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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
3,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 June 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2018
Description
Car Manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced plans to create 5,000 new jobs, most of which will be based in the UK. One thousand jobs will be for electronic and software engineers and the remaining 4,000 positions will be in manufacturing. The decision to expand comes at a time when the car industry is moving more towards electric vehicles and hybrids, and away from diesel engines. The new jobs are thought to be part of the development of these new models.
The exact location of the new jobs has not been specified. According to reports, the vast majority of the roles will be UK based and located at the company's existing sites, five of which are in the midlands with another on Merseyside. It is expected that the new jobs will be recruited over the coming twelve months. The decision of JLR to expand has been seen as a major boost for the UK automotive industry following the referendum vote to leave the European Union.
The recruitment strategy has attracted some comment in the media, with JLR teaming up with virtual band Gorillaz. A challenge on the band's mixed reality app forms part of the recruitment process.
Sources
19 June 2017: BBC Website
19 June 2017: Birmingham Mail
19 June 2017: Sky news
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Jaguar Land Rover, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91427, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91427.
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