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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 June 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Jaguar Land Rover, a multi-national group that operates in the automobile sector, has announced that it is to create 600 new jobs at sites that it operates in the Midlands region of the UK.
The announcement of the new jobs follows the firm being taken over by Tata, an Indian multi-national group. The sites that the firm operates in the Midlands are based in Solihull, Castle Bromwich, Whitley and Gaydon. The majority of the new jobs are expected to be based in Gaydon. The majority of the new jobs will be for engineers, but it is expected that jobs in purchasing, finance, and human resources will also be created.
David Smith, Chief Executive of the firm stated, ‘This recruitment drive demonstrates Jaguar Land Rover's confidence in our future. With our new owners, we have entered an exciting era with stunning new models and ambitious technologies. I can't remember a better time to be part of the British car industry, and certainly it is a brilliant time for Jaguar Land Rover.’
Jaguar Land Rover employs approximately 16,000 in the UK. As of June 2008, there is no information on when the new jobs will be created by.
19 May 2008: European Industrial Relations Observatory
18 June 2008: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Jaguar Land Rover, Merger/Acquisition in United Kingdom, factsheet number 66761, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66761.
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