Peter Barrett, the head of SMBC Aviation Capital, tells Dublin aviation conference: ‘Manufacturers always say it’s someone else’s fault’

From hairbrushes to Airbuses, the family-owned Denroy Group makes a wide variety of products and components at its Bangor plant, and its chief executive is hoping that issues around the Northern Ireland protocol can be resolved in ways that don’t affect businesses in the North

The aerospace giant and its fierce rival Boeing face enormous challenges in the years ahead, and both need to be airborne again before long

Aggression towards outside investors is a sign that the Japanese heavyweight is sinking from the burden of ossified governance structures and misplaced loyalties