Honda creates 700 UK jobs
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Japanese car giant Honda creates an extra 700 jobs at its Swindon plant, taking the workforce to 4,900.
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Aviva, the company that owns Norwich Union, has announced that up to 7,000 jobs that service UK business will be offshored by 2007.
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TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co., Japan&#39;s third-largest automaker, said Wednesday its profit fell 7.5 percent in its second fiscal quarter, adding that the strong yen hurt earnings even though revenue rose.
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British insurance giant Aviva announced plans to export 950 more jobs to India and Sri Lanka next year, with a total of 7,000 staff expected to be offshored by the end of 2007.
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LONDON : British insurance giant Aviva announced plans to export 950 more jobs to India and Sri Lanka next year, with a total of 7,000 staff expected to be offshored by the end of 2007.
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Carmarker Vauxhall is to cut 434 jobs across two UK plants, the Transport and General Workers&#39; Union has said. The union said 340 jobs are to go at the company&#39;s Ellesmere Port facility, and a further 94 at its site in Luton.
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The announces comes as Honda, who have a three year contract as the team&#39;s engine supplier, have increased their commitment in the team by becoming an equity partner holding a 45 percent share.
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Honda Motor on Wednesday predicted it would beat this year's record car sales in 2008, and said it would step up its research and development functions by building a dedicated facility for its premium Acura brand.
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Japan&#39;s leading automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. put rivals on notice this week by announcing higher sales targets for 2005 and ambitious production increases worldwide.
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Honda Motor Co  posted a better-than-expected 38 percent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by strong global sales of its new CR-V crossover and brisk U.S. demand for the Accord sedan.
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Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday that US sales rose 10.2 percent in October, boosted by higher truck sales. The automaker sold 110,502 vehicles during the month, up from 100,270 vehicles in October 2003.
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WAKO, Japan  - Honda Motor Co.'s humanoid robot  has been around: he's rung the famed bell at the New York Stock  Exchange, met Spain's king, and even traveled with Japan's  prime minister to Prague as a goodwill ambassador.
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Honda, which sells nearly half of its vehicles in North America, posted profit of $1.87 billion and revised upward its annual profit forecast.
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More than 430 jobs will be lost at car giant Vauxhall in Britain, including 340 from Merseyside, under a huge cutback across Europe aimed at making savings.
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Canadian train maker Bombardier cuts more than 700  UK jobs in Derby and Ilford, and a further 1,500 posts in Germany and Canada.
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JAGUAR will end production at its famous Coventry plant with the loss of 1,150 jobs, it was confirmed yesterday. Bosses blame huge losses at the firm - nearly Â£100million in just three months this year.
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Norbrook Laboratories in Newry announcs an Â£83m investment which could create almost 300 jobs.