GM | 700 jobs to be created at Ellesmere Port

General Motors is creating 700 jobs at its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire along with hundreds more in the supply chain to build the new model of its Astra compact car in the latest fillip for Britain’s car industry.

The US automaker is to invest £125m in the plant after its 2,100 workers agreed a “groundbreaking new labour agreement”, GM said on Thursday.

Ellesmere Port is one of only two plants that will build the new model, with a German plant set to lose out. It should secure its future until the early 2020s. GM lost $747m before tax in Europe last year.

via GM to create 700 jobs at Ellesmere Port – FT.com.