Research completed by the British Beer and Pub association have announced that up to 52 pubs per week are closing in the UK. Local pubs were the most vulnerable as most communities have been affected by the downturn in the economy.
The closure of 53,466 pubs have added to the amount unemployed and left 24,000 people out of work. A number of breweries have been offering support to the tenants of the pubs to help put a stop to the amount of pubs closing down.
The automotive group Nissan have announced today that they will be recruiting for about 350 jobs in the North East plant in Wearside. The £200 million pound investment will be towards building batteries for new electric cars.
Nissan are yet to confirm whether the new jobs will be taken up by the 1,200 jobs that were cut earier this year.
As part of the project, 750 charging points would be installed across the region and a training centre specialising in the manufacture and maintenance of low-carbon vehicles would be set up.
Nissan’s £200m investment will be spread over five years and the new plant, which will make lithium-ion batteries, will also create and secure additional jobs in the related supply chain.