Aston Martin
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| Web site | www.astonmartin.com |
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| Headquarters | Gaydon |
| United Kingdom | |
| Ceo | Andy Palmer |
| Founded | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Revenue | 876 million GBP (2017) |
| Founders | Lionel Martin |
| Robert Bamford | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 525863 |
About Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc is a British independent manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers. It was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford.
Rishi Sunak vows not to add 'unnecessary' costs to meet green targets
... Climate apathy The newspaper also reported they are considering an " Aston Martin exemption" to the 2030 car sales deadline, under which smaller carmakers would be given longer to switch to electric vehicles...
Car parts giant mulls US move over green subsidies
... And the former Aston Martin boss said the entire UK car industry was at risk...
Warning UK car industry under threat without help
... The sector is facing the " last throw of the dice" said Mr Palmer, who has had senior jobs at Nissan and Aston Martin...
Mercedes-Benz becomes latest Western company to pull out of Russia
... Other car firms, including Jaguar Land Rover, General Motors, Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce, all halted deliveries to the country in the early months of the war...
Lottery winner who gave away half of £115m fortune 'addicted' to helping
... Their biggest personal expenditure was a six-bedroom house in County Durham with seven acres of land, while Mr Connolly drives a second-hand Aston Martin...
Ukraine conflict: Growing numbers of firms pull back from Russia
... CarsJaguar Land Rover (JLR), General Motors, Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce are among the car-makers which have halted deliveries of vehicles to Russia due to the conflict, while Cars are the biggest UK export to Russia, but still only 1% of UK cars went to Russia last year...
Saudi Arabia Grand Prix: A race for equal rights
... The Aston Martin driver, which in this case means a straight person who supports the rights of LGBT people...
Bentley: luxury car maker to cut up to 1,000 jobs
... And Aston Martin, the British luxury car manufacturer, known for kitting out James Bond, 500 redundancies announced on Thursday, a week after the appointment of a new chief executive...
Lottery winner who gave away half of £115m fortune 'addicted' to helping
A lottery Winner who scooped a £115m fortune and has given away More Than half her winnings said she is " addicted" to Helping Others .
Frances Connolly, 55, agreed a yearly charity budget with her husband, Patrick, but had already spent up to 2032's allocation, She Said .
The Hartlepool couple and immediately gave away cash to friends and family.
Mrs Connolly said Helping Others " gives you a buzz and it's addictive".
" I'm addicted to it now, " She Said .
The former Social Worker and teacher has Set Up two charitable foundations: one named After Her late mother Kathleen Graham in her native Northern Ireland , and the PFC Trust which supports local young carers, the elderly and refugees in her Home Town .
She estimates she has given away £60m but does not keep a tally, joking she would be worried in case her 57-year-old husband saw it.
Mrs Connolly has a history of charitable acts, she volunteered with St John Ambulance as a child and Set Up an Aids helpline while a student in Belfast.
She now backs local community groups which help people get jobs, support refugees and young carers, and provide electronic tablets for old people so they can connect with their families.
Mr Connolly still runs his plastic businesses.
Their biggest personal expenditure was a six-bedroom house in County Durham with seven acres of land, while Mr Connolly drives a second-hand Aston Martin .
But Mrs Connolly baulks at the idea of spending money on luxuries like yachts, saying reports of someone spending £25,000 on a bottle of champagne made her think The Money could have helped a young person buy A House .
Asked by PA News why she was happy to give so much away, She Said : " Why wouldn't you? I've done that all My Life .
" I'd have been a millionaire anyway if I took back all The Money I've given away over The Years . "
Mrs Connolly said winning a huge amount of money might change a person's life but it does not alter their personality.
" If you're stupid before you get it, you're going to be stupid afterwards, " She Said .
" If I had any advice for a Winner . . I'd say money liberates you to be the person that you want to be. "
Source of news: bbc.com
