Nissan will have to reapply for UK govt funding after X-Trail decision -Business minister

British Business Minister Greg Clark said on Monday Nissan will need to reapply for government funding made available to the car industry, after it scrapped plans to build its new X-Trail SUV in Britain. Earlier on Monday the government published a letter Clark wrote to Nissan in 2016 which included a promise of up to 80 million pounds of support to help secure a major investment from the Japanese carmaker.

"Grant support for training and development and environmental improvements were applied for and approved ... on the basis that both the Qashqai and the X-Trail models would be built in Sunderland," Clark told parliament. "They will be invited to re-submit an application in the light of the changed investments that they are making." (Reporting by Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper; editing by David Evans)