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  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Ineos Group Ltd
    Ineos becomes joint owner of Mercedes Formula One team

    Motor racing deal adds to chemicals group’s expanding £400m sports portfolio

  • Friday, 3 July, 2020
    News in-depthIneos Group Ltd
    The rise of Jim Ratcliffe as Ineos expands from smokestacks to cars

    Tycoon’s business turns full circle with $5bn BP deal while he steps up his drive into motors

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    UK companies
    Ineos launches carmaking ambitions with Grenadier off-roader

    Jim Ratcliffe unveils successor to Land Rover Defender in first of ‘family’ of cars

  • Monday, 22 June, 2020
    Automobiles
    Rocky start for Land Rover’s new Defender

    Hitches in rollout of revived classic offer opening to rival 4x4 from Ineos

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    City InsiderMatthew Vincent
    Hiscox finds old Watchdog has learnt new PR tricks

    Angry customer Media Zoo has mobilised a 200-strong action group after its coronavirus claim was refused

  • Sunday, 15 March, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Ineos: why Jim Ratcliffe is mixing petrochemicals and sports

    Amid charges of greenwashing from activists, the private company is investing in football, cycling and other ventures

  • Friday, 31 January, 2020
    Ineos Group Ltd
    Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos to sponsor Mercedes Formula One team

    Move boosts chemicals group’s growing sports investment portfolio

    Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton during the 2018 Mexico Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday October 28, 2018. See PA story AUTO Mexican. Photo credit should read: PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Editorial use only. Commercial use with prior consent from teams.
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    UK general election
    Jeremy Corbyn sets campaign tone by targeting rich individuals

    Labour leader ‘goes after’ Duke of Westminster, Ashley, Odey, Ratcliffe and Murdoch

    Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn waves as he launches the party's election campaign in south London on October 31, 2019. - Britain will go to the polls on December 12 in a bid to unlock the protracted Brexit deadlock. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    News in-depth
    Why Jim Ratcliffe’s reborn Land Rover faces uphill climb

    Billionaire to resurrect classic version of off-roader favoured by Queen in a very competitive industry

    INEOS Group chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe pictured during the signing of an investment pact between chemicals group Ineos and the Antwerp harbor, Tuesday 15 January 2019 in Antwerp. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM (Photo credit should read DIRK WAEM/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Marks and Spencer is still in the soup despite Ocado solution

    Food delivery tie-up will generate only £10.6m in free cash flow by 2024

    FILE PHOTO: Delivery vans are lined up prior to dispatch at the Ocado CFC (Customer Fulfilment Centre) in Andover, Britain May 1, 2018. Picture taken May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
  • Monday, 16 September, 2019
    Automobiles
    Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos set to build new car in Wales

    SUV plans offer lifeline to hundreds of workers in town where Ford has announced site closure

    INEOS Group chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe pictured during the signing of an investment pact between chemicals group Ineos and the Antwerp harbor, Tuesday 15 January 2019 in Antwerp. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM (Photo credit should read DIRK WAEM/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Monday, 3 June, 2019
    Ineos Group Ltd
    Ineos to build Saudi plants in $2bn investment

    Jim Ratcliffe’s chemicals group seals first venture into Middle East

    Smoke and steam rises from Grangemouth Refinery, operated by Ineos Group Holdings Plc., in Grangemouth, Scotland, on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Ineos units based at Grangemouth in Scotland have written to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to warn him of "grave consequences" for U.K. manufacturing should he proceed as planned in 2013 with the carbon-trading price floor, Richard Longden, a spokesman for Ineos, said in an e-mail. Photographer: Mike Wilkinson/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 12 May, 2019
    Private wealth
    Hinduja brothers top Sunday Times’ rich list

    Ineos chief Jim Ratcliffe knocked off top slot by £22bn rivals

    LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 18: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME. MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Srichand Hinduja(2L) and Gopichand Hinduja (2R) attend the TiE UK Awards 2013 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on March 18, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 19 March, 2019
    Sport
    Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos buys UK cycling group Team Sky

    Chemicals group becomes sole owner of Tour de France winners

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by SEBASTIEN NOGIER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (10158618aj) Colombian rider Egan Bernal Gomez (C) of Team Sky is flanked on the podium by his second placed compatriot Nairo Quintana (L) of the Movistar Team and his third placed Polish teammate Michal Kwiatkowski (R) after winning the Paris-Nice 2019 cycling race, following the eighth and final stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race over 110km from Nice to Nice, France, 17 March 2019. Cycling Paris-Nice - eighth stage, France - 17 Mar 2019
  • Monday, 18 March, 2019
    FT People: Media and Telecoms
    Jim Ratcliffe set to become new backer of Team Sky

