Nissan’s workforce are the first civilian workforce to be awarded freedom of the city after Councillors unanimously voted on November 23. The notice regarding their decision, said: “This council congratulates wholeheartedly the Nissan workforce for their sterling efforts in securing the future production of the Qashqai and x-trail models, and […]
The North East’s largest vegan festival is swarming its way back to Sunderland for the third time this year. NEVFest will take place at the Stadium of Light on Sunday November 20 and is the seventh of its kind since it was founded in 2013. Over 110 individual stalls will showcase the […]
Three Sunderland MPs have welcomed Nissan’s decision to make new Qashqai and X-Trail models in the city. Bridget Phillipson, Julie Elliot and Sharon Hodgson all welcomed today’s (October 27) announcement by the car manufacturer that it will produce the next Qashqai and will add production of the next X-Trail model at its Sunderland, UK […]
Following the news that Nissan has agreed to produce the new Qashqai and x-Trail models in their Sunderland plant, Twitter has reacted in many different ways. Sharon Hodgson MP for Washington and Sunderland West where the plant resides called the news “Excellent” with 7,000 local jobs being secured. Excellent news […]
Nissan has announced today, October 27, that they will produce the next Qashqai model at its Sunderland Plant securing jobs hanging in the balance post-brexit. Nissan’s plant in Washington celebrated 30 years of building cars on Wearside this year but the future of 7,000 workforce wasn’t secure due to the […]
Leading global discount supermarket chain Aldi has revealed that they have received massive support from the people of Sunderland about a new store that is due to open in Pennywell. The plans for a new Aldi are just one of the many new potential builds that could appear on the Pennywell […]
Sunderland’s Business Improvement District has launched its festive plans, including the return of the popular Frost village, with the aim to get more people shopping in the city. Sunderland’s Frost Village is set to return to Keel Square, Sunderland, this year, including the open air ice rink and winter markets. The Frost […]
One of Sunderland’s most influential rap artists, Jay ‘Smooth Jezza’ Henderson, is also a barber. He says that the conversation of Nissan’s closure is continuously increasing within his barbershop. Following Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn’s revelation that he is ‘confident’ of a resolution, Jay insists that he doesn’t “think the Nissan […]
Theresa May has pledged to trigger article 50 by the end of March next year, meaning the UK is likely to leave the European Union around Spring 2019. In light of this announcement, Japanese car giants Nissan have commented on the a “Brexit” date matter and had this to say: […]
A think tank has said construction of the HS3 rail line between northern cities should take priority over the HS2 high-speed link from London to the Midlands as part of a North First strategy for transport spending. HS3 will provide a high-speed link between Manchester and Leeds, with a projected […]