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Jaguar Land Rover is to create more than 100 graduate and student placement jobs in 2010. 23-Dec-2009 VTL Automotive is to relocate its car parts factory and up to 82 staff from Calderdale to Huddersfield over the next six months. 21-Dec-2009 Manheim is to open a new car auction centre at a former airforce base at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire in January. 17-Dec-2009 H2O is planning to open a further 20 car valeting centres and create 150 jobs over the next two years. 17-Dec-2009 Manor Grand Prix has sold an estimated £10m stake in its motor racing business to private equity firm LDC, and is creating 45 jobs in Rotherham and 60 in Bicester. 14-Dec-2009 Vauxhall is to shed 354 of the 1,500 jobs at its Vivaro van factory in Luton. 01-Dec-2009 Phoenix Car Company is to expand its chain of 17 car dealerships with a new Mitsubishi franchise in Edinburgh in January. 30-Nov-2009 Stadco is planning to close its car parts factory in Coventry next September, with the loss of 165 jobs. 25-Nov-2009 Belron, the vehicle glass company, has acquired a new 37,000 sq ft office at Milton Park in Egham for a new headquarters. 23-Nov-2009 Spyker Cars is to relocate its luxury sports car assembly plant and 90 jobs from the Netherlands to Coventry by the end of 2009, in order to be closer to suppliers. 23-Nov-2009 The Department for Transport has announced a £30m grant scheme to promote the development of charging points for electric cars in up to six cities or regions. 23-Nov-2009 Honda is considering plans to shed a further 500 of the 3,400 jobs at its car factory in Swindon. 12-Nov-2009 British School of Motoring (BSM) is planning to expand its chain of 94 driving centres and recruit up to 3,000 instructors over the next two years, having undergone a £10m management buy-out from Arques Industries. 11-Nov-2009 Zytek Automotive Technology of Lichfield hopes to secure a £4.5m government investment to fund the development of a new urban electric vehicle, in partnership with Gordon Murray Design. 09-Nov-2009 Norton Motorcycles is looking to treble the size of its new motorcycles factory at Donington Park in Leicestershire to 30,000 sq ft over the next few years. 28-Oct-2009 Co-operative Motor Group is to invest £250m in the revamp of 19 car showrooms, in order to convert them from the Sunwin brand. 26-Oct-2009 Janesville Acoustics is to close its car accessories factory in Colne in November, with the loss of about 80 jobs. 22-Oct-2009 Easi-Drive is to relocate the headquarters of its Wythenshawe-based accident management business to a new £1.5m 25,000 sq ft site by spring 2010, and also wants to open more depots across the country. 22-Oct-2009 Harratts is creating 30 jobs at a new Honda car dealership in Wakefield. 21-Oct-2009 LDV has sold the assets of its Birmingham-based van manufacturing business out of administration to Eco Concept, and up to 200 jobs will be created at a new electric vehicles factory in the Midlands. 19-Oct-2009 All Fleet Services is to increase the workforce at its Gloucester-based car fleet services call centre from 78 to 96 by the end of the year. 14-Oct-2009 GKN Driveline is to shed a further 50 jobs at its car components factory in Birmingham. 12-Oct-2009 MG Motors has ended sports car production at its plant in Longbridge for the winter, which could result in the loss of about 20 jobs. 12-Oct-2009 Ogihara Europe is to shed 71 of the 100 jobs at its car parts factory in Telford. 12-Oct-2009 McLaren Automotive is considering plans to close its car parts factory in Portsmouth, with the loss of up to 98 jobs. 05-Oct-2009 Lotus has unveiled plans for an investment of £86m in its return to Formula 1 motor racing, with the creation of about 250 jobs at the Racing Technologies Norfolk base at Hingham. 01-Oct-2009 Infiniti Europe is to open Nissan car dealerships in Birmingham and Glasgow by the middle of next year. 29-Sep-2009 Harman International is to shed 216 of the 500 jobs at its car speakers factory in Bridgend, in order to transfer production to Hungary. 28-Sep-2009 Jaguar Land Rover is to close either its Castle Bromwich or its Solihull plant after 2014, but 800 jobs will be created at Halewood for the production of a new Range Rover. 24-Sep-2009 Tata Motors of India has secured a £10m government loan to produce electric vehicles in the West Midlands. 