The once-almighty car giant, General Motors has announced further job cuts in the UK. According to the times "General Motors is to cut a further 154 administrative jobs from Vauxhall UK around the country on top of previously announced job cuts at its Luton plant."
The Chief Executive of Vauxhall and Opel, Nick Reily confirmed that 369 jobs will be cut at the Luton van making factory in addition to the new announcement that 154 sales and admin roles will be axed across the country. The Luton site makes the Vauxhall Vivaro van in addition to others in the Vauxhall van range.
However, according to Vauxhall, no jobs will be lost at the Ellesmere Port factory on Merseyside.
The cuts are not localised to the UK but part of a European wide plan unveiled today. In total, 8,300 jobs across Vauxhall and Opel's European operation will be axed in a desperate bid to break even by 2011.
