Nissan plans to cut about 10 per cent of its European workforce and combine the two production lines at its Sunderland plant in the UK, as part of a restructuring aimed at easing the carmaker’s financial difficulties.
The Japanese company started talking to its workers on Tuesday about plans to cut 900 office workers in Europe, including in France, Spain and the UK. The group currently employs about 9,300 people in the region.
Nissan will consolidate the Sunderland production lines into one, with the FT reporting that it has held talks with China’s Chery and other potential partners about them using the plant’s spare capacity to build cars.