BMW announces Mini venture
BMW has announced its new Mini will be produced in Oxford with a 20 per cent expansion in capacity to 240,000 cars a year as part of a £200m UK investment. It will also create 450 new jobs<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />.
BMW has announced its new Mini will be produced in Oxford with a 20 per cent expansion in capacity to 240,000 cars a year as part of a £200m UK investment. It will also create 450 new jobs
BMW said the worldwide success of the Mini over the past five years prompted it to invest heavily in its UK manufacturing operations for the new model. It has created a “Mini production triangle” in the UK linking its plants in Oxford, Swindon and Hams Hall near Birmingham.
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