The chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover is to hold regular meeting Business Secretary Lord Mandelson as a deputy chairman of a new “automotive council” designed to build strong links between carmakers and government.Read
Unions have called a high level summit of MPs to an emergency meeting at the House of Commons to preserve thousands of West Midland jobs feared under threat at Jaguar Land Rover.Read
The boss of Jaguar Land Rover last night pledged that no jobs would be lost by the closure of one of its Midland plants as the wheels were set in motion to potentially end a century of volume car production in Birmingham.Read
The region’s business community last night broadly welcomed Jaguar Land Rover’s pledge to safeguard Midlands jobs when it closes a local plant in the next five years.Read
Business secretary Lord Mandelson has warned that carmakers need to make cuts in order to remain competitive, as he defended Jaguar Land Rover’s announcement that it is to close a West Midlands factory.Read
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has praised Tata’s commitment to its workforce in the wake of the closure bombshell – as unions warned they would fight the shock move.Read
Thousands more car jobs looked doomed today with the announcement that Jaguar Land Rover is to close either its Castle Bromwich or Solihull factory.Read
Jaguar Land Rover is to close one of its factories in the West Midlands over the next decade but create 800 new jobs at Halewood on Merseyside, the firm announced today.Read
Hundreds of jobs are set to be created at the Midlands-based engineering and design unit owned by Tata Motors after the Indian firm was given a loan to start making electric cars in the UK.Read
After months of prevarication, Tata Motors finally secured the finance it needed to keep Jaguar Land Rover afloat during the downturn. Now the dust has settled, Alun Thorne looks at the fall-out from an inglorious episode.Read
Jaguar Land Rover parent firm Tata Motors saw an 18 per cent growth in sales of its commercial and passenger vehicles in July, helped by the commercial launch of the Nano.Read