Ford has announced it will slash a total of 3,800 jobs in Europe, including 1,300 in Britain over the next two years as part of a major restructuring programme. The US car manufacturer is reducing development staff, as it faces an uncertain economic future and prepares for the transition to electric vehicles. The global carmaker said 2,800 engineering roles will be axed by 2025, and around 1,000 jobs in its administrative, marketing, sales and distribution teams across Europe are set to go.
The majority of job cuts will take place at its research site at Dunton in Essex.
Several hundred back-office positions are also expected to be eliminated at various locations across the country. However, production sites in Halewood, Dagenham, and Daventry will be unaffected.
The announcement comes comes less than two years after Ford closed its engine plant in Bridgend.
Tim Slatter, chairman of Ford of Britain, said: “Here in Europe we’ve got a pretty difficult economic situation, and the outlook is uncertain.
“High inflation, higher interest rates, the ongoing war in Ukraine, cost of energy and so on.”
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