Ford is dramatically cutting production of its Transit van model at its Swaythling, Southampton factory.

The factory is moving from a two-shift working day to a single shift – although Ford stresses that none of the factory’s 1,100 staff will lose their jobs. Instead, working hours are being cut and all staff will remain on full basic pay, according to the company.

More than half of the Southampton factory’s output is exported to Europe and Ford says that it is simply responding to “significantly reduced medium commercial vehicle sales across Europe”.

Source: BBC News