Jaguar Land Rover is to cut 1,000 jobs in the west Midlands, blaming a slump in car sales due to uncertainty over Brexit and the future of diesel vehicles.
Britain’s biggest carmaker will cut 1,000 temporary contract workers at its plant in Solihull. The factory employs 10,000 workers, including 2,000 contract staff.
The company, which employs 40,000 people, will move some workers from its factory at nearby Castle Bromwich to fill gaps left by the cuts at Solihull.
The cuts are understood to have been triggered by a 26% drop in UK sales in the first three months of 2018. The company will say customers are delaying buying new cars because of concerns about the government’s policy on diesel cars. Consumer confidence had also been hit by uncertainty over Brexit.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...cuts-next-week
Britain’s biggest carmaker will cut 1,000 temporary contract workers at its plant in Solihull. The factory employs 10,000 workers, including 2,000 contract staff.
The company, which employs 40,000 people, will move some workers from its factory at nearby Castle Bromwich to fill gaps left by the cuts at Solihull.
The cuts are understood to have been triggered by a 26% drop in UK sales in the first three months of 2018. The company will say customers are delaying buying new cars because of concerns about the government’s policy on diesel cars. Consumer confidence had also been hit by uncertainty over Brexit.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...cuts-next-week
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