21-Sep-2009 UYT is to shed a further 60 jobs at its car components factory in Coventry in November. 21-Sep-2009 Vauxhall and Opel could shed up to 10,000 jobs at their car factories across Europe, following the acquisition of a 55% stake by Magna of Canada. 16-Sep-2009 Lotus is to return to Formula One motor racing next season, and will base its research, manufacturing and technical operations in Norfolk and Malaysia. 16-Sep-2009 Elecscoot is in negotiations with One Northeast to set up an electric scooter manufacturing plant in Sunderland, with the creation of up to ten jobs. 16-Sep-2009 Cooper Tire is planning to shed up to 180 of the 900 jobs at its factory in Melksham next July. 15-Sep-2009 Helphire is to shed 55 of the 2,600 jobs at its Bath-based accident claims business. 15-Sep-2009 The Energy Technologies Institute is to develop a £11m network of plug-in points for electric vehicles in Birmingham, Coventry, Glasgow, London, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Oxford and Sunderland. 10-Sep-2009 Finnveden Powertrain is to close its automotive engine components factory in Alford, Lincolnshire, in February 2010, with the loss of 120 jobs. 09-Sep-2009 BMW is to produce two new Mini models at its car factory in Oxford, which could create an estimated 1,000 jobs. 03-Sep-2009 Hitachi Capital Driving Instructor Centre, the supplier of cars to driving instructors, is planning to open three new branches in London, Preston and Wiltshire over the next year. 31-Aug-2009 Suzuki is opening six new dealerships in Dorchester, Letchworth, Manchester, Queensferry, Sittingbourne and Worthing in September, taking its network to 152 sites. 25-Aug-2009 Arnold Clark is planning to create 700 jobs at its car dealerships across the country by early next year, with new sites opening in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Huddersfield, Manchester, Stafford and Warrington. 24-Aug-2009 Calsonic Kansei is to invest £11m at its car parts factory in Llanelli, with the creation of 37 jobs. 24-Aug-2009 Blackcircles, the online tyre supplier, is planning to set up a new network of Blackcircles-branded tyre-fitting franchises in major cities by 2010. 20-Aug-2009 NSK Steering Systems Europe is to close its vehicle steering components factory in Peterlee in 2010, with the loss of about 160 jobs, in order to transfer production to Poland. 10-Aug-2009 Modec is hoping to expand the 80-strong workforce at its Coventry-based electric vehicles factory to several hundred over the next few years, as the US government has awarded a £23m grant to its joint venture with Navistar. 06-Aug-2009 Inchcape is to shed a further 350 of the 16,200 jobs in its international car dealerships business. 04-Aug-2009 Cenex of Loughborough has secured a £1m government grant to manage the development of up to 50 recharging stations for electric cars across the country over the next two years. 04-Aug-2009 Nissan is to create a further 100 fixed-term production jobs at its car factory in Sunderland, following a rise in sales. 23-Jul-2009 Manganese Bronze, the Coventry-based black cab manufacturer, is to scrap its independent dealer network, in order to focus on direct sales. 22-Jul-2009 Nissan is to build a £200m electric vehicle batteries factory in Sunderland, with the creation of up to 350 jobs. 21-Jul-2009 Ciceley Continental is to close its Mercedes-Benz car dealership in Preston, and Tilemart will transform the Queen Street site into a £4m showroom, warehouse and office. 21-Jul-2009 Jaguar Land Rover is to shed 300 of the 2,000 jobs at its car factory on Merseyside, having decided to end production of the X-Type model. 16-Jul-2009 Ecorider, the Inverness-based manufacturer of off-road vehicles, has gone into liquidation. 16-Jul-2009 Toyota is considering its Burnaston factory in Derbyshire as a potential site to manufacture the new petrol-electric hybrid version of the Auris car from 2012, which could create thousands of jobs. 15-Jul-2009 VT Group is to set up an automotive training centre in Norwich in September, in order to train mechanics for independent garages. 14-Jul-2009 Delphi Automotive Systems is to shed 71 of the 300 jobs at its electronic car parts factory in Kirkby. 