Honda cars leave the Honda plant in Swindon, England, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. The Japanese carmaker Honda announced Tuesday that its Swindon car plant in western England, will close with the potential loss of some 3,500 jobs. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
LONDON (AP) — Honda’s decision to close a plant in Britain comes at a time when businesses are worrying about the potential impact of the country’s looming departure from the European Union.
Here’s a look at companies and organizations that have announced in recent months they would shift operations out of Britain or cut jobs or business in the country.
Nissan – carmaker scrapped plan to make new SUV at plant in Sunderland, England
Panasonic – electronics maker moved European offices to Amsterdam
Dyson – home appliances maker to move headquarters to Singapore
P&O – ferry operator to register fleet under flag of Cyprus, an EU member
Sony – electronics maker to move European base to Amsterdam
Unilever – consumer goods giant wanted to leave UK headquarters but move was stopped by shareholders
Flybmi – airline goes into bankruptcy citing Brexit jitters as one reason
Jaguar Land Rover – most of 4,500 global jobs cut to be made in Britain
Multiple banks – HSBC, Barclays, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs among those that will move hundreds of jobs to Frankfurt, Dublin or Paris
European Banking Authority – EU agency moving operations to Paris
European Medicines Agency – EU agency moving operations to Amsterdam
Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI lawyer was sentenced to probation for altering an email that the Justice Department relied on during its surveillance of an aide to President Donald Trump during the Russia investigation.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers lashed out Friday at rival Republicans who tried to repeal his statewide mask mandate, saying killing the order would be a ridiculous move comparable to abolishing speed limits.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As some conservatives in South Carolina celebrated getting a bill that would ban almost all abortions in the state past a legislative barrier and likely becoming law, they said they are not finished trying to end all abortions.
A Moscow court on Friday put the brother and several allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest for two months as authorities sought to stymie more protests over the jailing of the top Kremlin foe.