Rover taskforce predicts 24,000 jobs toll if Longbridge closure goes ahead

摘要

The immediate effect of the collapse of Alchemy's bid for Rover last week was to make the outlook for jobs even more bleak, by resurrecting the possibility of the complete closure of Rover's Longbridge assembly operations. The demise of Alchemy's negotiations came within days of the publication of the interim report from the taskforce set up to consider the impact on jobs of Rover's sale. The report, which considers a range of scenarios for Longbridge up to and including complete closure, makes sobering reading.