Company/Organisation:
Bentley
Geographic Location
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Cheshire CC; Cheshire; North West
Location of affected unit(s):
Crewe
Company
Sector:
Manufacturing
Manufacture of transport equipment
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
Group:
Volksvagen
Employment Effects
Announcement Date:
22-06-2004
Type of Restructuring:
Business expansion
Planned Job Creation:
100
Additional Information
Bentley, the luxury UK carmaker, intends to increase its workforce by 100. This is in response to plans for 24-hour working at its Crewe factory to be introduced when it launches a four-door version of the Continental GT coupé in 2005. The company, owned by Germany's Volkswagen, will start recruiting more than 100 staff towards the end of 2004 for a third shift, and hopes to start production of the saloon early in 2005.
Sources:
22-06-2004The Financial Times