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Pressure grows on Mercedes from UK government over new partner
Mercedes is coming under increasing pressure from the United Kingdom government for agreeing to a sponsorship deal with a company under scrutiny for its part in the Grenfell disaster. There were 72 people that lost their lives when the Grenfell tower block caught fire in West London in 2017, with Kingspan supplying some of the cladding that was deemed responsible for the rapid spread of the fire. An ongoing public inquiry has accused Kingspan of ignoring fire safety test results, leading to significant criticism of Mercedes after it announced a “global sustainability partnership” with the company and ran Kingspan logos on the car in this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The...
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