Vauxhall will take on 550 new employees at its manufacturing
sites in Ellesmere Port and Luton, the first significant new-hire programme for
a decade.
Around
300 new jobs will be secured at the Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire. The
plant currently operates on two shifts but as sales volumes build more
employees are required to cope with increased output at the facility. The new
jobs will be phased in over the first quarter of 2015.
In
2012, Ellesmere Port won the contract to build the next generation, all-new
Astra. Production of this model begins towards the end of 2015. The
agreement runs into the next decade and secured a £125 million investment.
At
Vauxhall’s Luton van plant, where a second shift is to be added in January
2015, around 250 new jobs will be created. The Luton facility builds the
recently launched all-new Vivaro van and will be taking on new employees to
increase output next year. In 2011, Luton won the
contract to build the new Vivaro, entailing a £185 million investment.
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