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£92m automotive centre plan hailed by West Midlands business leaders

Plans for a£92 million automotive development centre at the University of Warwick have been hailed a positive step for one of the Midlands’s most important sectors.Read

Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover staff in line for 9.8% pay rise

Jaguar Land Rover workers are in line for an industry-leading wage deal which would boost pay packets by nearly ten per cent over two years.Read

Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover staff in line for 9.8% pay rise

Jaguar Land Rover workers are in line for an industry-leading wage deal which would boost pay packets by nearly ten per cent over two years.Read

Automotive technology campus to be built at University of Warwick

A NEW £92million campus will be built in Coventry to develop the latest advances in automotive technology, it has been announced today.Read

More than 20,000 apply for roles at new Jaguar Land Rover plant

Nearly 20,000 hopefuls are chasing vacancies at the Jaguar factory at Castle Bromwich – two years after the plant was facing closure.Read

Aston Martin V8 Vantage Coupe

Aston Martin loses title of UK's coolest brand

Midland carmaker Aston Martin has lost its title as the coolest brand in the UK, according to a new survey.Read

Zytek Automotive

Zytek Automotive receives £1.3m from RGF to help with skills shortage

The chairman of hybrid and electrical vehicle specialist Zytek Automotive said a £1.3 million from the Regional Growth Fund will provide a revenue-neutral answer to struggles against a skills shortage.Read

Electric cars

Ambitious electric vehicle plans only benefit 'a handful of motorists'

Ambitious government plans to boost the automotive sector and encourage motorists to buy electric vehicles have been a flop, a Commons inquiry has found.Read

Vince Cable

Vince Cable urged to appoint a Minister for Manufacturing

Business Secretary Vince Cable has been urged to appoint a dedicated Minister for Manufacturing, as MPs and business leaders welcomed the Government’s new industrial strategy.Read

Vince Cable

West Midlands firms welcome new industrial strategy

Business leaders in the West Midlands have welcomed Govermnment plans for a long-term industrial strategy as an end to a “piecemeal” approach thus far.Read

Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover to manufacture cars outside UK for first time

The chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled a momentus move to build cars for the first time outside the UK after it was revealed two models would be made in China.Read

Display wall at Jaguar in Castle Bromwich

Wall-mounted Jaguar XK on display at Castle Bromwich factory

JAGUAR’S famed Castle Bromwich factory boasts a new 21st century wall feature – complete with luxury XK.Read

Warwick Manufacturing Group

£13m research centre for electric cars planned for Coventry

COVENTRY is to become a world leader in the development of electric cars with a new £13million research centre set to open in the city.Read

IMI

IMI brings Tata Motors chief Carl-Peter Forster onto board

Engineering giant IMI has strengthened its board with two new non-executive directors including Tata Motors chief Carl-Peter Forster.Read

Birmingham Post

More than 100 made redundant at Warwickshire firm Radium Automotive

More than 100 people have been made redundant after a Warwickshire automotive company went into administration.Read

Jaguar

Jaguar dealers top of the table for customer service - What Car? survey

Jaguar has raced to the top of a car dealership customer satisfaction table.Read

Jaguar XJL Supersport

Jaguar launches all-wheel drive cars to target Russia and America markets

Jaguar has revealed its plans to beat Big Freeze in snowbound North America and icy Russia – with new all-wheel drive versions of its XF and XJ models.Read

The new Range Rover to be made in Solihull

Land Rover reveal plans for new Range Rover to be made at Solihull plant

Car giant Land Rover has revealed plans for a lighter, roomier new Range Rover. Read

Shares in Manganese Bronze tumble after revealing £3.9m black hole

Shares in black cab-maker Manganese Bronze have plummeted after the Midland manufacturer revealed a £3.9 million black hole in its accounts.Read

Jaguar Land Rover's Halewood factory moves to 24-hour work

A Jaguar Land Rover plant in Merseyside has moved to 24-hour production with the introduction of an extra shift.Read