Behind the Scenes with Russell Leslie, Executive Director, Jaguar Land Rover Slovakia

10th December 2020 Jaguar Land Rover opened its state-of-the-art €1.4bn (£1bn) manufacturing facility in Nitra in October 2018. The new 300,000m² facility stands at the forefront of aluminium manufacturing and engineering expertise in Slovakia, with an annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles a year. Plant in Nitra is building Land Rover Defender and Land Rover Discovery models.…

CMS Bratislava: New partners

CMS Press Release Oliver Werner takes over from Peter Šimo and new partner Soňa Hanková is joining the team of CMS Bratislava. The team of CMS Bratislava was reinforced at the partner level. Soňa Hanková joined the firm on 1 September 2020 and will manage the office together with Oliver Werner who took over as…

BCC and Bibby Financial Services: Uncertainty around Brexit, tariffs and exchange rates holding back UK exports

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and Bibby Financial Services (BFS) have revealed that uncertainty around Brexit, tariffs and exchange rate volatility are holding back the potential of many UK exporters. The recent survey included 1,140 internationally active UK businesses, and found that general uncertainty around Brexit was considered the top barrier to export, listed…