Nissan has confirmed job losses at its factory in Sunderland

Nissan has confirmed there will be some job losses at its factory in Sunderland.

The Japanese carmaker said: “In order to support future competitiveness, this week we are beginning discussions with some of our team in Sunderland about the opportunity to voluntarily leave Nissan, with support from the company.”

Despite announcing the good news that the new Nissan Leaf would be built at the plant in the north-east of England, the brand needs to make 250 non-manufacturing positions redundant to support the brand’s global efforts to "become a leaner, more resilient business".

The company has been struggling to balance the books, and since merger talks with Honda failed, has been forced to make some tough decisions to stay afloat. Earlier this year, Nissan said it needed to cut 20,000 jobs, shutter seven factories and pause all post-2026 new car development.

New CEO Ivan Espinosa also previously said 'everything is on the table' including a tie-up with a Chinese brand.

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