Ford will announce today the closure of its Southampton plant in a bid to stem its losses in Europe by cutting costs.
The Southampton factory employs around 530 people, and is Ford's last vehicle manufacturing site in the UK.
The closure of the factory would bring to a close more than a century of vehicle production by Ford in the UK.
The Southampton facility was opened in 1939 and was used during the Second World War to build parts for the Supermarine Spitfire. In 1965, the factory became home to the production of the Ford Transit van, of which the plant has manufactured over 6 million examples.
The news comes just 24 hours after Ford announced the closure of its Genk plant in Belgium, which employs more than 5,000 workers.
Ford currently employs around 15,000 people in Britain at its engine plants in Dagenham, Bridgend and Halewood.
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