LONDON — Nissan will reduce about 160 office-based jobs in Britain because the automaker faces diminished gross sales amid plans to show round its efficiency.

“We frequently adapt our enterprise to maximise effectivity consistent with market situations and we’re at the moment in session with a few of our workplace primarily based employees,” Nissan mentioned in an announcement.

Final week, Nissan dedicated to UK manufacturing unit in Sunderland and mentioned it’ll supply extra batteries domestically to keep away from tariffs on electrical vehicles after the UK’s commerce cope with the EU, calling the Brexit settlement an “alternative” for the location.

Nissan constructed almost 350,000 automobiles on the plant in 2019 together with Qashqai, Juke and Leaf fashions.

Globally it has confronted a troublesome time lately and is slicing manufacturing capability, mannequin numbers and working bills.

Nissan’s gross sales within the EU, ETFA and UK markets fell 27 % to 290,343 automobiles in 2020 in a market down 24 %, in accordance with data from business affiliation ACEA. Nissan’s market share dropped to 2.4 % from 2.5 %.