Bedford axes jobs
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'THE BEDFORD plant at Luton to shed 1,800 jobs while neighbouring plant at Dunstal is to lose 900 as part of Vauxt Motors' overall plan to axe 5,7 jobs throughout the country.
Due to reduced demand a crippling short-time worki programmes, the company [found it "necessary to annour a plan for voluntary reduction the workforce to improve j prospects for the majority and permit a return to full-til working as soon as possibl President and managing direc Ferdinand Beickler, said that 1 level of business is inadequ. to sustain the current workfoi indefinitely and there is the pri pect of further decline in UK a overseas markets duni 1 9 81."The high pound affecting our export comp( tiveness and overseas sal have historically represent over 60 per cent of our lorry p duction."
Volkswagen in West Germa is also having problems. At I foyer, production of its Tra] porter and LT ranges will stopped for up to 25 days in first six months of this year in effort at bringing output more line with demand.