Honda is cutting 800 jobs at its Swindon plant, just a year after creating 500 jobs and moving to a two shift operation.
“Sustained low industry demand requires us to take difficult decisions,” said Honda’s European vice president Ken Keir. It is the first time the car manufacturer has cut jobs in Britain since it starting manufacturing in Swindon in 1992. The car maker built 151,000 cars in 2012, a third of which were sold within the UK. The…
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