    Ineos billionaire steps in as broadcaster drops sponsorship after anti-doping controversy

    14 March 2019, France, Barbentane: Team Sky Polish cyclist Michal Kwiatkowski wearing his overall leader yellow jersey competes in the fifth stage of the 77th edition of the Paris-Nice cycling race, a 25.5 km individual time trial from Barbentane to Barbentane. Photo: David Stockman/BELGA/dpa
  • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
    Chemicals
    Ineos invests £1bn in UK in boost for oil industry

    Company run by Britain’s richest man will extend life of key North Sea pipeline 

  • Monday, 18 February, 2019
    Lex
    Ineos/UK tax: Jim’ll switch it Premium content

    The chemicals entrepreneur is reportedly planning to relocate to Monaco

    INEOS Group chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe pictured during the signing of an investment pact between chemicals group Ineos and the Antwerp harbor, Tuesday 15 January 2019 in Antwerp. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM (Photo credit should read DIRK WAEM/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Sunday, 17 February, 2019
    John McDonnell warns Jim Ratcliffe against shifting tax affairs

    Shadow chancellor says future state backing for Ineos could be jeopardised

    INEOS Group chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe pictured during the signing of an investment pact between chemicals group Ineos and the Antwerp harbor, Tuesday 15 January 2019 in Antwerp. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM (Photo credit should read DIRK WAEM/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 12 February, 2019
    Pollution
    Ineos boss Ratcliffe slams EU over ‘foolish’ taxes

    Brexit supporter says green policies and high energy costs make bloc uncompetitive

    INEOS Group chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe pictured during the signing of an investment pact between chemicals group Ineos and the Antwerp harbor, Tuesday 15 January 2019 in Antwerp. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM (Photo credit should read DIRK WAEM/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Monday, 4 February, 2019
    Shale Oil & Gas
    Ineos founder attacks UK fracking rules 

    Jim Ratcliffe says regulations on earth tremors have ‘no basis in science’

    INEOS Group chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe pictured during the signing of an investment pact between chemicals group Ineos and the Antwerp harbor, Tuesday 15 January 2019 in Antwerp. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM (Photo credit should read DIRK WAEM/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 15 January, 2019
    Ineos Group Ltd
    Ineos chooses Antwerp for €3bn petrochemical investment

    Jim Ratcliffe says Brexit not making any difference to private group’s operations

    Smoke and steam rises from Grangemouth Refinery, operated by Ineos Group Holdings Plc., in Grangemouth, Scotland, on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Ineos units based at Grangemouth in Scotland have written to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to warn him of "grave consequences" for U.K. manufacturing should he proceed as planned in 2013 with the carbon-trading price floor, Richard Longden, a spokesman for Ineos, said in an e-mail. Photographer: Mike Wilkinson/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 18 November, 2018
    Ineos Group Ltd
    Ineos in exclusive talks with ConocoPhillips for North Sea assets

    Britain’s richest man negotiates to buy UK oil holdings worth more than $3bn

    Jim Ratcliffe, CEO of British petrochemicals company INEOS, poses for a portrait with the Canary Wharf financial district seen behind, ahead of a news conference announcing the launch of a British America's Cup sailing team in London, Britain, April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville
  • Tuesday, 13 November, 2018
    Sarah O'Connor
    Big companies are pushing governments around

    Amazon has just demonstrated the imbalance of power with brazen efficiency

    Jim Ratcliffe, CEO of British petrochemicals company INEOS, poses for a portrait with the Canary Wharf financial district seen behind, ahead of a news conference announcing the launch of a British America's Cup sailing team in London, Britain, April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville
  • Friday, 2 November, 2018
    Ineos Group Ltd
    Ineos in talks with Ford to produce cars at Bridgend plant

    Lifeline held out to more than 1,000 workers at risk of redundancy at site in Wales

    CleanassemblyatFordBridgend.JPG Engine production at Ford Bridgend
  • Wednesday, 29 August, 2018
    UK companies
    Dyson to build UK site to test electric vehicles

    Plan for off-road track and race circuit highlights desire to break into motor industry

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