02-Jul-2009 Mazda Motor Europe is looking to expand its European car dealership network with a further 75 outlets by the end of the year. 02-Jul-2009 Tanfield is to receive £1.6m of government funding to develop electric passenger vehicles, and the company will also contribute to the Department of Transport's low carbon vehicle procurement programme. 25-Jun-2009 Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines is to shed about 50 of the 500 jobs at its motorsport engines factory in Daventry. 16-Jun-2009 Cosworth is to create 100 new jobs in Northamptonshire, having agreed to supply engines to three new Formula 1 racing teams next season, including Manor GP of Yorkshire, Team US F1 and Campos Meta. 15-Jun-2009 Marshall Motor Group is to close its Peugeot car dealership in Huntingdon, but most of the 20 staff will be offered alternative employment. 15-Jun-2009 BCA is to set up a car auction centre on a 20-acre site in Perry Barr, Birmingham, by 2010, with the creation of 200 jobs, and has also announced the acquisition of online remarketing firm JTK Automotive. 11-Jun-2009 Manganese Bronze has raised £9.4m in a share placing to fund the international expansion of its taxi cab manufacturing business. 10-Jun-2009 Nissan is to recruit a further 100 temporary manufacturing staff at its car plant in Sunderland. 09-Jun-2009 Denso Marston is to shed a further 78 of the 565 jobs at its automotive components factory in Shipley. 09-Jun-2009 LDV has reapplied for administration, casting doubt on the future of almost 850 jobs at its Birmingham-based van manufacturing business. 03-Jun-2009 Vertu Motors is to raise £30m in a share placing to fund the nationwide expansion of its chain of 45 car dealerships. 28-May-2009 BMW is looking to recruit 250 temporary staff at its car plant in Cowley, in order to reinstate shifts following a rise in demand. 28-May-2009 Citroen is to terminate 40 of its 200 car dealerships, as they have underperformed or have unsuitable locations. 28-May-2009 Exway Group is planning to expand its Exeter-based chain of accident repair centres, having secured a funding package to open new sites and acquire existing businesses. 28-May-2009 Nissan is looking to recruit 20 maintenance technicians for its new apprentice training programme due to start in September, which will include four years working at its Sunderland car plant. 27-May-2009 Lind Group is to close its Porsche Centre and Lind Approved car dealerships in Norwich, with the loss of 19 jobs. 21-May-2009 McLaren has unveiled plans to build a sports car factory next to its technology centre in Woking by 2011, with the creation of up to 800 jobs. 21-May-2009 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is to create a further 150 jobs at its factory in West Sussex, in order to manufacture the new Ghost model. 21-May-2009 Tomkins is to close its Formflo car gearbox components factory in Cheltenham by the end of the year, with the loss of 103 jobs. 21-May-2009 Nissan is to create 150 temporary jobs at its car factory in Sunderland, as the government's new scrappage scheme is expected to increase demand. 11-May-2009 The Car Shop is planning to set up a new car supermarket at Trax Park in Doncaster by September, with the creation of more than 100 jobs. 11-May-2009 Autoglass is to open a new car windscreens call centre at the Bardon Business Park in Coalville, Leicestershire, in June, with the creation of 50 jobs. 07-May-2009 Arntz Belting is expected to shed 23 jobs at its automotive fan belts factory in Londonderry. 04-May-2009 Bifrangi is shedding 42 of the 172 jobs at its motor industry components factory in Lincoln. 30-Apr-2009 Fin Machines has shed 60 of the 300 jobs at its car radiators factory in Seaham. 29-Apr-2009 ThyssenKrupp Tallent is considering plans to close its automotive components factory in Llanelli this summer, with the loss of 100 jobs, in order to transfer production to other sites. 29-Apr-2009 Mercedes-Benz is seeking an agency to conduct a review of its UK property portfolio, which could lead to the disposal of up to 150 leasehold showrooms. 20-Apr-2009 McLaren Automotive is seeking funding of up to £250m to develop a new range of road-going sports cars, and hopes to start production at a new UK factory within two years. 20-Apr-2009 Pendragon is to close its Evans Halshaw Peugeot car dealership in Huddersfield with the loss of more than 20 jobs. 16-Apr-2009 Autoquake has secured £4m of venture capital funding to expand its online used car sales business into southern England and continental Europe. 