More than 700 jobs will be saved in a manufacturing firm in Merseyside after the Government pledged the company a £5m grant.
The department of trade and industry grant, Selective Finance for Investment in England (SFIE), has been offered to Getrag Ford Transmissions as part of a £115m investment project to build a new six-speed transmission system.
Getrag Ford Transmissions is a specialist manufacturer of gearboxes, employing 3,700 people in Europe, and in 2003 it generated revenues of more than £580m.
Trade and industry secretary, Patricia Hewitt, said the investment would help the facility establish itself as a globally competitive site and safeguard more than 736 jobs, helping to increase and improve local skills.
