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MP demands Ford reveals details of plans for jobs in city

11:31am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

SOUTHAMPTON MP John Denham is demanding Ford reveals more details of its plans for jobs in the city after the company revealed a £24m boost to its factory in Wales.

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Cameron 'trying to stop closure of Ford factory'

1:16pm Thursday 14th February 2013

THE Prime Minister today said the government was continuing to do everything it could to stop the closure of the Ford factory next month.

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Ford drivers claim they will get £27,000 less than colleagues

11:30am Monday 10th December 2012

A NEW row has broken out over payouts for workers hit by the closure of Southampton’s Ford plant.

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Multi-million pound fund launched early to to help Ford workers

6:00am Thursday 22nd November 2012

MULTI-MILLION pound business start-up fund in Southampton is to be launched early to help Ford workers facing redundancy start their own businesses.

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MP banned from Ford factory visit

6:10am Sunday 18th November 2012

FORD bosses have banned Southampton MP John Denham from visiting its threatened Swaythling plant site, claiming his presence would “disrupt output”.

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Government pledge to help Ford workers

10:29am Thursday 15th November 2012

THE Government will do all it can to help Ford workers bounce back from losing their jobs, a minister said yesterday.

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Southampton Ford Transit supplier to shut down

5:11pm Wednesday 14th November 2012

A FACTORY that provides vehicle upholstery for Southampton's doomed Ford plant is to close with the loss of 30 jobs, it has been revealed today.

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Unions call for Southampton Ford staff to join European fight against cuts

7:26am Monday 12th November 2012

Union bosses and politicians have called on Southampton transit workers to join them in a unite Euro fight against Ford job cuts.

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Ford staff in Belgium reject 70,000 euro redundancy package

7:22am Monday 12th November 2012

UNIONS in Belgium have rejected a proposed 70,000 euro payoff by Ford for workers at its Genk plant.

A tale of two cities hit by Ford cuts

7:20am Monday 12th November 2012

THEY are two cities that have both suffered major blows at the hands of car maker Ford.

20,000 march against Ford cuts

3:00pm Sunday 11th November 2012

THOUSANDS of protestors have taken to the streets in a mass demonstration against Ford cuts across Europe.

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Leaked memo reveals Ford told ministers it would keep Transit plant

10:50am Sunday 11th November 2012

FORD was telling ministers it would preserve its Southampton base back in 2008, documents obtained by the Daily Echo show.

• 30,000 prepare to protest over Ford cuts
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Ford bosses face barrage by angry MPs

8:43am Friday 9th November 2012

FORD bosses are given a dressing down by Hampshire MPs over the way the closure of the Southampton plant was handled.

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Euro bank bosses condemned over £80m Ford loan

6:34pm Thursday 8th November 2012

EUROPEAN bank bosses have claimed they were clueless about Ford’s plans to ditch Southampton’s plant when handing £80m to its Turkey factory.

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Angry Ford workers in violent protest at firm's Euro HQ

3:13pm Wednesday 7th November 2012

Ford workers angry about the car maker's plans to shut their plant broke windows and torched tyres outisde the company's European headquarters today.

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Ford closure: Donate factory site to city, demands MP

10:53am Tuesday 6th November 2012

FORD has been urged to donate its Southampton Transit factory site to the city if it presses ahead with its closure plans.

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Ford boycotted over closure plans?

8:34am Monday 5th November 2012

Ford could face a white van man backlash when it switches Transit production to Turkey.

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Focus on Ford: How the road let to Turkey

10:42am Monday 5th November 2012

How investment abroad and a rescue plan to return Ford's ailing European business to profit has driven production of the iconic Transit to Turkey.

Focus on Ford: The US decision to close the Southampton Transit plant

How the board of Ford Motor Company agreed the plan to close Southampton's Transit factory.

Focus on Ford: The £80m EU loan for Ford's Turkish Transit plant

How a £80m Euro loan was agreed to boost production of the Transit in Turkey just months before Ford bosses announced the closure its its Southampton van plant.

Focus on Ford: The British Government grant

QUESTIONS remain over a £10m Government grant awarded to Ford just days before it announced the close its Southampton Transit plant.

Ford's £80m EU loan to boost Turkey factory - and close ours

10:10am Thursday 1st November 2012

THE Daily Echo can reveal today that a huge payout of EU cash was made to Ford just before the company closed its Southampton plant – and it went to boost Transit production in Turkey.