15-Apr-2009 Volkswagen Group is to set up a 32,000 sq ft Audi car dealership and servicing centre at Cardinal Point Motor Park in Tamworth. 13-Apr-2009 Key Driver Training is looking to create a number of jobs at its new driver training premises at the Shadsworth Business Park in Blackburn. 13-Apr-2009 Parker Motor Services is to relocate up to 50 staff to a new car parts distribution depot at Belgrave Gate in Leicester by the end of the year. 08-Apr-2009 Jaguar Land Rover is recruiting 40 engineering apprentices for its Technical Academy in Warwick. 07-Apr-2009 Eminox is to shed a further 19 of the 200 jobs at its exhausts factory in Gainsborough. 07-Apr-2009 Helphire is to close its car hire call centre at Redcliff Quay in Bristol, with the loss of about 200 jobs. 02-Apr-2009 Brawn GP is to shed up to 230 of the 700 jobs at the Brackley headquarters of the former Honda motor racing team. 31-Mar-2009 Leyland Trucks is considering plans to shed a further 75 jobs at its trucks factory in Lancashire. 24-Mar-2009 Denso Manufacturing is to shed up to 175 of the 900 jobs at its automotive components factory in Telford. 23-Mar-2009 HiQ is to expand its nationwide chain of 137 franchised tyre servicing outlets to 275 by 2012, with the creation of up to 500 jobs. 19-Mar-2009 Senior Automotive has closed its car parts factory in Crumlin with the loss of 45 jobs, in order to transfer production to South Africa and the Czech Republic. 19-Mar-2009 Shimizu Industry is to close its plastic car parts factory in Telford, which employs 124 staff, in order to transfer the work to its plant in Welshpool. 19-Mar-2009 SMC Renault is to close its car dealership in Guildford, and some of the staff will relocate to its sites in Woking and Weybridge. 19-Mar-2009 Donington Park is to set up a training academy for security and spectator safety at its motor racing circuit in Leicestershire, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 17-Mar-2009 Omron is to close its automotive electronics factory in Kingswinford by March 2011, with the loss of 240 jobs. 16-Mar-2009 Bandvulc is to shed about 20 of the 275 jobs at its retreaded truck tyres factory in Lee Mill, South Devon. 11-Mar-2009 Honda Formula One has undergone a management buy-out, securing the future of hundreds of jobs at its Brackley-based motor racing team. 09-Mar-2009 Pirelli is to shed a further 20 jobs at its tyre factory in Carlisle. 09-Mar-2009 Zolfo Cooper has closed car dealer Camden Retail with the loss of 277 jobs, while the business of Camden Fleet Solutions has been sold out of administration to Bedfordshire-based Paragon Automotive, securing 370 jobs. 05-Mar-2009 Just Car Clinics is looking to expand its chain of 23 car repair centres into a nationwide chain of 40 sites by the end of 2010. 05-Mar-2009 Musashi Auto Parts is to close its factory at Blackwood in Caerphilly by the end of the year, with the loss of 124 jobs. 05-Mar-2009 Liberty Electric Cars is to invest £30m in an electric 4x4 vehicles factory in Cramlington, Northumberland, with the creation of 250 jobs. 02-Mar-2009 Tomkins, the manufacturer of car parts, industrial belts and building products, is to close 15 worldwide plants with the loss of 2,500 jobs. 26-Feb-2009 Arvin Meritor is to shed up to 56 of the 330 jobs at its automotive components factory in Cwmbran. 25-Feb-2009 TRW is to shed 50 of the 340 jobs at its automotive products factory in Pontypool. 19-Feb-2009 Silverstone has unveiled plans to invest £5m in the redesign of its motor racing track and spectator facilities in Northamptonshire by March 2010. 19-Feb-2009 Allen Group is to shed up to 68 of the 163 jobs at its vehicle components factory in Bodelwyddan, Flintshire. 19-Feb-2009 Hunters Land Rover has closed its car dealership in Fishponds, Bristol, with the loss of ten jobs. 18-Feb-2009 Gleason Cutting Tools has shed a further 17 of the 118 jobs at its car parts factory in Plymouth. 18-Feb-2009 Renault F1 is planning to shed up to 60 of the 350 jobs at its motor racing headquarters in Enstone, Oxfordshire. 17-Feb-2009 BMW is to shed 850 temporary jobs at the Mini car plant near Oxford, with production moving from three shifts to two. 17-Feb-2009 Castings is considering plans to shed further jobs at its truck parts factory in Brownhills, having cut 350 jobs since November. 