Britain continued to edge back to work today as car factories fired up production lines and Poundland opened its doors – but London’s City workers stayed at home. Boris Johnson announced last Sunday that lockdown was easing and people should return to work if they could in a plan to reboot the UK’s economy. Thousands … Read more
Bosses at Ford and Vauxhall have confirmed that their UK engine and car plants are due to restart manufacturing next week. Ford confirmed that it intends to resume initial production at its engine plants in Dagenham, Essex and Bridgend, South Wales from May 18. French bosses at Vauxhall also confirmed that manufacturing of commercial vehicles will also … Read more
Playbooks are often used in American sports for coaches and players to devise new tactics to defeat the opposition. But Ford has created a new 64-page playbook of its own, detailing what measures will be in place for social distancing and new rules workers need to adhere to when they return to assembly lines around … Read more
Coronavirus wreaks havoc in factories around the world with even Germany and the US suffering slowdowns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 GMT, 2 March 2020 | Updated: 22:04 GMT, 2 March 2020 Coronavirus is wreaking havoc in factories around the world. In a string of bleak reports, research group Markit said … Read more
Trump’s administration is considering using special war powers to order American factories to churn out protective masks in efforts to ramp up the US response to the coronavirus outbreak. The president plans to invoke the law, called the Defense Production Act, so that domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing needed to help tackle the spread … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said he’s ‘optimistic’ China is getting coronavirus under control and has pointed to the company ramping up iPhone production as proof. A total of 2,744 people have died in the country out of 78,497 Coronavirus cases but on Monday the number of newly infected people outside the Hubei Province – … Read more