Airbus plans UK job cuts amid fears of hard Brexit impact
Source: The Guardian
Airbus has confirmed it is considering cutting thousands of jobs in the UK as it starts to press the button on crisis actions over concerns about Brexit.
The company said it could ditch plans to build aircraft wings in British factories over concerns that EU regulations will no longer apply from March 2019 and uncertainty over customs procedures, instead opting to transfer production to North America, China or elsewhere in the EU.
Airbus, which directly employs 14,000 people at 25 sites in Britain and supports more than 100,000 jobs in the wider supply chain, also said a no-deal scenario would lead to catastrophic consequences , which could cost the company billions of pounds in delays. The firm also said it was considering stockpiling billions of pounds of parts to prepare for Brexit disruption.
Asked how many jobs were at risk, Williams pointed out that Airbus generates 100,000 jobs in the UK, including 14,000 directly employed by the company.
Williams repeatedly called on the government to provide more detail about trading arrangements under Brexit and said the lack clarity was forcing its hand.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/22/airbus-plans-uk-cuts-amid-fears-of-hard-brexit-impact
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)will be impacted? Worked a couple years for airheadbus
in ks...contract engineer....At the time mother airbus
in britain loved the work wichita put out...
muriel_volestrangler
(101,424 posts)The head of BMW UK said the firm, which makes Minis and Rolls-Royces in Britain, needed clarity on future trading arrangements by the end of the summer.
Ian Robertson told the BBC: If we dont get clarity in the next couple of months we have to start making contingency plans which means investing money in systems that we might not need which means making the UK less competitive than it is in a very competitive world right now.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/22/theresa-may-will-listen-to-airbus-brexit-concerns-no-10-says
roamer65
(36,748 posts)Sounds like they will probably move them to Airbus.