{"id":4413,"date":"2018-11-15T19:49:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T19:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/ford-bridgend-ineos-off-road-car-decision-expected\/"},"modified":"2018-11-15T19:49:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T19:49:41","slug":"ford-bridgend-ineos-off-road-car-decision-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/ford-bridgend-ineos-off-road-car-decision-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Bridgend: Ineos off-road car decision expected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Ford Bridgend\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/17B2A\/production\/_100366079_ford.bridgend.pa.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">PA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    The AJ production line in Bridgend Ford closed for five days from 29 October<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A decision on whether a new off-road car will be made by Ineos Automotive in Bridgend is expected within days following a board meeting this week.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Wales understands Ford in south Wales is in competition with a site in Portugal to build a new car inspired by the Land Rover Defender.<\/p>\n<p>A UK government letter seen by BBC Wales emphasises &#8220;unrivalled corporate tax support&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p>It also highlights the skills of the local workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Signed by Business Secretary Greg Clark and Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns, the letter commits them &#8220;to explore exactly how the UK might support you on this exciting opportunity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It points to the &#8220;rich and unique heritage&#8221; the UK has in car production including the Land Rover Defender.<\/p>\n<p>Ford employs 1,850 people at its Bridgend plant, though there have been concerns for its long-term future as it stops producing engines for Jaguar Land Rover in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>There have been problems with industrial relations at the factory and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-south-east-wales-39123982?ocid=socialflow_twitter&amp;ns_mchannel=social&amp;ns_campaign=bbcnews&amp;ns_source=twitter\" class=\"story-body__link\">documents previously leaked to BBC Wales<\/a> showed the cost of producing engines was significantly higher than at Ford&#8217;s Dagenham plant.<\/p>\n<p>Those supporting Bridgend&#8217;s bid for the work hope that Ineos has been convinced that the situation has improved at the site.<\/p>\n<p>UK corporation tax has been cut from 20% in 2015 to the current rate of 19% and will be further reduced to 17% by 2020. Corporation tax in Portugal is 21%.<\/p>\n<p>The Land Rover Defender is being resurrected by Ineos, after going out of production in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-46215002\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright PA Image caption The AJ production line in Bridgend Ford closed for five days from 29 October A decision on whether a new off-road car will be made by Ineos Automotive in Bridgend is expected within days following a board meeting this week. BBC Wales understands Ford in south Wales is in competition &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}