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Double joy for JLR in luxury shortlist

Birmingham Post — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:15:00 GMT

Midland prestige car marques Jaguar and Land Rover have both been shortlisted by British luxury industry organisation Walpole in its annual Awards for Excellence.

First monthly sales fall for a year for Jaguar Land Rover

Birmingham Post — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:15:00 GMT

Jaguar Land Rover has suffered its first monthly sales fall for more than a year.

Automotive technology campus to be built at University of Warwick

Birmingham Post — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:37:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Post — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:05:00 GMT

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

World's most expensive Jaguar on show at Birmingham Made Me Design Expo at the Mailbox

Birmingham Post — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:34:00 GMT

Jaguar's plug-in hybrid C-X75, which is set to cost around £750,000, has gone on show for the first time at the Birmingham Made Me Design EXPO at the city’s Mailbox complex.

Jaguar Land Rover reveals record £1.5bn profit

Birmingham Post — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:49:00 GMT

Car giant Jaguar Land Rover has revealed record profits of £1.5 billion.

Jaguar's Castle Bromwich factory set for £200 million revamp

Birmingham Post — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:26:00 GMT

Jaguar’s ageing Castle Bromwich factory is in line for £200 million investment – including a new body shop and model replacements – if efficiency plans can be met.

£2.3bn loans scheme for car makers fails to pay out

Birmingham Post — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:26:00 GMT

A £2.3 billion loans scheme to support struggling carmakers has failed to help a single employer, a Commons inquiry has warned.

£2.3bn auto industry loan guarantee package not enough say unions

Birmingham Post — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:03:00 GMT

The Government has been warned that thousands more car workers' jobs could still be lost, on top of those lost at Jaguar Land Rover in Birmingham and Solihull and at Aston Martin in Gaydon.

MPs demand Brown responds to JLR plea for support

Birmingham Post — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

MPs have demanded the government explain why it is taking so long to make a decision about support for Jaguar Land Rover. Gordon Brown last week said ministers were in talks with the carmaker’s Indian owners Tata Group over a request to make credit available.

Jaguar XFR is fastest big cat yet

Birmingham Post — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Jaguar has secured its position at the cutting edge of automotive design with the unveiling of its fastest-ever car.

Supporters of our JLR campaign

Birmingham Post — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:35:00 GMT

A list of the individuals and organisations we know have supported or reported on our Support JLR campaign.

Government still in talks with JLR, Gordon Brown tells Post

Birmingham Post — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:17:00 GMT

Gordon Brown warned that there are still “issues to be resolved” before the Government can decide whether to offer financial support to Jaguar Land Rover, as he visited Birmingham to highlight efforts to help struggling businesses during the recession.

Pressure on Gordon Brown as JLR supplier closes factory

Birmingham Post — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Pressure was building on Gordon Brown to make an immediate decision over the future of Jaguar Land Rover after another supplier announced it was closing one of its factories.

JLR component firms demand a cut of any Government aid

Birmingham Post — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Any Government loan to Jaguar Land Rover should come with the proviso that the money cascades down through the West Midland automotive supplier base.

MEP Malcolm Harbour backs Post JLR campaign

Birmingham Post — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Malcolm Harbour, Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands, calls for a bridge to the future for Jaguar Land Rover.

JLR must go green to receive aid, insists climate change expert

Birmingham Post — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:18:00 GMT

Government should only support Jaguar Land Rover if it adopts a revolutionary, greener approach to car production, a leading Birmingham academic has said.

Chief spells out JLR's investment in green technologies

Birmingham Post — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:41:00 GMT

When the Birmingham Post interviewed JLR boss David Smith we asked him whether he felt that the company was a major contributor to the development of new automotive technologies and eco-friendly vehicles.

Keeping car workers employed would give value for any Government aid

Birmingham Post — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Keeping employees in high-value jobs at carmakers such as Jaguar Land Rover will be cheaper for the country in the long-term than the cost of any aid they need to survive the recession and credit squeeze, a senior industry figure has said.

Demand for Jaguar XF bucks national car sales trend

Birmingham Post — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Jaguar has been buoyed by figures showing it bucked the UK slump in car sales by a wide margin last year as demand for the Castle Bromwich-built XF sports saloon defied the credit squeeze and the growing recession.