Vauxhall will announce this morning a £300m investment in its Ellesmere Port car plant in Cheshire. The move will safeguard 3,500 jobs. A decision to make the new Astra and light van also secures thousands of jobs in the component industry.
Vauxhall’s announcement is just the first of several long-awaited investments that could be made in the UK car industry by Rover, PSA and Ford
- The Guardian 15/10/96 page 19
