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Richard Milne

Nordic and Baltic Bureau Chief

Richard Milne covers Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden for the FT. He was previously capital markets editor, European business correspondent, Frankfurt and Paris correspondents at the FT. He started as a graduate trainee in 2003. He won the business and finance journalist of the year in 2015 at the Press Awards for his coverage of Volkswagen's dieselgate scandal.
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  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Ikea
    Ikea posts first drop in revenue since 2020 after cutting prices

    Flat-pack furniture retailer returns to policy of lowering furniture costs after pandemic-era increases

    Shoppers outside an Ikea store in Tokyo, Japan
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Inside BusinessEuropean manufacturing
    Costs of the green transition loom large for European companies

    Business leaders say Europe’s policymakers are ill prepared for just how expensive the shift is likely to be

    Workers walk at the snow-covered site of the Northvolt Ett factory in Skelleftea, north Sweden
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Northvolt AB
    Northvolt subsidiary files for bankruptcy

    Move is part of lossmaking company’s attempt to stave off financial collapse

    Northvolt’s logo on a sign outside the company’s Västerås plant in Sweden
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Equinor ASA
    Norway’s Equinor takes 10% stake in renewables group Ørsted

    Company becomes second-largest shareholder in world’s biggest offshore wind farm developer behind Danish government

    A drone transports a red cargo box near a large offshore wind turbine
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Travel
    Hotel Maria: ice-cool Nordic luxury in Helsinki

    Key Notes | Founded by Olympian Samppa Lajunen, the Maria plugs a gap in the Finnish capital’s hotel scene

    The front of an ornate building with large columns and windows and white flags wither side of the main doorway
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Maritime accidents and safety
    Damaged ship carrying explosive cargo anchors off UK coast

    The Dubai-owned Ruby, sailing from Russia to Malta, was told to steer clear of Norwegian and Lithuanian ports

    The Ruby arriving at Liverpool on 3rd July.
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Northvolt AB
    Northvolt to be served ‘suspicion of gross manslaughter’ notice over worker death

    Move from Swedish prosecutors comes as the battery start-up struggles to raise fresh capital

    Northvolt Ett factory in Skelleftea, north Sweden
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Hennes & Mauritz
    H&M warns on profit target amid higher costs and intense competition

    Swedish fast-fashion chain’s struggle to boost margins a blow to new chief Daniel Ervér

    Pedestrians walk past an H&M store in Toronto
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Northvolt AB
    Northvolt to cut more than 20% of jobs in battle for survival

    Europe’s leading battery maker is downsizing as it struggles to build up production amid slowing shift to electric vehicles

    Workers at Northvolt’s gigafactory in Skellefteå, northern Sweden
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    AP Møller-Maersk AS
    Europe needs to incentivise green pioneers, Maersk boss says

    Rethink vital to keep competing with US and China, Vincent Clerc says

    AP Møller-Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Europe’s battery darling runs out of juice

    Battery start-up raised more than $15bn but is struggling to secure the funds amid low production

  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    News in-depthNorthvolt AB
    Europe’s great battery hope Northvolt fights for survival

    Swedish start-up struggles to secure funds as it tries to increase production at its gigafactory

    The Northvolt facility in Skelleftea, Sweden
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    FT SeriesThe FT Magazine’s Guide to the Business Lunch
    The FT foreign correspondents’ guide to business dining around the world

    The top tables for breaking bread and sealing deals in great global cities

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    SKF AB
    Sweden’s SKF plans automotive spin-off after pressure from activist investor Cevian

    Shares rally 10% as the world’s largest bearings maker joins other industrial groups seeking to become more focused

    Factory conveyor belt
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Northvolt AB
    Swedish PM rules out government rescue of troubled Northvolt

    Battery start-up struggles to gain backing for latest fundraising amid Europe’s slowing take-up of electric vehicles

    A worker outside Northvolt’s gigafactory in Skellefteå, north Sweden
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    DSV A/S
    DSV buys Deutsche Bahn logistics business in €14.3bn deal

    Danish group will become world’s largest logistics management company with acquisition of Schenker

    A truck with a blue trailer marked "DSV" is seen driving outside the logistics center of the transport company in Hedehusene, Denmark
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Nokia
    Nokia seeks to replace CEO in bid to revive falling sales

    The active search comes as Pekka Lundmark has failed to revive growth

    Nokia stand at an exhibition
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Energy Source
    Brookfield to invest up to $1.1bn in e-fuels start-up Infinium Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, Norway debates when it should halt oil and gas production

    A montage of the Brookfield logo on a mobile phone with a chart of financial data behind it
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Sweden
    Sweden says rooting out gangs will take a decade

    Justice minister warns that criminals are recruiting children for extremist groups abroad

    Gunnar Strömmer speaks at a press conference in Stockholm. Behind him are Swedish flags.
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    Northvolt to cut jobs and sell off unit to survive EV chill

    Swedish battery maker has been grappling with factory problems and slowing growth in European EV take-up

    The NorthVolt AB Labs research and development center in Vasteras, Sweden
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Vinted
    TPG in talks to buy stake in Vinted at €5bn valuation

    US private equity group’s interest highlights growing demand for second-hand goods from consumers and investors

    A shopper looks at Vinted on a mobile phone
  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    The Big Read
    The relentless rise of second-hand

    From Ikea to Vinted, younger consumers are showing a taste for pre-owned clothes and furniture. But can the sector actually make money?

  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Lego
    Lego’s costly move to recycled plastic underpinned by surging profits

    World’s largest toymaker posts record results thanks in part to video game tie-ups and sports brand partnerships

    Lego characters
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    Klarna AB
    Klarna weighs removal of co-founder’s key ally from board

    Turmoil comes months after previous boardroom spat over chair Michael Moritz and ahead of long-awaited IPO

    A Klarna logo is displayed on a laptop screen in the background and on a mobile phone screen in the foreground
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Klarna aims to halve workforce with AI-driven gains

    Chief executive of buy now, pay later group heralds benefits of the technology as it narrows quarterly loss

    Montage featuring Klarna’s chief executive Sebastian Siemiatkowski and the company’s logo
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