Nissan Hires Extra Staff at UK's Sunderland Plant to Meet Higher European Demand

The Nissan factory in Sunderland UK is recruiting an additional 100 manufacturing staff on temporary contracts to meet a short term spike in demand being delivered by the ongoing car scrappage schemes around Europe. The news comes in only a few weeks after Nissan announced in May that it would re-hire 150 staff on 4-month fixed term contracts at its UK plant following significant increases in demand within markets already operating scrapping initiatives, including France, Germany and Italy.

The additional staff will again be offered 4-month contracts, and will operate on the plant's Micra and Note production line to help support a planned overall increase of 18,000 units in the June-September production plan.

"Sunderland models – particularly smaller cars like Note and Micra – are proving very popular with scrappage customers, and although the market remains highly volatile, we welcome this further opportunity to add to our workforce," said Kevin Fitzpatrick, Sunderland Plant's Deputy Managing Director.