Business secretary to meet Lotus chiefs amid doubts over future of operations
by PA Media from World news | The Guardian on (#6YA0J)
Jonathan Reynolds to hold talks with carmaker after reports suggested its UK factory could close
The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, will hold talks with Lotus after the carmaker appeared to shelve plans to shut its UK operations.
After reports that Chinese owner Geely was planning to stop manufacturing at the Hethel plant in Norfolk, putting 1,300 jobs at risk, Lotus issued a statement saying it had no plans" to close the factory.
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