Is Honda pulling out of UK?

The Japanese firm had promised to leave a sustainable legacy behind when it decided to pull out of UK car production. Honda has agreed a sale of its Swindon car plant, with the new owner promising “thousands” of jobs.

What will happen to Honda Swindon?

Swindon’s Honda factory will close its doors for the final time today – after 36 years in operation. The closure of the Wiltshire car production plant will see 3,000 jobs lost and will also impact other firms which acted as its suppliers.

Why did Honda pull out of Swindon?

Honda has sold its remaining EU car plant in England to a logistics firm. Panattoni will take over the 370-acre site in Swindon which is being closed down by the Japanese firm in July. Honda said the closure, announced in 2019, was due to global changes in the car industry and the need to launch electric vehicles.

Who is taking over the Honda factory in Swindon?

Panattoni
The online retail giant has just announced that it’s renting a new 50,000sq ft warehouse a mile or so away on Symmetry Park, just off the A420 to Oxford, promising 1300 jobs. The developer of the site is Panattoni, the same company that recently announced it had bought the 370-acre Honda factory.

What cars are made at Honda Swindon?

Honda confirmed news in 2019 that it would close its Swindon plant, which manufacturers the brand’s Civic family hatchback. At the end of the current car’s lifecycle the Wiltshire factory will close however, as a new eleventh-generation Civic model produced elsewhere will be introduced.

Why is Honda closing in the Philippines?

With the reported closure of local production starting this year, many have put the blame on so many factors from the supposed lack of tax breaks being given to foreign investors, the local political climate and even environmental factors like natural disasters.

Will Honda workers get redundancy?

‘BRILLIANT’: Honda workers to get 6.5 weeks redundancy pay in final deal. HONDA workers facing the chop will be handed six-and-a-half weeks’ redundancy pay for every year they have worked at the car giant’s Swindon plant under a new deal. “They’ve really listened to what we’ve said,” he added of the Honda directors.

What Hondas are built in Swindon?

Only building one model, the Civic, was a significant factor in the Swindon plant’s closure, outlined at the time by Honda UK’s managing director, David Hodgetts. The Japanese brand said that it had taken the decision “with a heavy heart” back in May 2019.

Is Honda closing turkey plant?

As it happens, production at the plants in the UK and Turkey will cease in 2021, at the same time as the current Civic generation reaches the end of its own production cycle.