More jobs to go at automotive manufacturer

Coventry-based taxi manufacturer London Electric Vehicle Company, which builds the famous black cabs, has announced that 40 jobs are to go in its latest round of cuts.

Owned by Chinese automotive company Geely, the company, which opened a £300m factory at Ansty Park in 2017, said that ‘less than’ 20 full-time staff will lose their jobs, along with a similar number of contractors.

The news comes just weeks after the firm, which makes the new electric London black cab the TX eCity, announced 70 agency job losses.

An LEVC spokesman said: “LEVC’s TX eCity has been extremely well received by the market and we expect demand to continue to grow significantly in 2019.

“As part of our efforts to improve our operations and weather more challenging economic conditions in 2019 we are reorganising some business functions which will lead to a reduction of less than 20 full time positions and the release of a similar number of contractors.

“We have communicated the changes to unions and are in discussions from today with those employees likely to be affected.”