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Old 11th May 2019, 17:26   #1
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Default MG SAIC close longbridge facility

Most staff at the MG SAIC Longbridge have been given redundacy notices and the facility will close..
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Old 11th May 2019, 18:01   #2
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What have they been doing since the MG TF was stopped?
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Old 11th May 2019, 19:07   #3
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The UK workforce was relatively small and focused on design.

This move was inevitable - what reason would there be to retain a UK technical centre once all the design knowhow has been consumed by the parent comp-any?

IMO design location will always follow production unless there are overriding political or commercial imperatives stopping it.

This does raise the question of why anybody in the UK would buy an expensive new EV from a company given that it could easily stop supporting it if UK presence no longer made financial sense.
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I would imagine St.Modwen are rubbing their hands as they will soon own ALL of Longbridge and develop it accordingly.
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I believe that some contractors have been finished and some staff are on a 45 day consultation period but the future of a Longbridge was still undecided. Any links to info that says that Longbridge will close Ian?
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I believe that some contractors have been finished and some staff are on a 45 day consultation period but the future of a Longbridge was still undecided. Any links to info that says that Longbridge will close Ian?
No links but my infomation is sitting next to me.
He has left MG already and the situation seems far from clear.
At the moment it looks as if some sales staff may remain but no idea where they will be based.
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Of course.. seems a strange move as 90% of new engine and model development was being done there.
My contact was working on a 300 hp 1.6 supercharged unit.
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The UK workforce was relatively small and focused on design.

This move was inevitable - what reason would there be to retain a UK technical centre once all the design knowhow has been consumed by the parent comp-any?

IMO design location will always follow production unless there are overriding political or commercial imperatives stopping it.

This does raise the question of why anybody in the UK would buy an expensive new EV from a company given that it could easily stop supporting it if UK presence no longer made financial sense.
Which then begs the question "Whose cars are we going to buy?", being as every mass manufacturer seems to be reducing their UK commitments and investment significantly, and investing elsewhere.
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