Boost for North East as Nissan shifts European operations to Sunderland

Posted on 29 May 2020 by James Devonshire

Nissan’s European car making operations will be centred at its plant in Sunderland going forward.

The announcement will come as welcome news for the North East factory, safeguarding 7,000 jobs at Nissan, and a further 20,000 jobs with suppliers in the region. The decision comes as Nissan, alongside all car manufacturers, struggles to balance the books amid falling sales and rising losses, driven by both the virus and public concern…

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