Ratcliffe is one of the UK’s richest men

Aromatics provides the building blocks for the global polyester industry, key to fibres, films and packaging.

Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas have both been left out of Team Ineos’ Tour de France squad as Sir Dave Brailsford signals a changing of the guard within the team.

Chemicals giant Ineos is launching a new global healthcare business after successfully producing millions of bottles of hand sanitisers for the British health service at the height of the virus crisis.

Swiss chemicals giant Ineos has bought its first British North Sea gas fields from Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s investment fund LetterOne, outlining plans to further expand its energy resources to support its petrochemical business.