Car giant Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has received more than 8,000 applications after launching a recruitment campaign for 1,000 new jobs at its plant in Solihull a week ago, it has been revealed.Read
About 800 jobs have been safeguarded at BMW’s engine plant at Hams Hall – ending speculation over the long-term future of one of the region’s biggest industrial sites.Read
Jaguar Land Rover is launching a major new expansion plan at its Solihull factory worth hundreds of millions of pounds – paving the way for new models and extra jobs.Read
More than 12,000 Jaguar Land Rover workers are to get a “double your money” pay rise of 6.1 per cent next month – because inflation has jumped to a 20-year high.Read
Vertu Motors, parent company of Bristol Street Motors, has revealed ambitious plans for growth with expansion in the West Midlands high on its hit list.Read
Strong take-up locally of the £30 million project to get electric vehicle charge points in place across the UK could spell a multi-million pound bonanza for car component makers in the West Midlands.Read
A commitment by Staffordshire County Council and Wolverhampton City Council to fund a dedicated motorway junction linking the i54 business park to the M54 is thought to have played a key role in Jaguar Land Rover’s decision to choose the site for its new engine factory.Read
The West Midlands beat off competition from India and up to 100 other sites in the race to land a new factory to build Jaguar Land Rover’s engines of the future.Read
