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Cutbacks are latest phase of plan to claw back £3.8 billion loss that Nissan recorded last year

Nissan is to downsize its design studio in London as part of a major cost-saving plan that was announced earlier this year.

Nissan is also scaling back its operations at its design headquarters in Japan and will close centres in California and São Paulo, Brazil.

The Paddington studio, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023, ​is expected to have its workforce reduced, although Nissan has yet to confirm this.  

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