Nissan will cut around 250 jobs at its Sunderland factory as it looks to “support future competitiveness” following a difficult 2025.
This will be part of a voluntary redundancy scheme, Nissan has confirmed, and will not affect manufacturing staff.
Some 6000 people are employed at the plant, which builds the Qashqai and Juke. The new Leaf will also be built there, as will the electric Juke from next year, following more than £2 billion of investment.
A Nissan spokesperson said: “In order to support future competitiveness, this week we are beginning discussions with some of our team in Sunderland about the opportunity to voluntarily leave Nissan, with support from the company.
