Slice Of Warburton

Trump and Putin to trigger Russia deep freeze thaw?

A whirling dervish of supposed Kremlin spies, honeytraps, MI6 agents and double bluffs defined a week eerily reminiscent of Cold War days,…

FIEV outlines 14-strong wishlist to French Presidency hopefuls

French supplier association, FIEV says it has written to all candidates involved in the country's Presidential elections next year, urging…

Volkswagen fires warning shot across supplier bows?

Volkswagen's row with two of its suppliers for the past week or so concerned a relatively small dispute with component…

The Week That Was – August replenishes batteries

August's dog days are well and truly on us up here in the Northern hemisphere and in the soporific heat of…

Gloves off as UK poised to decide EU future

"Independence Day" is how Boris Johnson – recent Mayor of London – and star turn of the UK's so-called Brexit…

Moscow voices – from the Russian Automotive Forum shop floor

Is there light at the end of a long, dark tunnel for Russia? After more than a year of catastrophically…

Is Moscow about to turn down subsidy taps?

It was a politician's remark delivered mid-speech at last week's Russian Automotive Forum (RAF) in Moscow, which struck me as indicative of just…

COMMENT – Iran on sanctions end brink as suppliers prepare

As I write this, the world could be just hours away from witnessing the end to one of its most extraordinary…

COMMENT: President defies economic winter with Lada endorsement

As winter starts to really take hold in Russia – both climatically through the advent of the first real cold…

COMMENT: Suppliers defensive in teeth of VW storm

If not exactly a stampede, there is certainly an orderly queue of suppliers beating a retreat to distance themselves from one…