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Vauxhall Vauxhall has won approval from the European Commission to receive a £10m government grant to invest in its Ellesmere Port production plant and secure more than 770 jobs. 19-Sep-2002 Vauxhall is in talks with property developers Heron International and Latimer Associates about the sale of its former 56-acre car plant in Luton, which is expected to lead to the development of new homes and offices. 19-Sep-2002 Vauxhall is planning to shed about 850 jobs at its Ellesmere Port car factory. 30-Jan-2002 Vauxhall and Ryder are starting work on the construction of a car components warehouse at Ellesmere Port to supply parts for the new Vauxhall Vectra, which will create 350 jobs. 30-Aug-2001 Vauxhall has confirmed plans to invest £200m at Ellesmere Port to build the new Vectra model, securing the future of 700 jobs. 06-Feb-2001 Vauxhall is to stop manufacturing cars at its Luton plant with the loss of about 2,000 jobs over the next 15 months, as part of a worldwide restructuring programme by parent company General Motors that will result in 10,000 job losses. 13-Dec-2000 Vauxhall is to relocate up to 500 workers from car assembly plants in Bedfordshire and Merseyside to its new van joint venture with Renault in Luton. 28-Nov-2000 Vauxhall has submitted plans to Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council for the £27m expansion of its Merseyside car plant to produce the new Frontera model. 18-Sep-2000 Vauxhall is to outsource the distribution of its demonstrator fleet to the Reality division of Great Universal Stores, in a £50m five-year deal. 04-Sep-2000 Vauxhall is to transfer 500 engine workers at its Ellesmere Port plant to a new joint venture with Fiat, and negotiations are taking place with unions. 22-Jun-2000 Vauxhall is investing £130m at its IBC Vehicles factory in Luton to produce a new range of panel vans, with the creation of 500 jobs, and a further £32m will be spent on improvements to car production. 04-May-2000 Vauxhall is to launch a web site to sell cars directly to the public in November. 15-Oct-1999 Vauxhall is to set up a network of alternative fuel refilling stations, including pumps at specialist fleet dealers, in an attempt to encourage growth in the "green" vehicle market. 27-Aug-1999 Vauxhall is to set up a £5m engineering centre at Millbrook in Bedfordshire to serve light commercial and recreational vehicle operations, creating 75 new jobs. 23-Feb-1999 Vauxhall and Renault are close to finalising plans to jointly produce a medium-sized van, and about 600 jobs will be created at Vauxhall's Luton plant. 23-Feb-1999 Vauxhall is said to be planning to announce an investment of up to £40m at Ellesmere Port, in order to supply engines for the new L-Series model and to export V6 engines to Saab. 04-Jan-1999 Vauxhall is to increase production of the Astra by 20% to 160,000 cars a year by adding a third shift at its Ellesmere Port factory, creating 1,000 jobs. 03-Jul-1998 Vauxhall is recalling more than 34,000 Corsa cars and vans due to possible engine wiring problems. 23-May-1998 Vauxhall is launching a range of cars that can be fuelled by liquefied petroleum gas as well as petrol, and will target companies that want to use environmentally friendly vehicles. 12-May-1998 Vauxhall has agreed an innovative three-year pay and productivity deal with workers which includes an extra 0.5% pay in the third year if the average sterling exchange rate falls below DM2.70, thereby securing the future of its car plants at Luton and Ellesmere Port. 24-Apr-1998 Vauxhall is expected to pledge a £500m investment in its Luton and Ellesmere Port plants if unions agree to a new pay deal, productivity improvements, and changes to holiday and shift patterns. 18-Apr-1998 Vauxhall has agreed a package of reforms with unions that will secure the future of its Ellesmere Port and Luton car plants and result in the introduction of Japanese-style working practices. 06-Apr-1998 General Motors is said to be considering plans to close its Vauxhall car assembly plant in Luton as part of a cost-cutting programme. 19-Mar-1998 Vauxhall is said to be considering the closure of its Luton car factory following GM's decision not to make the new Corsa there. 02-Feb-1998 General Motors has indicated that it may consider moving car production from its UK Vauxhall factories to mainland Europe if the UK does not sign up to European monetary union. 15-Oct-1997 Vauxhall is to introduce the Cadillac luxury car into the UK next spring, which will be sold through a network of specialist dealers. 01-Sep-1997 Vauxhall is to start selling panel vans produced by Renault under its Arena badge this week. 01-May-1997 Vauxhall is to fit the Trafficmaster driver information systems into more of its models. 16-Jan-1997 Vauxhall has announced plans to spend £300m expanding its Ellesmere Port plant, increasing production of the Astra hatchback by over 10%. 16-Oct-1996 Vauxhall is to spend £650m on modernising its UK plants and on building new models over the next five years, and there is to be a 20% capacity increase at Ellesmere Port, creating 200 jobs. 08-Mar-1996 Vauxhall has discovered exhaust and other problems on some Frontera four-wheel drive vehicles, and is recalling 32,000 of them. 03-Feb-1996 Vauxhall is likely to lose about £3.6m a week due to disruption at its plants. 08-Dec-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007