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.
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”.
Cheshire East Council’s Skills and Growth Company has published a new directory to promote businesses’ apprentice schemes and help school leavers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nantwich and Crewe residents can have their say on plans to open a new University Technical College in South Cheshire.
A six-week consultation is now underway in the hope the college, named Crewe Engineering and Design UTC, will open in September 2016.
A 60-year-0ld has completed a tough “60 at 60” fundraising challenge in Nantwich – on his birthday! Ben Reinhardt, from Crewe, swam 60 lengths of Nantwich outdoor pool, cycled 60km and then ran for 60 minutes.
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