Blimey Martin, that's bad luck.
Something similar happened to my MINI Clubman Cooper D - but fortunately I'd just dropped it off on a trade in for something else!
Long day yes - seems despite escaping the next round of compulsory redundancy they are still trying to close down our facility and relocate what's left of the work up to Erskoban. So my few days holiday this week will be rewriting cv and perusing the employment pages...