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Staff layoffs at Ford
FORD ESPAÑA announced staff reductions that will affect 1,144 employees at its Almussafes (Valencia) plant.
The company explained that this labour adjustment had been included in the restructuring of European operations made necessary by the transition to electric vehicles.
Ford also assured the Almussafes employees in an internal memo that it was “resiz ing” its Spanish workforce but intended to “work together and in a constructive manner” with the unions to minimise the impact on employees and the local community.
At present 600 Kuga models come off the assembly line each day, as well as 300 Transit vans and 200 of the SMax and Galaxy cars that Asmussafes will cease producing in April. The future of the factory’s engine section is also uncertain.
The California based satellite launch company is putting all activities on temporary hold with only a skeleton team still working. Employees learnt at a March 15 staff meeting that remaining personnel would be put on unpaid furlough, although they could cash in annual leave.
The news follows Virgin Orbit’s failed attempt to launch the first satellite from UK soil at Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay last January. Putting them on furlough would buy time to finalise a new investment plan, the company’s chief executive, Dan Hart, told staff.
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FIFTYFIVE THOUSAND people in Spain, the majority in Andalucia, Cataluña and Madrid, ignored bequests last year.
The General Council of Notaries (CGN), which processed 355,000 inheritance claims in 2022, revealed that rejections had risen to 15.6 per cent.
The CGN’s spokeswoman, Maria Teres Barea, attributed this to the “difficult” economic situation, as heirs were reluctant to pay death duties or accept a legacy burdened with debts, she said. In other cases, beneficiaries felt that it would be unfair to accept a bequest left by a distant relative they hardly knew.
