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More than 200 jobs at risk at carmaker Bentley

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The news comes as the company announced its financial results for 2025 marking a seventh consecutive year of profitability. But the company, which makes its cars in Crewe, said as investment continued at its Pyms Lane site for new electric models, 275 jobs were at risk as part of "overall efficiency activities". "We are investing at unprecedented levels in the Pyms Lane site, including the Design Centre, opened in July last year, the near completion of the A1 building for BEV production, and the upcoming opening of the new Paint Shop later this year," said CEO and chairman Dr Frank-Steffen Walliser. "At the same time, we are making some difficult decisions to ensure the long-term competitiveness of the business, including an organisational adjustment potentially impacting approximately 275 positions. 5bn investment at its Crewe plant as it moved towards electrification. 6bn) while adding that customer deliveries declined by five per cent during the year, driven largely by continued market contraction, particularly in China.

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