Can you give me more information on BMW in the UK?
- BMW Group in the UK employs around 8,000 people. This is the breakdown:
- BMW Group Plant Oxford - 4,700
- BMW Group Plant Swindon - 1,150
- BMW (UK) Ltd - 500
- BMW Plant Hams Hall - 1000
- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars - 800
- BMW Financial Services (UK) Limited - 400
- BMW (UK) Pensions Ltd - 35
- UK Distribution Centre Thorne - 500
- Cirquent Ltd - 100
- There are around 11,000 staff in the dealer network.
- BMW (UK) Ltd. commenced operations in January 1980 and is responsible for the sales and marketing of BMW cars and motorcycles and MINI cars in the UK.
- The UK has an important role to play within BMW Group. It is the only place in the world where all three of the BMW Group brands (BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce) are represented by manufacturing operations.
- 148 dealerships are franchised to sell BMW and MINI cars. 33 dealerships are franchised to sell BMW motorcycles.
- BMW Group Plant Oxford builds the MINI and is one of the world's most modern and advanced car factories.
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BMW Plant Hams Hall, near Birmingham, is the BMW Group's motor competence centre responsible for manufacturing a newly developed generation of BMW 4-cylinder gasoline motors with VALVETRONIC technology. The plant opened in February 2001 and it was the first BMW engine plant to be built outside Germany and Austria.
- The manufacturing plant and Head Office for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is based at Goodwood, West Sussex.
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BMW Group Plant Swindon, supplies body pressings for the MINI. It is supplemented by a second smaller facility at Saltley, Birmingham, which is used mainly for prototype production.
- BMW Financial Services in Hook, offers a broad range of finance and insurance products for consumers and businesses. Also based at Hook is Alphabet (GB) Ltd, BMW's multi-make contract hire and leasing company.
- Cirquent offers consulting services for enterprises, focusing on four key industries: banking, insurance, telecommunications and manufacturing. The company provides expertise in customer management, IT management, finance transformation and application management solutions.
