Rolls-Royce, a UK icon that may become a UK tragedy
Amid harrowing losses due to the pandemic, and a CFO that just jumped ship to e-commerce, a merger may be its only lifeline
27 August 2020 - 13:37
When the employees of Rolls-Royce Holdings read that coronavirus lockdowns and home-working have ignited a technology boom, they could be forgiven for weeping.
The company makes the jet engines that power large passenger jets, which is one of the most technically complex engineering tasks known to man. And yet, most of Rolls-Royce’s products are grounded right now because hardly anyone’s flying...
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