Fears over the closure of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant have been allayed today as General Motors confirmed it will keep the site open for the production of its new Astra model.
Suggestions that Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant, which employs 2,100 people, would close came after disappointing annual results for the European Unit of Vauxhall’s owners, General Motors. Indications made earlier this month however, that GM would look to locate production of its next generation Astra at Ellesmere spurred hopes of avoiding job losses. Today GM has…
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