Auto assemblers restart double shifts as parts clear customs

Plants that ran at half capacity through June are hiring back line staff, though supplier payments still lag.

Assembly plants have restarted second shifts after a parts backlog cleared.

Line staff who were stood down in June are being hired back, in some cases on different terms.

Supplier payments remain behind, which is constraining the tier-two firms that were worst hit.

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