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Mercedes end Kingspan deal amid Grenfell backlash
Insulation firm Kingspan and the Mercedes Formula 1 team have agreed to end a sponsorship deal, they said on Wednesday, amid a backlash about the Irish company's link to Britain's 2017 Grenfell Tower fire. British Housing Minister Michael Gove and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire last week called for Lewis Hamilton's team to reconsider a sponsorship deal due to Kingspan's link to the 2017 London disaster. read more The Grenfell fire killed 72 people, with combustible cladding used on the residential block identified as central to the rapid spread of flames. Kingspan (KSP.I), whose branding features on the team's cars, said that while its Kingspan Insulation UK business was a core...
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