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  • TrustFord among Best Workplaces in UK

    • 02/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    TrustFord has been recognised as one of the 2023 Best Workplace in the UK by Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture. The UK’s largest Ford dealer group ranked 40th in the Super Large Organisation category. The accreditation follows an extensive culture audit and confidential employee [...]
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  • TrustFord announces new Carlisle dealership

    • 25/04/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    TrustFord has announced it will open its new dealership in Carlisle in the summer. The UK’s largest Ford dealer group already operates a Parts Plus operation in Carlisle, but this will be its first retail franchise. The showroom will include new and used car and motability vehicle sales, as well as aftersales [...]
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  • Thatcham Research provides ‘BlueCruise’ clarity

    • 14/04/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Thatcham Research has provided clarity around the term ‘BlueCruise’, after Ford announced it was launching the first ‘hands-free’ assisted driving system in the UK. Thatcham Research Vehicle Technology Specialist Tom Leggett said: “While many reports have suggested that Ford has launched Britain’s first [...]
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  • TrustFord names new CEO

    • 06/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    TrustFord has announced changes to its senior leadership team, including the appointment of Stuart Mustoe as new chief executive officer. Mustoe has been promoted from his position of finance director and has been acting chairman and CEO since February 2022. He said: “It has been my privilege to lead the team [...]
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  • Ford announces UK job cuts

    • 14/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ford has announced that it will cut 1,300 jobs in the UK over the next two years. The job losses are part of a wider European restructure that will see the car maker reduce its workforce by 3,800. Most of the job cuts in the UK are expected to be at Ford’s research site at Dunton in Essex, with production [...]
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  • Ford announces major UK investment

    • 01/12/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ford has invested a further £125m in its Halewood Plant, on Merseyside, increasing capacity by 70%. This means that 70% of the 600,000 EVs which Ford will sell in Europe a year by 2026 will be powered by the Halewood-produced technology. The company will also invest a £24m in the supporting E:PRiME product [...]
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  • TrustFord cuts ribbon on upgraded site

    • 18/03/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ford dealer group TrustFord has opened its newly upgraded Transit Centre in Barnsley after an investment of £500K. The site has been extensively redeveloped to create the group’s largest commercial vehicle site with a fully EV trained and accredited workforce. Stuart Mustoe, acting chairman and chief [...]
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  • Ford and VWG expand partnership

    • 15/03/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ford and the Volkswagen Group are expanding their e-mobility partnership, which includes e-mobility, commercial vehicles and autonomous driving. The news comes after Ford announced it will develop a new model based on the Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB) platform, and double its MEB volume to 1.2 million units over [...]
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  • Ford goes all-in with EV investment

    • 11/03/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ford has announced plans to make 50% of its annual vehicle sales electric by 2030. It has said it will invest $5bn into its EV production unit this year alone, twice the amount it invested in 2021. It expects this commitment to realise the production of over two million EVs by 2026. Ford sold 117,500 BEVs and [...]
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  • Ford confirms major UK investment

    • 18/10/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ford has announced it is investing up to £230m to manufacture electric components at its Halewood plant in Merseyside. The investment will help to protect 500 jobs. The factory will be Ford's first European plant to produce components for electric cars and is expected to start manufacturing electric power units [...]
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