Blanquefort Gearbox Plant: Ford management presented a closure plan to unions at the factory to include layoffs and early retirements that may take effect from September 2019, the company said in ...

French unions have teamed to strongly condemn Ford's decision to shutter its transmission site at Blanquefort near Bordeaux, making 850 staff redundant. Rhodri Morgan February 27, 2019 Share ...

The top secret wartime plan, named Operation Frankton, was for the two-man canoes to be dropped off by submarine before paddling the 60 miles (97km) upstream to Bordeaux.