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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 August 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 November 2017
Description
Lawrence Automotive, which manufactures interiors for the automotive industry, has announced plans to close its site in Coventry with the loss of around 500 jobs. The company currently supplies Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), though this contract is due to come to an end and there is no prospect for the current contract to be renewed. In the absence of work from JLR or any other suitable clients, Lawrence Automotive will not be able to continue. A formal consultation process is now underway, though it has already been announced that the site is expected to close in November 2017.
Sources
29 August 2017: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Lawrence Automotive, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91909, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91909.
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