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Created by birminghampost on 05/01/2009
Last updated: 19/10/10 at 02:46
Car giant Jaguar Land Rover is to invest billions of pounds in its business, creating thousands of new jobs and safeguarding its UK factories, including two in the West Midlands, it has announced.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/10/15/jaguar-land-rover-confirms-solihull-and-castle-bromwich-plants-to-be-saved-65233-27478993/
Global sales of Jaguars and Land Rovers continued to grow last month as the Midland car giant continues to enjoy a profit-laden period.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/10/15/jaguar-land-rover-sales-continue-to-rise-as-profits-roll-in-65233-27478482/
The closure-threatened Jaguar plant at Castle Bromwich looks to have been saved following a dramatic agreement with unions, it is understood.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/10/15/jlr-set-to-retain-castle-bromwich-plant-according-to-sources-65233-27477565/
The University of Warwick – home of Warwick Manufacturing Group – has won the latest round in the battle for research supremacy in the region after Jaguar Land Rover announced it would be the new home for its advanced research group.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/10/08/jaguar-land-rover-research-base-to-set-up-at-university-of-warwick-65233-27432290/
Land Rover has overtaken its 2009 UK sales figures by a third – selling more than 8,000 more vehicles in just nine months.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/10/08/land-rover-sales-soaring-in-2010-65233-27432387/
A project between British Sugar and Snibston Discovery Museum has taken the top award at the coveted Jaguar Land Rover Awards for Arts & Business.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2010/10/08/innovative-bridge-preservation-scheme-lands-jaguar-land-rover-arts-business-award-65233-27426437/
Jaguar Land Rover has urged the Government to continue providing cash to support industry, even if it is forced to make spending cuts elsewhere.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/10/01/jaguar-land-rover-calls-on-manufacturing-industry-to-be-spared-spending-cuts-65233-27381390/
Jaguar took the Paris Motor Show by storm when it unveiled a radical 200mph-plus electric-powered concept supercar.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/09/30/new-jaguar-c-x75-takes-paris-motor-show-by-storm-65233-27368636/
Major investments by the Tata Group and Essar Steel could be the sign of more deals to come for the West Midlands, according to a high profile delegation from one of India’s most industrially advanced states.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2010/09/21/major-indian-deals-for-west-midlands-are-just-the-start-say-gujarat-delegates-65233-27312420/
Jaguar and Land Rover bucked a declining trend in UK car sales last month – and posted substantial rises.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/09/07/jaguar-land-rover-bucks-trend-by-reporting-rising-sales-65233-27214303/
Midland car marques Jaguar and Land Rover had opposing fortunes last month as new car sales continued to accelerate ahead.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/03/04/mixed-fortunes-for-jaguar-and-land-rover-as-car-sales-rise-65233-25962509/
Jaguar Land Rover is looking to take on 50 new engineers this year to work on new technology, including the development of greener hybrid engines.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/03/03/jaguar-land-rover-to-take-on-50-new-engineers-65233-25949634/
Midland car giant Jaguar Land Rover made an after-tax profit of about £55 million in the last quarter of last year after wholesale volumes grew 28 per cent.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/02/26/jaguar-land-rover-swings-into-a-55m-profit-65233-25922674/
Jaguar’s new XJ will perform an important role for Coventry next month just weeks before it goes on sale.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/02/26/new-jaguar-xj-to-take-centre-stage-for-coventry-at-mipim-65233-25917957/
The region’s business leaders have welcomed the news that Jaguar Land Rover has secured a new £340m loan from the European Investment Bank.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/02/26/business-leaders-welcome-euro-loan-for-jaguar-land-rover-65233-25918165/
Jaguar Land Rover has been given a £340 million tranche of funding by the European Investment Bank.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/02/25/340m-european-bank-loan-completes-jaguar-land-rover-refinancing-65233-25912937/
A new study shows the West Midlands automotive supply chain is alarmingly over-reliant on Jaguar Land Rover following a series of high profile casualties in the sector.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/02/22/automotive-supply-chain-too-reliant-on-jlr-report-65233-25883255/
Automotive expert David Bailey believes the new managers overseeing Jaguar Land Rover have been brought in to speed up the firm’s plans.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/02/19/auto-experts-predicts-new-jaguar-land-rover-boss-to-speed-up-changes-65233-25867049/
Jaguar Land Rover has announced the appointement of Dr Ralf Speth as its new chief executive.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/02/18/jaguar-land-rover-names-ralf-speth-as-new-chief-executive-65233-25863979/
Tata Motors is still expected to seek a replacement for outgoing Jaguar Land Rover chief executive David Smith despite bringing in a new man to oversee it’s global operations.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/02/16/jaguar-land-rover-still-looking-for-new-ceo-as-tata-motors-appoints-group-chief-65233-25841293/
The search is on for the new head of Jaguar Land Rover – but industry sources are adamant it won’t be the former General Motors Europe boss who has been linked by many to the role.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/01/29/former-opel-chief-carl-peter-forster-unlikely-to-be-new-head-of-jaguar-land-rover-65233-25716330/
THE chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover, David Smith, is to stand down after less than two years in the top job.
