Sunderland & Spanish Plants under risk

[Gel]

From The Telegraph;


Nissan is weighing up a sale of its Sunderland plant in what would be a dramatic blow to the UK car industry.

The troubled Japanese car maker is understood to be gauging interest from potential buyers for factories in the UK and Spain. Nissan employs nearly 7,000 people in Sunderland.

The potential closure - first reported by Bloomberg - comes after the manufacturer announced earlier this month that it will end night shifts at its Sunderland plant and warned the factory would become untenable if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

[Noddy1875]

Nothing to do with the brexit. Convenient excuse.

[gloucester]

I'm not so sure about that.

I was really surprised that Sunderland of all places voted for Brexit. Surely the populace knows how significant Nissan is as an employer up there? I think this negativity has been behind Nissan's thinking ever since. That and the continuing reliability issues...