Tory Brexit DOOM: Jaguar Land Rover to close Solihull factory for two weeks

[BlasterBates]

The world outside the EU is really exciting, the UK can no go loggerheads and squabble with hundreds of other countries.

[BlasterBates]

In further news:

US threatens to block UK from global procurement pact

The U.S. is threatening to block the U.K. from a 46-nation public procurement agreement, a move that would deny British companies from accessing a near $2 trillion marketplace after leaving the European Union, according to two officials with knowledge of the situation.

The U.K. will apply to rejoin the Government Procurement Agreement, a $1.7 trillion trade accord that governs global appropriation rules, since it will lose its membership after Brexit in March. U.S. negotiators have told their British counterparts that their application is outdated and needs to be revised, said the officials, who asked not to be identified because talks are ongoing.

The US-SSR is going to extract its pound of flesh as Britain ends up on the naughty step.

[WTFH]

This October furlough (not Christmas) is (they claim) due to the drop in sales in China (down 46%). They have moved close to 2,000 workers onto a 3 day week.
JLR announces two-week shutdown of Solihull plant The Engineer

They are also moving 100% of Discovery production to Slovakia.
They currently have the i-pace (electric), which is manufactured by Magna-Steyr in Austria.
They don't produce electric cars in the UK.
They have committed to only produce electric or hybrid cars by 2020.

[Cirrus]

What do you mean by "(And may well not do)"?

The Government is pursuing an alignment with the EU (Chequers). Canada++ is not getting sufficient traction. Chequers can only go more BRINO as the negotiations go on. The EU has all the cards. In addition to that, the liklihood of a second referendum has been rising noticeably. A second referendum is most likely to be marginally Remain. True Brexiteers will remain faithful to the cause but enough ordinary people will have been disappointed by all the revelations of false promises, outright lies, woeful mismanagement of the negotiations, and the nasty complications nobody warned them about.

[Zigenare]

I don't think this is a Brexit issue. I half recall JLR saying UK sales had held up. It was China and maybe Europe causing the trouble.

You have to be careful about blaming Brexit for everything, especially as it hasn't happened yet.

(And may well not do)

What do you mean by "(And may well not do)"?

It's going to happen, a referendum has been held, the result is being acted upon!

So mote it be!

[Cirrus]

I don't think this is a Brexit issue. I half recall JLR saying UK sales had held up. It was China and maybe Europe causing the trouble.

You have to be careful about blaming Brexit for everything, especially as it hasn't happened yet.

(And may well not do)

[scooterscot]

It was late eighties /early nineties - perhaps it was Rover.

[Eirikur]

There's a de-ja-vu about this... Some years ago, I forget the specific story. A shutdown for 2-weeks and then, just as people expected to return to work it was extended for another week. And then another.. What business was this? You can see the same thing happening again.

Might have been the mini plant in Oxford, who have also announced to close for several weeks after brexit:
BMW to close Oxford Mini plant for several weeks post-Brexit | This is Money

[scooterscot]

There's a de-ja-vu about this... Some years ago, I forget the specific story. A shutdown for 2-weeks and then, just as people expected to return to work it was extended for another week. And then another.. What business was this? You can see the same thing happening again.

[DimPrawn]

So when the Banks do it, it's called a "furlough", but when JLR do it, it's called "Armageddon". It's because they can't shift their diesels, because nobody in their right mind* is going to shell-out fifty grand+ on a diesel. They'd have more luck selling them if they told potential customers they were fueled by minced up baby dolphins...

*Benesey doesn't count, nobody believes he even knows what "right-minded" means...

^This

The bottom has fallen out of the carcinogenic puffing Chelsea tractors and big saloon cars.

To fit in with the hip and trendy up market types, you need to be seen in an upmarket hybrid or EV.

But if it fits your frankly laughable Brexit doom rhetoric, then so be it...

[Mordac]

So when the Banks do it, it's called a "furlough", but when JLR do it, it's called "Armageddon". It's because they can't shift their diesels, because nobody in their right mind* is going to shell-out fifty grand+ on a diesel. They'd have more luck selling them if they told potential customers they were fueled by minced up baby dolphins...

*Benesey doesn't count, nobody believes he even knows what "right-minded" means...

[Old Greg]

A quarter of Jaguar Land Rover’s workers will down tools for two weeks later this month in the latest sign of a sales slowdown for the troubled car manufacturer.

The 10,000 workers at JLR’s Solihull plant will continue to receive pay during their time off but union bosses said the shutdown would come as “deeply troubling” news for staff.

The company has already cut 1,000 jobs this year and has moved some workers at its Castle Bromwich plant onto a three-day week until Christmas amid uncertainty over Brexit and a backlash against diesel cars.

Jaguar Land Rover to close Solihull factory for two weeks after slump in demand

Looks like there will be cheap Jaguar F-type SVRs on sale soon...

Two weeks is ample time to retool for export focussed jam, tea and biscuit production.

[AtW]

A quarter of Jaguar Land Rover’s workers will down tools for two weeks later this month in the latest sign of a sales slowdown for the troubled car manufacturer.

The 10,000 workers at JLR’s Solihull plant will continue to receive pay during their time off but union bosses said the shutdown would come as “deeply troubling” news for staff.

The company has already cut 1,000 jobs this year and has moved some workers at its Castle Bromwich plant onto a three-day week until Christmas amid uncertainty over Brexit and a backlash against diesel cars.

Jaguar Land Rover to close Solihull factory for two weeks after slump in demand

Looks like there will be cheap Jaguar F-type SVRs on sale soon...