World Report: Honda to shut UK plant, imperiling 3,500 jobs February 18, 2019Jill Lawless, Associated PressComments Off on Report: Honda to shut UK plant, imperiling 3,500 jobs Honda will close a car factory in western England with the potential loss of 3,500 jobs, British media and a local lawmaker said Monday, in another blow to a British economy made jittery by Brexit.