The battle for foreign investment is not a game conducted on public school playing fields. It is ruthlessly fought by governments armed with every trick in the book.

British PM is now more likely to push for 'harder' divorce from EU.

David Bailey looks at the implications of BMW’s decision to stop producing the electric MINI at its Oxford plant and sets out what the decisions tells us about the UK automotive industry post-Brexit.

The prime minister blackballed business groups from his keynote speech on the future of EU trade talks yesterday, accusing them of failing to prepare their members for the “reality” of post-Brexit Britain.

Britain and the EU are holding negotiations over the issue but Brussels is expected to maintain a hardline until the autumn.

Car manufacturers appear to be hitting the accelerator out of Britain as the country moves toward an exit from the European Union. More than 1,000 jobs are set to be lost at Ford's engine plant in Wales, German auto-maker BMW is reportedly considering the viability of its Mini plant in Oxford while Nissan wants the U.K. government to guarantee suppliers for its plant in North East England.

Brexit has damaged the UK's position as a gateway to Europe for imported goods and increased red tape.

One term that keeps cropping up in discussions around Brexit is the customs union. What is it and how does it work?

Japan said UK-EU deal was still crucial for Japanese business, especially its carmakers.

Britain's biggest car plant has so far weathered the coronavirus pandemic and a major corporate restructuring. But it may not survive Brexit.

As the prospect of no deal looms, even the promises of aid offered by the May government seem a distant memory.

Louise Brown, who organised the vigil, said a 'no deal' Brexit and trade deal between the UK and Japan need to be secured.

Tariff hit for electric vehicles likely to be £2,800 per car, with risks to UK’s net zero plans.

Production of four of Nissan's car models in Sunderland fell by 10.7% in 2018 according to SMMT research.

British car factories will be forced to close with the loss of thousands of jobs if the UK government does not renegotiate its Brexit deal immediately, automaker Stellantis has warned.

The Chancellor has warned there will be no alignment with EU regulations after Brexit - despite a pledge being made in the North East by Boris Johnson that standards would be protected.

Insisting that all will somehow be well if Brexit goes through now is an abdication of responsibility.

Many electric vehicles made and sold in the UK and Europe are set to become more expensive from 2024, which will delay price parity with petrol and diesel cars, it has emerged.

The UK is struggling to build a battery industry—and its new isolation isn't helping.

The European Union is about to formally reject a UK plea for special allowances for exports of electric cars in a post-Brexit trade deal.

Business secretary vowed to maintain manufacturers’ capacity to trade with EU

Nissan, Honda and Hitachi were the pillars of an Anglo-Japanese accord dating back to the 1980s. That deal is now in ruins.

The current Brexit deal is “unrealistic and counterproductive” for electric car manufacturing and needs to be changed, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has warned.

Alarm raised after Nissan decision to halt expansion of Sunderland car plant.

Japan's richest man has warned that Brexit is "practically impossible" and could take the United Kingdom back to the economic stagnation of the 1970s when the country was often described as the "sick man of Europe."

Jonathan Vernon-Smith talks about manufacturing and brexit job losses with Jason J Hunter and Graham 'George' Gudgin.

Hostile immigration policies will do untold damage to the UK’s manufacturing industry. It is baffling that the government is willing to implement such a strategy, says Lord Bilimoria.

“The irony is the North East of England swung the vote to leave the EU. They will be the most effected. I believe Nissan cars will soon be non-competitive to EU customers due to import duty. This will effect jobs in the NE not just at Nissan but at all their subcontractors/suppliers.”

New Tory MPs have promised to transform the region, but its greatest threat will come in days, when Britain leaves the EU.

Daimler-owned brand looked into using Nissan’s Sunderland plant to manufacture cars

Letter revealing the financial support is finally released – more than two years after No 10 insisted had been no ‘special deal’.

The chairman of Nissan Europe has written to factory staff to confirm it will cancel plans.

Nissan has decided to produce its battery-powered Ariya sport utility vehicle in Japan, rather than in the U.K., the company said Thursday.

Despite assurances given in October that Japanese car manufacturer would continue with plans to invest in Sunderland plant after EU exit. / Nissan said it may “adjust” its business in the UK, depending on how Brexit turns out, potentially jeopardising 7,000 jobs at its Sunderland plant.

The firm, which employs thousands of people in Sunderland, will reportedly make the announcement on Monday.

Japanese car maker Nissan will review its decision to build the Qashqai 4x4 in England if Britain leaves the EU without a deal, potentially leading to the closure of the Sunderland plant, the Financial Times reported.

Nissan Motor Co. gave the starkest warning yet on the future of the Japanese group’s car factories in Western Europe, with a plant in the U.K. threatened by Brexit and another in Spain suffering from a slump in demand.

Nissan warns its Sunderland plant in the UK would be ‘unsustainable’ without an EU trade deal

If no trade deal is reached, cars made in the UK and exported to the EU would be subject to a 10 per cent tariff.

Tariffs on exports to the EU would force car maker to move production elsewhere, says.

Nissan's Chief Operating Officer, Ashwani Gupta, explains that despite Nissan's recent moves, under a No-Deal Brexit (most likely outcome), the Sunderland Plant, on which 34,000 jobs depend, will be unsustainable. / He's saying this 2 June 2020. / Deadline to avoid No-Deal: 30 June.

The UK's largest car manufacturing plant is "unsustainable" if the UK leaves the European Union without a trade deal, owner Nissan says.

A no-deal Brexit would cost Japanese carmakers in Britain more than $1bn a year if 10% tariffs were imposed on trade between the UK and EU, new analysis suggests.

Warning from head of North East England Chamber of Commerce is echoed by other organisations.

Firms including BMW and Toyota warn of potential UK job losses and plant closures.

We are thrilled to have the great MARK GATISS – writer, star of ‘The League Of Gentlemen‘, 'Sherlock' and 'Doctor Who', and five-star unyielding Remainer – as this week’s special guest on Remainiacs. / Why “alternative arrangements” means yet more blind man’s Brexit. Why Labour really fears the Backstop. More on the shameless liar Daniel Kawcynzski MP.

Eight Labour MPs including Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna quit Labour over anti-semitism and Corbyn’s intransigence over Brexit. Then three Tory women – Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Woollaston – resign from the party they now say is irrevocably dominated by the hard Right and its ERG extremists. What can the Independent Group achieve and what must they do to achieve it?

The UK is accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ when it comes to industrial policy around new electric car and battery tech.

The future of electric vehicle production in the UK is under threat unless the Government reworks the Brexit deal, Vauxhall parent Stellantis has warned.

Gianluca de Ficci delivered the starkest warning yet to our Industry Correspondent.

French oil giant Total SA is relocating a key part of its finance operation from London to Paris less than a month before Britain leaves the European Union.

Even if there is no second wave of coronavirus to shut down factories once again, British car production in 2020 will only recover to about a half of last year’s figure, says industry body.

Dozens of companies have cut jobs, beefed up their European operations or issued warnings on the impact of the UK's departure from the EU.