Spira The Spira uses reinforcing fibers and aluminum to provide a strong a protective cage covered with soft foam on both the outside and inside. Would you drive a car made out of foam? What if it got 100 miles to the gallon and could save lives? It’s called the Spira4u, and it’s one of [...]

Reckitt, the group behind household favourites such as Vanish and Cillit Bang, has seen rival Procter & Gamble muscle in on its market Reckitt Benckiser, the company behind household brands Cillit Bang and Vanish, today reported its first quarter-on-quarter sales decline in Europe as rival products muscled in under the kitchen sink. Chief executive Bart [...]

Bricklayers working in Hatfield. The construction industry took a big hit from the recession and expects the outlook to get tougher. Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian It was a bright, sunny day when 19 senior executives, each representing one of the government’s biggest suppliers, trooped into Admiralty House off Whitehall to meet the Cabinet [...]

Reckitt Benckiser is to buy Durex condoms maker SSL International. Photograph: Linda Nylind Reckitt Benckiser, home to Cillit Bang, is set to acquire the firm behind Durex Condoms, SSL International, in a £2.5bn takeover. The Anglo-Dutch household goods firm, which is also behind Finish dishwasher tablets, Harpic bleach and Strepsils cough sweets, said the deal [...]