Honda has agreed to sell its only British car plant at Swindon in southern England to logistics giant Panattoni, a company spokesman said over the weekend, as the new owner reportedly plans to make a large investment at the sprawling site.
The Japanese automaker, which builds about a tenth of the 1.5 million car output in Britain, made the decision two years after it announced its intention in 2019 to cease production at its Swindon plant. The plant closure is expected to lead to 3,500 job losses.
Honda, which has been struggling in Europe, has said the closure of the plant was not related to Britain’s departure from the European Union but it needed to focus activities in regions where it expects to sell most cars.
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