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Honda invests £267m in Swindon plant


Honda has announced a major £267m investment in its car manufacturing plant in Swindon – which has led to 500 new jobs at the factory this year.Production of the firm’s new CR-V model starts today and marks the start of the huge multi-million pound programme. The cash is the single biggest investment by the firm in over a decade.

Vauxhall reduced sales forces factories furlough

A lack of demand for new cars as the “Eurocrisis” deepens has led Vauxhall to shut down both, Ellesmere Port and Luton, UK factories for a week.

The paid “down week” will start on September 24 and comes just weeks after Ellesmere Port celebrated winning the new contract for the next Vauxhall Astra.