Peugeot to cut 400 jobs in UK

PSA Group, the French carmaker which owns the Peugeot, Citroen, Vauxhall, and Opel brands, plans to cut 400 jobs at a UK plant in Ellesmere Port to adapt production to falling sales.

The Vauxhall plant needs to improve its competitiveness to match the company’s plants in France, a PSA spokesman said yesterday, confirming an earlier report by Automotive News.

The uncertainty about the future trade deals between the UK and the EU, after Brexit, also played a role in the decision.