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BMW to close Mini plant for a month post-Brexit

BMW to close Mini plant for a month post-Brexit | Economics in Education | Scoop.it
The factory will bring forward its annual shutdown to avoid disruption in case of a no-deal departure.

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Graham Watson's curator insight, September 18, 2018 1:08 PM

Yet more good news from the car industry, with BMW now saying that they are going to be shutting their Mini plant in Oxford for a month in the aftermath of Brexit, at the end of March 2019.

 

Ostensibly, this is to allow them to bring forward their summer maintenance shutdown to coincide with the possibility of this being a period of uncertainty, not least if there's no deal.

 

I'm sure that they'll be called charletans, nonetheless...

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BMW weighs moving production of new electric Mini away from the UK

BMW weighs moving production of new electric Mini away from the UK | Economics in Education | Scoop.it
Electrically powered Minis could be built outside of Britain as BMW considers the future of its massive plant in Oxford.
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