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British jobs secured as Nissan electric car to be built in Sunderland

Japanese carmaker Nissan has announced it will build its electric car at its Sunderland plant.
The announcement will safeguard hundreds of jobs when production begins in 2013 – as part of a £420 million investment from Nissan.
Meanwhile, Trevor Mann at Nissan said the Government had played a major part in the carmaker’s decision to build [...]

March 18th, 2010 | Posted in All Financial News, Company News, Jobs, Leaf, Lord Mandelson, Nissan, Sunderland, car, electric, safeguard | No Comments

Unite reaches deal with Magna to save Vauxhall jobs

The future of Vauxhall and its 5,500 workers have been safeguarded today after the Unite union announced it has reached a deal with Magna, the Candian car parts firm and proposed new owners of Vauxhall and sister company, Germany-based Opel.
However, in order to protect jobs at both Vauxhall plants (Ellesmere Port and Luton), the [...]

October 13th, 2009 | Posted in All Financial News, Company News, Ellesmere Port, Jobs, Lord Peter Mandelson, Luton, Magna, Unite, Vauxhall, deal, safeguard, union | No Comments