Firms warn of impact of company’s decision to to axe 4,000 jobs and call for government to support sector
David Roberts is not in an optimistic mood. The chair of Coventry-based Evtec may preside over a business with 900 highly skilled employees, multiple sites and precision machinery, but the outlook for the manufacturer appears tricky. “Everything is against us,” he says.
Evtec is a “tier one” supplier to Jaguar Land Rover, also headquartered in Coventry, which this week announced 4,000 job cuts over two years even as the chancellor, John Healey, attempted to talk up Britain’s growth prospects in his first big speech, just down the road.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent.
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