Overview
- Bentley reported revenue of €2.6 billion and operating profit of €216 million for 2025, its seventh straight year in the black but down about 42% year on year.
- The company said the proposed reductions equal roughly 6% of headcount and focus on management, agency and other office-based roles, with manufacturing jobs protected.
- About 150 staff at Crewe have been placed at risk of redundancy, with a 4–6 week consultation under way and additional reductions expected through attrition and unfilled vacancies by year-end.
- Executives cited roughly €42 million in U.S. tariff costs, weaker demand in China and Volkswagen Group platform changes as key pressures behind the restructuring.
- Bentley reaffirmed investment in its Crewe site and its first electric model, a smaller SUV, even as wider BEV programs are delayed in favor of hybrids and combustion models, with no additional EVs expected before 2030 according to company statements and press reports.