Tag : manufacturing

SMMT warns latest UK car production plunges are taste of things to come

4 years ago / 0 comments

UK car production declined almost 43% in June according to the latest figures issued by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), with a gloomy … Read More »

Nissan Sunderland plant “not sustainable” without UK-EU trade deal

4 years ago / 0 comments

Nissan COO Ashwani Gupta has reiterated the importance of UK-EU free trade to ensure the future of its Sunderland manufacturing plant, else it may be forced … Read More »

Coronavirus to put brakes on 2020 new car production and sales

4 years ago / 0 comments

Reduced new car demand and supply chain disruption will disrupt global new car sales for 2020, bringing added chills to an existing perfect storm of carmaker … Read More »

Hundreds of temp jobs to be axed at Honda’s Swindon plant

5 years ago / 0 comments

The company said the temporary and fixed-term contract job cuts were the result of an industry-wide decline in the sale of diesel cars, and not because … Read More »

UK car manufacturing hit by ongoing downturn in domestic demand

6 years ago / 0 comments

UK car manufacturing fell 4.6% to 161,490 cars in November as Brexit uncertainty and new diesel taxes impacted on domestic demand.