Automotive business, West Midlands manufacturing

Above-inflation pay rise for cleaners at Land Rover Apr 10 2013

Around 300 cleaners at the giant Land Rover plant at Solihull have swept up an inflation-busting pay rise of 4.5 per cent – plus a backdated lump sum of hundreds of pounds.Read

Land Rover launches bursary scheme in partnership with the Prince's Countryside Fund Apr 08 2013

Land Rover has launched a new bursary scheme - being backed by HRH the Prince of Wales - to support countryside communities.Read

Record breaking March for Jaguar Land Rover as sales rise 20% Apr 07 2013

Jaguar Land Rover enjoyed its most successful month ever in the UK in March this year with sales up by 20 per cent.Read

£19m scheme launched to support region's automotive and aerospace suppliers Mar 28 2013

A £19 million programme to support companies in the automotive and aerospace supply chains in the West Midlands to take advantage of market growth has been launched.Read

JLR unveils new Range Rover Sport at New York Auto Show Mar 27 2013

Land Rover has lifted the lid on its new Range Rover Sport - describing it as “the fastest, most agile and responsive Land Rover yet”.Read

New Singapore office for Jaguar Land Rover Mar 27 2013

Jaguar Land Rover has opened a regional office in Singapore to support soaring sales in the Asia Pacific region.Read

BMW marks ten years of Lichfield Festival partnership Mar 24 2013

BMW’s Hams Hall engine plant has renewed its partnership with Lichfield Festival to mark a ten-year relationship.Read

Jaguar Land Rover helps region top UK exports table Mar 22 2013

The West Midlands has out-paced the rest of the country by recording a 6.1 per cent rise in exports last year – driven by Jaguar Land Rover’s success in China.Read

Birmingham office of global construction company to lead design of £100m Midland automotive centre Mar 18 2013

The Birmingham office of an international construction company has been appointed to the design team on a new £100 million Midland automotive centre.Read

BMW head of training visits Birmingham Metropolitan College apprentices Mar 15 2013

BMW's head of training visited Birmingham Metropolitan College to help mark National Apprenticeships Week on Thursday.Read

New Range Rover Sport to be unveiled in New York City Mar 12 2013

Jaguar Land Rover is set to launch its all-new Range Rover Sport via a worldwide TV broadcast from the streets of New York City.Read

Expanded JLR engine plant to challenge skills shortage in engineering Mar 08 2013

Jaguar Land Rover is doubling the size of its new Midland engine plant creating 700 more jobs, birminghampost.net exclusively revealed this week. Graeme Brown looks at the road ahead.Read

Geneva debut for Midland marques Mar 07 2013

A host of new car models and technology dreamed up by Midland engineers has gone on show at this year’s Geneva Motor Show.Read

Tata still ‘loyal to UK’ despite Indian production rumours Mar 07 2013

A senior Tata Motors adviser has warned against questioning the firm’s loyalty to UK manufacturing after reports claimed it was “actively exploring the possibility” of building cars from scratch in India.Read

Manufacturing experts hail 'fantastic' news of JLR expansion plans Mar 05 2013

Manufacturers in the Midlands have hailed the news Jaguar Land Rover is to double the size of its new engine plant near Wolverhampton as the region’s “best automotive news for decades”. Read

Jaguar Land Rover to double size of new plant near Wolverhampton Mar 04 2013

Jaguar Land Rover is set to deliver a giant boost to the automotive sector by revealing it is doubling the size of its new engine plant in the West Midlands.Read

Motor industry connections put Birmingham Airport top for Lufthansa Mar 04 2013

The thriving automotive sector in the West Midlands has helped German airline Lufthansa achieve record passenger levels at Birmingham Airport.Read

Formula E series 'could see return of Birmingham Super Prix' Mar 01 2013

Motor racing could return to the streets of Birmingham if an audacious bid by a city university and Midland sports car manufacturer succeeds.Read

Midland manufacturer aims to create world's first zero emission kit car Feb 25 2013

A Midland car maker has joined forces with a Birmingham university to create the world’s first zero emission electric kit car.Read

JLR on course for another record year Feb 15 2013

Jaguar Land Rover looks on course to smash last year’s record profit of £1.5 billion after reporting pre-tax profits of £404 million for the last three months of 2012.Read

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