Volvo to cut 1,400 staff
Swedish auto giant Volvo will lay off around 1,400 workers at truck plants in Belgium and Sweden because of falling demand in Europe.
The company said 400 jobs will go at a plant in Ghent, Belgium, and 980 at two Swedish plants in Gothenburg and Umea.
Image: The Volvo logo at its headquarters in Gothenburg. | Photograph: Sven Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images
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