Australian battery start-up wins bid for Britishvolt

Cecilia Keating
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Australian battery start-up wins bid for Britishvolt

EY says takeover by Recharge Industries is set to be finalised within a week

An Australian battery manufacturing start-up owned by a US investor group looks set to buy collapsed British company Britishvolt and revive plans to build the UK's first 'gigafactory' in Northumberland....

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