Norman to take the helm at struggling Vauxhall

Struggling car maker Vauxhall which earlier this week announced a further 250 job losses at its Ellesmere Port site has appointed a new boss.

French owner PSA Group said its current head of sales and marketing Stephen Norman will become managing director of Vauxhall Motors and Opel Ireland, replacing Rory Harvey at the end of February.

The appointment comes just a day after Business Secretary Greg Clark met with PSA chief Carlos Tavares in Paris to discuss the company’s plans in Britain.

PSA – which also owns Peugeot and Citroën – bought Vauxhall along with sister company Opel last August from GM for £1.9bn.

In October it announced was cutting 400 jobs from the Ellesmere Port production line in Cheshire where the Astra is built and earlier this week said a further 250 positions would go as the plant moves to a single shift operation.