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Bentley Motors opens compulsory redundancies consultation

Bentley Motors opens compulsory redundancies consultation

Bentley Motors today announced it is starting a 60-day consultation on compulsory redundancies from its South Cheshire plant.

The company said it was “some way short” of the 1,000 colleagues they were hoping to accept terms on its voluntary redundancy plan announced on June 5.

June 22, 2020
Bentley Motors jobs announcement “bitter blow” says GMB Union

Bentley Motors jobs announcement “bitter blow” says GMB Union

GMB Union bosses say the Bentley Motors announcement to shed 1,000 jobs from is South Cheshire plant is “another bitter blow to manufacturing in the region”.

The luxury car maker told its 4,200 staff on Friday that it needed to let go almost a quarter of the workforce as the impact of the pandemic on the car industry bites hard.

June 9, 2020
Bentley Motors’ “deep regret” as announces plans to let 1,000 workers go

Bentley Motors’ “deep regret” as announces plans to let 1,000 workers go

Bentley Motors said today an “urgent reduction in the workforce” was needed for the South Cheshire car maker to survive in the future.

It comes as one of the region’s biggest employers confirmed plans to lose up to 1,000 workers.

June 5, 2020
Bentley Motors to let 1,000 workers go, unconfirmed reports suggest

Bentley Motors to let 1,000 workers go, unconfirmed reports suggest

Bentley Motors in Crewe are planning to let up to 1,000 workers go from the South Cheshire plant, according to unconfirmed reports tonight.

ITV are reporting that the car plant’s 4,200 staff will be briefed tomorrow (June 5) on a “voluntary release program”.

June 4, 2020
Cheshire East apprentice scheme directory launched

Cheshire East apprentice scheme directory launched

Cheshire East Council’s Skills and Growth Company has published a new directory to promote businesses’ apprentice schemes and help school leavers.

December 9, 2018
Nantwich MINI Challenge racer Rob Smith secures third podium finish

Nantwich MINI Challenge racer Rob Smith secures third podium finish

Multiple MINI Challenge race winner Rob Smith secured his third podium visit in as many race meetings during the sixth event of the season.

Smith, from Nantwich, was racing at Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit as the intriguing battle over second place in the championship further intensified.

August 14, 2018
Bentley Motors set to get go ahead for Crewe site redevelopment

Bentley Motors set to get go ahead for Crewe site redevelopment

By Stephen Topping
Bentley Motors looks set to be given the green light by Cheshire East Council on its latest redevelopment plans for the Pyms Lane site in Crewe.

The firm, which employs thousands of people in Nantwich and Crewe, wants to build two, four-storey office blocks as part of its revamped campus.

April 24, 2018
Bentley Motors union members in Crewe back strike action over pension change plan

Bentley Motors union members in Crewe back strike action over pension change plan

Workers at Bentley Motors in Crewe have backed industrial action over plans to close their defined pension scheme, union bosses have said.

Unite union members at the luxury car maker’s South Cheshire headquarters took part in a consultative ballot with a 98% result in favour of strike action.

April 10, 2018
RSPCA appeal as cat killed after being “peppered” in air gun attack

RSPCA appeal as cat killed after being “peppered” in air gun attack

This horrific image shows how a defenceless cat was “peppered” with 10 air gun pellets in a brutal attack in South Cheshire.

The male, black cat was found collapsed on a grass verge by the side of Middlewich Road, close to Bentley Motors in Crewe.

March 19, 2018
Edward Timpson hails new Crewe Engineering & Design UTC

Edward Timpson hails new Crewe Engineering & Design UTC

Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson has hailed the opening of the new Crewe Engineering & Design UTC.

The school aims to teach and develop a new generation of engineers, innovators, technicians and designers.

September 18, 2016
6,730 new apprenticeships created in Crewe and Nantwich

6,730 new apprenticeships created in Crewe and Nantwich

New figures show 6,730 new apprenticeships have been started by people in Crewe and Nantwich since 2010.

The latest statistics have been welcomed by Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson.

February 2, 2016
Hundreds attend Crewe University Technical College event at Bentley

Hundreds attend Crewe University Technical College event at Bentley

More than 200 students and parents attended the latest Crewe Engineering and Design University Technical College open evening.

The event held at Bentley Motors, allowed people to find out more about the different educational paths offered by the school, learn about the application process, and talk to partners supporting the UTC.

November 16, 2015
Nantwich pupil’s defibrillators bid earns Morrisons boost

Nantwich pupil’s defibrillators bid earns Morrisons boost

A Nantwich student campaigning for more life-saving defibrillators at his school, has been backed by local supermarket Morrisons.

Brine Leas pupil Harrison Lunt, who launched his “Defibs 4 BL6” fundraising campaign as part of a school project, is to stage a raffle.

April 30, 2015