owed up to £160mn to creditors when it collapsed

    Battery start-up had just £1.8mn and no IP when it went into administration in January

    Britishvolt CGI projection
  • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
    Hydrogen power
    New ITM boss targets overconfident culture after profit warnings

    Producer of hydrogen electrolysers became London’s most shorted stock after plunge in value to $600mn from £3.5bn

    Dennis Schulz
  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    Recharge buys technology of failed battery start-up Britishvolt

    Australian group has until end of next month to close deal to buy site of UK start-up

    An illustration of the factory initially planned by Britishvolt in north-east England
  • Friday, 3 February, 2023
    Australian battery group selected as preferred bidder for Britishvolt

    Recharge Industries beats three rival offers in race to buy UK start-up out of bankruptcy

    Rendering of Britishvolt site in Blyth, Northumberland
  • Friday, 3 February, 2023
    EY
    EY under fire over its two roles at battery start-up Britishvolt

    Big Four consultant took over administration of failed company after being paid £500,000 a month as adviser

    The site of Britishvolt’s proposed battery plant in Blyth, Northumberland
  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    Buyout group Greybull emerges as potential late bidder for Britishvolt

    Executives from private equity group met battery start-up’s leaders on Monday

    Britishvolt site at Blyth in Northumberland
  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    Britishvolt founder to bid for bankrupt battery start-up

    Orral Nadjari expected to table firm offer by Tuesday as administrators seek buyer

    Orral Nadjari
  • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    Britishvolt collapse prompts calls for shake-up of UK subsidy policies

    More must be done to attract investment that will be vital to energy transition, say industry insiders

    Dr  Nessa Fereshtek Janice with a Submerged cell testing unit in WMG at the University of Warwick
  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Australian battery group tops shortlist to buy Britishvolt

    Consortium of existing investors also among the five suitors still in running for collapsed UK start-up

    Illustration of Britishvolt’s planned electric vehicle plant in northern England
  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    Australian battery company signals plan to bid for Britishvolt

    Founder of Recharge Industries to meet UK officials this week

    Peter Rolton, executive chairman of electric vehicle battery start-up Britishvolt, shows a billboard at the site of the company’s large planned battery plant
  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Batteries
    Britishvolt: how Britain’s big battery hope ran out of charge

    Start-up’s collapse deals blow to UK’s attempt to supply electric-car industry

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Britishvolt site draws interest from more than a dozen companies

    Battery start-up’s collapse is ‘disaster’ for UK car industry, says Labour

    Aerial view of Britishvolt site in Blyth
  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Britishvolt collapses into administration as rescue talks fail

    Move hits UK plans to create homegrown battery manufacturing powerhouse

    Peter Rolton, chair of Britishvolt, at the site of the company’s planned battery facility in north-east England
  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    Britishvolt shareholders pitch rival bid to thwart Indonesian takeover

    Struggling battery start-up receives £30mn counter-offer to DeaLab proposal

    An illustration of Britishvolt’s planned electric vehicle plant in Blyth, England
  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Britishvolt rescue deal set to cut battery maker’s valuation by 90%

    Current investors face almost total wipeout of equity if Indonesian-led offer goes ahead

    An illustration of Britishvolt’s planned electric vehicle plant in Blyth in northern England
  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Britishvolt seeks lifeline with sale of majority stake

    International pension fund leads consortium of buyers for battery manufacturer with more than £150mn injection

    Designs for Britishvolt’s proposed gigafactory in Blyth, Northumberland
  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
    Batteries
    Lithium groups choose Teesside in boost for UK battery industry

    Plans for refinery and recycling facilities come despite uncertainty over future of Britishvolt

    View of Teesport from the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough
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