The chief executive of carmaker Nissan said future investment decisions about Britain's biggest car plant will depend on the terms of a Brexit deal struck with the European Union on customs, trade and free movement of goods.
Nissan's Sunderland plant in the north of England built nearly one in three of Britain's 1.6 million cars last year and has been lauded as one of Europe's most efficient facilities. The popular Qashqai sport utility vehicle is built there.
But most of the site's output is exported to Europe and Renault-Nissan Alliance Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn told the BBC that Nissan and other companies were waiting to see the outcome of Brexit talks before making new investment decisions.