UK auto industry returns to bad old days as job cuts and closures mount

By:

Christopher Jasper and Irene García Pérez

By:

Bloomberg

February 19, 2019 01:35 PM

LONDON -- Honda’s decision to end carmaking in Britain is the latest blow to threaten the future of the UK auto industry after it recovered from near extinction just a few decades ago to become one of Europe’s top producers.

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