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Closing date for Honda’s Swindon car factory confirmed for July 2021

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Confirmed: Honda’s Swindon car plant closure has been ‘set in stone’ for July 2021 Announcement is the first time a specific date has been set for the plant to shut The factory employs around 3,500 staff and produced 109,000 cars last year It is unclear if the 380-acre site will be used for industrial or housing … Read more

DIRECTOR’S DEALS: Card Factory chief exec Karen Hubbard 

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DIRECTOR’S DEALS: Card Factory chief exec Karen Hubbard snaps up £10,937 in shares after slump By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 9 January 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 9 January 2020 Card Factory’s boss Karen Hubbard bought thousands of shares in the struggling retailer after a profit warning wiped off a … Read more

Ray-ban maker Essilor Luxottica’s Thailand factory hit by £160m scam

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Ray-Ban maker Essilor Luxottica’s Thailand factory hit by staff’s £160m scam By Daily Mail City & Finance Published: 21:50 GMT, 30 December 2019 | Updated: 10:10 GMT, 31 December 2019 Staff at a spectacles factory in Thailand have scammed Essilor Luxottica out of up to £162million. The company behind the Ray-Ban and Michael Kors brands … Read more

Ford told to ‘come clean’ over factory closures and the future of its British operations

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Ford told to ‘come clean’ over factory closures and the future of its British operations as it faces pressure to cut costs in Europe By William Turvill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:49 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 11:06 GMT, 14 April 2019 Unions are calling on Ford to ‘come clean’ over the future … Read more