BMW’s Rolls-Royce has expanded its leather shop following the success of new models and is adding 10 machinist jobs.

The machinist team was launched with just four people in 2002 and currently has 40 workers on two shifts. The team is the most international in the company with British, Canadian, Brazilian, Portuguese, Ukrainian, German and Polish staff.

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They came from a variety of industries, including saddlery, ladies lingerie, upholstery, couture work and sail-making. The team also hosts interns, apprentices and graduates during their time at the company.

Shop manager Andrew Monachan said: “We have expanded our leather shop. Every one of our cars is hand built to order and we are reintroducing craft skills that, in many cases, would otherwise have lain dormant or been lost completely.”

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