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VAUXHALL Opel is undergoing a consultation process – but Ellesmere Port is already assured of NO redundancies. The great news for UK car workers emerged after CEO Nick Reilly summarised discussions so far yesterday. Plans for Ellesmere Port are, instead, to UP car production, by moving to 3-shift operations in 2011. This will see the [...]

JAGUAR Land Rover could soon be headed up by the recently-departed chief of Vauxhall Opel. The Sunday Times reports 55 year old Carl-Peter Forster is expected to join within a few months. Sources for the paper say his new role would be a senior one at Tata Motors, which would include overall responsibility for Jaguar [...]

VAUXHALL Opel president Carl-Peter Forster is to leave the company with immediate effect, it has been announced. His departure is seen as a result of the failed takeover by Magna International. This means GM must begin an ‘immediate external search’ for a new CEO. While that is underway, rumours suggest GM hero Bob Lutz is [...]

GOVERNMENT support is on the table for any new plans to restructure Vauxhall and GM Europe. Lord Mandelson has today confirmed that he is ‘keen for very early discussions with GM over their plans for the business and how they will affect British plants and workers. ‘I have always said that if the right long [...]