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Unions fight to reverse Ford closure

10:20am Thursday 1st November 2012

UNION members launched their fight last night to save Ford's Swaythling plant from oblivion.

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Prime Minister tackled over Ford's £10m taxpayer hand out

12:37pm Wednesday 31st October 2012

THE CONTROVERSY surrounding a public handout to Ford has reached the very top of government after David Cameron was challenged in the House of Commons.

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Lord Heseltine denies responsibility for huge Ford grant

1:00pm Wednesday 31st October 2012

Lord Heseltine, who is chairman of the Regional Growth Fund, yesterday denied responsibility for rubber-stamping a huge grant for Ford just days before plans to close the Swaythling Transit plant were announced.

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Deputy PM challenged over Ford closure

2:20pm Monday 29th October 2012

DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been challenged over the closure of the Ford plant in Southampton.

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Business Secretary says he was kept in the dark over Ford closure

12:14pm Monday 29th October 2012

Business Secretary Vince Cable was unaware Southampton’s Ford plant was going to be closed when taxpayers’ cash was approved for the company just days before, the Daily Echo can exclusively reveal today.

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Crisis talks to be held over Ford closure

7:11am Monday 29th October 2012

Crisis talks take place today over Ford’s plans to shut down Southampton’s Transit factory.

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Business secretary answers Daily Echo questions over Ford closure

12:23pm Monday 29th October 2012

Q: The Daily Echo revealed last week that Ford was approved a Government multi-million pound grant from the Regional Growth Fund aimed at creating jobs in Essex – just less than a week before the car company announced its Southampton closure decision.

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Ford - where did it all go wrong?

5:50pm Saturday 27th October 2012

Matt Smith traces where it all went wrong for Southampton's Ford Transit factory.

Ford fallout: hundreds more jobs could go

9:19am Saturday 27th October 2012

AT least 200 more jobs could go as Ford’s closure sends shockwaves through the local economy, the Daily Echo can reveal.

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Government is "taking the mick" over Ford cash

7:00am Saturday 27th October 2012

THEY'RE taking the mick.

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Tears and anger of Ford staff

8:24am Friday 26th October 2012

IT is normally a hive of activity, where the beeping of forklift trucks and the rumbling of lorries can be heard throughout the day.

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Staff to get "extremely generous" pay offs, says Ford UK chairman

8:43am Friday 26th October 2012

THE chairman of Ford of Britian last night moved to reassure Southampton staff they would be looked after with “extremely generous” pay-offs.

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Taskforce set up to help find new jobs for Ford staff

8:50am Friday 26th October 2012

A NEW taskforce will now be created to try and quickly find new employment for the 500 workers losing their jobs.

Mass union rally for Ford workers

8:38am Friday 26th October 2012

UNION bosses who have accused Ford of betraying its workforce and its British customers will hold a mass meeting in Southampton on Monday for the 500 strong workforce.

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Ford workers should feel betrayed - MPS

7:17am Monday 29th October 2012

THE workers have been betrayed. That’s the blunt assessment of MPs who have battled for years to save the plant – and were promised repeatedly that it had a long-term future.

Civic chiefs in urgent talks over region's "blackest day" for jobs

8:55am Friday 26th October 2012

IT was the blackest day.

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TUC staff in emergency meeting

8:31am Friday 26th October 2012

SOUTHAMPTON and South West Hampshire Trade Union Council (TUC) have called an emergency meeting to discuss a campaign to save the Ford factory.

Ford to shut Transit factory next year

4:48pm Thursday 25th October 2012

Ford has confirmed that Southampton’s Transit plant is to shut.

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• Ford: Why we shut the transit plant - the full statement

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Ford workers to be offered "generous redundancy"

11:50am Thursday 25th October 2012

Ford workers in Southampton are understood to be offered a generous redundancy package or e job elsewhere with the company.

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Ford decision disappointing - Cable

2:36pm Thursday 25th October 2012

Business Secretary Vice Cable today described the Ford decision as "disappointing".

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MP met business minister over Ford's plight

12:21pm Thursday 25th October 2012

MP Caroline Nokes met senior Govnernment business leaders today to press them to help Ford staff.

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MP demands Government answers over Ford closure

12:03pm Thursday 25th October 2012

Southampton MP John Denham has called on a the Government to set up a taskforce to help staff in the city axed by Ford.

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Ford closure would be latest jobs blow for the region

8:10am Thursday 25th October 2012

THE ANNOUNCEMENT surrounding the possible closure of the Ford plant could potentially see 500 more people join the ever-growing dole queue in the region.

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