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Aston Martin axes 600 jobs

Updated on 01 December 2008

Source PA News

Luxury car maker Aston Martin is planning to axe 600 full-time and temporary jobs because of the the downturn in the world economy, the firm has announced.

The jobs will hit the company's factory at Gaydon in Warwickshire and follows a fall in sales.

Unite said it was "devastating news" for the workers, especially so close to Christmas.

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