Aston Martin has achieved its objective of making the most beautiful car in the world with the DB11, says Hannah Elliot.

The FTSE 100 Index hung on to early gains today despite more gloomy data on the UK economy.

Aerospace giant Rolls-Royce has snubbed Government support to help it build a test centre in the UK after being offered £10m (€14.3m) to launch the new facility in Germany, it emerged today.