THE DAILY BRIEFING

■ ENGINEER DEAL

Ground engineer Keller Group has bought US rival Moretrench for £64m.

■ EXPORT SURGE

British food and drink makers are exporting more of their goods. They now sell 15pc of their food and drink abroad, compared to 11pc five years ago.

■ ROBOT RISK

Female British workers are more likely to lose their jobs than their American counterparts as industries increasingly use automation, research by website Builder Expert suggests.

■ SUBSIDY BAN

Bosses of energy firms urged ministers to rethink an onshore wind farm subsidy ban after it emerged more power was generated by wind and solar sources than nuclear for the first time.

Official figures show the clean renewables provided a record 18.3pc of power in the last quarter of 2017, while nuclear provided 16.7pc.

■ TAX CUTS

China has slashed taxes for chip makers in its latest move to aggressively expand in the lucrative industry.

■ TRUMP FIGHT

Online retailer Amazon is said to have ditched its top lobbying firms in Washington after it was publicly denounced by US President Donald Trump.

Amazon has reportedly dropped Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Squire Patton Boggs, which represent several major clients in the US capital.

■ CRASH SETTLEMENT

Taxi app firm Uber has reached a settlement with the family of the woman killed in a crash involving one of its autonomous cars. Elaine Herzberg, 49, was pushing her bike across the road when she was struck by a Volvo travelling at about 40mph.

■ STELLAR SERVICE

Elon Musk’s SpaceX won permission from US authorities to launch thousands of satellites into orbit to deliver broadband internet. Half of the 4,425 satellites for the Starlink service will be launched in the next six years.