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publication date: Mar 5, 2010
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author/source: Robin Roberts
Bosch workers have voted in favour of a redundancy package by the company, which is closing the site next year. Unite described the company's offer as "a very good package" and 87pc of those who voted were in favour. More than 800 people work at the Miskin plant, in the Vale of Glamorgan. Bosch will transfer work to Hungary. Plans for a motorcycle testing centre in mid Wales have been scrapped. There are three Welsh centres - Bangor in Gwynedd, Swansea and Newport - which enthusiasts say leaves many novices with long journeys to take an exam. The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) said instructors in some areas had reported a fall in the number of tests taken. A survey of more than 500 firms by the Engineering Employers Federation and BDO, the accountants, showed there has been better-than-expected improvement in output and orders during the past few months. Electronics was one of the strongest performing sectors and the motor industry also saw an increase in output following the introduction of the car-scrappage scheme. Ford is still expected to sign an agreement to sell Volvo to China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group by the end of this month according to the Brit in charge of the Swedish carmaker, Stephen Odell, and reported by Headline Auto. The sale is expected to be completed in the summer after which Volvo will continue to make beautifully designed, expects to finalise a deal by March 31 and complete the sale by June 30. The United Nations has agreed that 2011-2020 will be the global Decade of Action for Road Safety, in a landmark victory for the Make Roads Safe campaign supported by the Automobile Association. The UN has acted in the face of a rapidly escalating road safety crisis. Each year 1.3 million people are killed on the world’s roads, and the death toll is set to rise dramatically over the next decade unless action is taken. Developing countries are particularly badly affected, accounting for 90pc of global fatalities. Two thirds of motorists are against plans by the Government to use the motorway hard shoulder to relieve traffic congestion according to a poll by Motorpoint. Some 76pc disagreed with the decision by the Department for Transport (DfT) to use taxpayers’ money to transform hard shoulders into extra lanes during peak hours. Fancy a cabriolet for the weekend, an MPV? Maybe a van to do some house moving or even a motor scooter or a bicycle? Then pop down to your local Peugeot dealer with your top-up card and away you go. It's all part of the Mu by Peugeot, a unique mobility service from the French carmaker and coming to a UK dealer near you towards the end of the year. |
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