Honda to close UK plant in 2022, risking 3,500 jobs

Japanese car giant Honda is expected to announce that it will close its plant in south west England in 2022, putting 3,500 jobs at risk, according to media reports on Monday. The carmaker is due to announce the closure of its Swindon plant on Tuesday, according to Sky News, but still retain its European headquarters in nearby Bracknell.

Other carmakers including Nissan and Ford have also warned that jobs could be lost at British plants as it prepares to leave the European Union, but local MP Justin Tomlinson said the Honda decision was not down to Brexit. “I have already spoken to... Honda.

They are clear this is based on global trends and not Brexit as all European market production will consolidate in Japan in 2021,” he tweeted. The plant, Honda’s only one in the European Union, has produced the Civic model for the global market for over 24 years, with 150,000 units rolling off the line every year.