On-shoring to create almost 50,000 UK automotive jobs

Posted on 5 Dec 2014 by Victoria Fitzgerald

The automotive industry is poised to create an estimated 49,635 new jobs over the next two years as manufacturers bring production back to Britain, according to a new study by Lloyds Bank.

The bank’s report, Fuelling Growth, which surveyed English and Welsh manufacturers from across the automotive supply chain, found that nearly three-quarters (70%) of respondents are looking to ‘on-shore’ some of their operations by the end of 2016. Almost half (45%) of manufacturers surveyed said they had already repatriated, on average, a fifth (20%) of their…

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