Nissan makes three new appointments to support EV sales
Nissan has appointed Andrea Patti, Liz Redmayne and Alex Edmond, to help support the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) to UK fleets.
The three join the team from other roles within Nissan and will report to fleet director, Peter McDonald.
Moving from his previous position as commercial vehicle category manager, Patti will become Nissan’s new national corporate sales manager and will be responsible for all corporate and key account activity across the team.
His role also includes the provision of aftersales support to customers and the management of relationships with light commercial vehicle (LCV) converters.
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UK manufacturing ‘close to stalling’ as Brexit and Covid hit supplies
Delivery times in January were among the longest in 30 years, according to purchasing managers’ index
World Economy News
1 Feb 2021 • 2 min read
Supplier delivery times for UK manufacturers grew to one of the longest levels in the past three decades in January as Covid-19 restrictions and Brexit disruptions constrained factory production.
The IHS Markit/Cips purchasing managers’ index, a weighted average of businesses’ assessment on output, new orders, employment, suppliers’ delivery times and stocks of purchases, fell to a three-month low of 54.1 in January, down from December’s three-year high of 57.5.
BBC News
By Reality Check team
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It means lots of changes, which are being felt at the borders - and in other areas too.
Borders
There s been far less trade than normal in the last few weeks, but these are not normal times. It can be hard to disentangle problems caused by Brexit and those by Covid.
We know that leaving the single market and the customs union has created a huge amount of new red tape for businesses which trade between Great Britain and the EU. For smaller companies (SMEs), this has been particularly challenging.
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Britishvolt Appoints Timon Orlob As Chief Operating Officer
LONDON, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Britishvolt, the UK s foremost investor in battery technologies, has further strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Timon Orlob as Chief Operating Officer, effective 1 February 2021. Reporting directly to CEO, Orral Nadjari, Orlob will be responsible for delivering the skills and systems required for Britishvolt to construct and operate the UK s first battery gigaplant, from the end of 2023.
Timon Orlob joins Britishvolt from Sunseeker International Ltd, the globally renowned luxury motoryacht manufacturer, where he was COO and formerly Operations Director. Previous roles have included three years at PwC, where he was a global manufacturing and supply chain specialist. He began his career in his native Germany at Bosch in its automotive division and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.