Honda to cut 800 jobs from Swindon plant

The Japanese marque has begun a 90-day consultation period on job cuts in order to avoid compulsory redundancies.

Honda has been producing the Civic, Jazz and CR-V models in the Swindon plant since 1992 but despite selling 18% more vehicles in the UK during 2012, the Eurozone crisis has hit hard, with sluggish sales in other European markets.