BP Solar cuts jobs, vows to increase production

James S Murray
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More than 600 jobs to go at plants in Spain and US, but oil giant's solar arm insists changes will help improve competitiveness

BP Solar has this week announced plans to close one of its manufacturing plants in Spain and scale back production at a facility in the US as part of an overhaul of its operations that will see the company...

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