16-Feb-2009 TRW Automotive is to shed 180 jobs at its car parts factories in Perry Barr, Mere Green and Solihull. 16-Feb-2009 Nobel Automotive is to close its car parts factory at Witton in the West Midlands in May, with the loss of the remaining 160 jobs, in order to transfer production to Turkey. 16-Feb-2009 Academy Group of Manchester is to open a car sales and service centre in Rishton in March, with the creation of ten jobs. 16-Feb-2009 Northern Automotive Services is to shed about 160 of the 400 jobs at its aluminium car parts factory in Gilwern near Abergavenny. 12-Feb-2009 RAC is to close its Norwich Union operated motoring breakdown call centre in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, with the loss of up to 100 jobs. 12-Feb-2009 Denso Marston is to shed about 90 of the 668 jobs at its car parts factory in Bradford in March. 12-Feb-2009 Calsonic Kansei is to shed more than 170 jobs at its car parts factories in Sunderland and Washington. 12-Feb-2009 Bentley is to shed 220 of the 3,800 jobs at its luxury car factory in Crewe. 11-Feb-2009 McLaren Group is planning to invest up to £250m in the production of 1,000 luxury sports cars a year by 2011, which could lead to the development of a new production plant in the UK and the creation of up to 400 jobs. 09-Feb-2009 Hashimoto is to shed a further 60 of the 400 jobs at its car components plant on Wearside. 09-Feb-2009 Helphire is to shed 130 of the 3,000 jobs in its nationwide accident assistance business by March, which will affect its main offices in Bath and Bristol. 09-Feb-2009 Ford is to shed up to 500 jobs at its Transit van plant in Southampton by May, and a further 350 jobs will be lost at sites throughout the country. 05-Feb-2009 Mann & Hummel is to shed 50 of the 240 jobs at its automotive air filters factory in Featherstone, South Staffordshire, in March. 05-Feb-2009 TRW is to shed about 25 of the 234 jobs at its car parts factory in Washington, while the 550 staff at its Peterlee site could move to a four-day week. 04-Feb-2009 Sapphire Garage is to open a three-acre vehicle body repair centre in Manchester in March. 03-Feb-2009 Arval is to shed up to 80 of the 1,000 jobs at its car leasing operations in Swindon and Birmingham. 02-Feb-2009 GKN has shed 242 jobs at its four automotive plants in the West Midlands, while 2,800 jobs have been lost from its global workforce of 42,000. 29-Jan-2009 Vertu Motors is to open a used car sales outlet in Darlington in March, with the creation of 26 jobs. 27-Jan-2009 Takao is said to be planning to shed up to 100 of the 350 jobs at its car parts factory in Gloucester. 26-Jan-2009 Montupet is to shed up to 40 of the 450 jobs at its automotive wheels and cylinder heads plant in Belfast. 23-Jan-2009 Continental Automotive is to close its automotive fuel components factory in Birmingham in March, with the loss of 120 jobs, in order to transfer production to Germany and the Czech Republic. 23-Jan-2009 UYS is to shed a further 50 of the 180 jobs at its automotive exhaust systems factory in Oxford. 23-Jan-2009 Motorpoint has won planning permission to expand its four-acre car supermarket site in Burnley to ten acres by March. 22-Jan-2009 Metal Castings is to shed 33 of the 200 jobs at its car parts factory in Worcester. 22-Jan-2009 Mollertech is considering plans to shed up to 99 jobs at its car parts plant in Cwmfelinfach, Gwent. 22-Jan-2009 Eaton Automotive Fluid is to shed 84 of the 300 jobs at its car components factory in Brierley Hill. 19-Jan-2009 Federal Mogul is to shed 40 of the 145 jobs at its camshaft castings factory in Lydney, Gloucestershire. 15-Jan-2009 Jaguar Land Rover is to shed 450 of the 15,000 jobs at its car plants in Coventry, Solihull, Castle Bromwich and Halewood, including 300 management jobs. 15-Jan-2009 BMW is to shed 70 agency jobs at its Hams Hall engines factory in Warwickshire. 12-Jan-2009 Nissan is to shed 1,200 of the 3,800 manufacturing jobs at its car plant in Sunderland. 12-Jan-2009 Stokes Group is to close its automotive castings factory in Walsall with the loss of 137 jobs. 09-Jan-2009 Unipres is to shed up to 296 jobs at its car parts factory in Sunderland over the next few months. 07-Jan-2009
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