• 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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  • Zurich announces 440 job cuts
    • 09/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Zurich today announced proposals to cut up to 440 jobs in its UK general insurance business as part of a programme to reduce costs in the organisation and simplify its operating structure. The UK insurance market has become steadily more challenging and the drivers for this – including low investment returns and [...]
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  • Zurich group to cut 500 jobs
    • 16/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Zurich Insurance Group plans to cut up to 10%, or 500 jobs, from its 5,500-member workforce in Germany over the next two years as it consolidates operations, according to Reuters. A company spokesman in Germany said the programme was limited to Germany and sought to cut costs at a time the company was investing [...]
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  • Job cuts expected at Aston Martin
    • 08/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has announced that it is planning on cutting jobs as part of a company restructuring plan that will involve the company expanding into electric and ‘crossover’ sport utility vehicles. Chief Executive Andy Palmer, who was appointed just over a year ago is deteremined to turn [...]
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  • Brazilian auto industry sees huge cuts
    • 17/08/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Brazilian Ministry of Labour estimates that the sectors of the economy linked to the automotive industry have cut an estimated 38,700 jobs in the first half of this year, which corresponds to 11% of all layoffs in the period. The survey includes jobs related to the manufacture and sale of automobiles and auto [...]
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