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/01/26/jaguar-land-rover-boss-to-stand-down-97319-25683728/
Car giant Jaguar Land Rover is on the lookout for a new chief executive after former top boss David Smith stepped down.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/01/25/chief-executive-david-smith-departs-jaguar-land-rover-65233-25682467/
Talks between union bosses and Jaguar Land Rover have stalled as the firm said it could no longer guarantee 8,000 jobs until 2015.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2010/01/25/crucial-jobs-talks-breakdown-at-jaguar-land-rover-65233-25676132/
A £2.3 billion loans scheme to support struggling carmakers has failed to help a single employer, a Commons inquiry has warned.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/12/15/2-3bn-loans-scheme-for-car-makers-fails-to-pay-out-65233-25390338/
Automotive expert David Bailey said Jaguar Land Rover’s return to profit shows the car giant has finally turned the corner after the recession.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/11/30/jaguar-land-rover-has-turned-the-corner-says-auto-industry-expert-65233-25288240/
Jaguar-Land Rover (JLR) has seen a turn it is fortunes after reporting a cash profit of £22 million for the September quarter compared with a loss of £49 million in the quarter before.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/11/30/jaguar-land-rover-showing-signs-of-recovery-says-tata-65233-25284010/
Jaguar-Land Rover (JLR) has seen a turn it is fortunes after reporting a cash profit of £22 million for the September quarter compared with a loss of £49 million in the quarter before.
http://www.birminghampost.net/dailybulletin/2009/11/29/jlr-showing-signs-of-recovery-says-tata-65233-25283311/
Ravi Kant, the vice-chairman of Jaguar Land Rover owners Tata Motors, has said the company is still committed to UK manufacturing.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/11/25/ravi-kant-says-tata-is-committed-to-the-uk-65233-25243346/
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.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/11/25/jaguar-chief-executive-to-sit-on-automotive-council-with-lord-mandleson-65233-25244376/
Loss-making Jaguar Land Rover has been granted a new five-year £170 million loan in a major boost to cash flow within the company.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/11/16/jaguar-land-rover-gets-170m-cash-boost-65233-25179003/
Land Rover has doubled its UK October sales in just a year in the 4x4 specialist’s best showroom performance for months, it was revealed today.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/11/05/land-rover-doubles-october-sales-65233-25098823/
Jaguar Land Rover has been urged to repair workforce trust “damaged” by its new plan to close a factory at Solihull or Castle Bromwich as a campaign to protect thousands of Midland jobs went to Westminster.
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/politics-news/2009/11/05/jaguar-land-rover-must-regain-trust-of-workforce-says-mp-richard-burden-65233-25095244/
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.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/11/03/unions-demand-government-action-over-jaguar-land-rover-job-threats-65233-25074117/
Jaguar Land Rover chief executive David Smith will talk to business people about his plans to drive the firm forward at an event this month.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/11/02/jaguar-land-rover-chief-executive-david-smith-to-discuss-plans-to-drive-firm-forward-65233-25067356/
JAGUAR Land Rover must shift some production overseas to avoid import tariffs set by the Chinese government, the company’s chief executive has warned.
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/10/07/jaguar-land-rover-chief-says-some-of-the-firm-s-production-must-shift-overseas-to-avoid-import-tariffs-97319-24872712/
JLR owner Tata Motors reported a six per cent jump in sales in September over the same month last year thanks to strong growth in the Indian market.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/10/01/jaguar-land-rover-owner-tata-sees-monthly-rise-in-sales-65233-24832387/
PLANS to close a Jaguar Land Rover factory in the West Midlands could secure jobs in the long run, according to a local MP.
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/10/01/closing-jlr-plant-could-secure-jobs-in-the-long-run-says-birmingham-mp-97319-24826481/
Plans to close a Jaguar Land Rover factory in the West Midlands could secure jobs in the long run, according to a local MP.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/10/01/closing-jlr-plant-could-secure-jobs-in-the-long-run-says-birmingham-mp-65233-24823651/
Jaguar Land Rover aims to double annual production to 300,000 units - despite the closure of either the Solihull or Castle Bromwich factory.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/09/30/jaguar-land-rover-aiming-to-double-production-65233-24818855/
Jaguar Land Rover owners Tata have been accused of “hiding” from workers and MPs, despite taking the decision to close a West Midlands plant.
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/politics-news/2009/09/28/birmingham-mp-calls-on-tata-bosses-to-explain-jaguar-land-rover-plant-closure-65233-24794398/
Union leaders have accused Jaguar Land Rover bosses of “taking another trip to Fantasy Island” over promises that there would be no job losses when a West Midlands plant is closed.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/09/28/unions-accuse-jaguar-land-rover-bosses-of-fantasy-over-job-promises-65233-24793466/
Unions today declared war on Jaguar Land Rover’s plans to close a Midlands factory and reduce workers’ pay and conditions.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/09/25/unions-condemn-plans-to-close-jaguar-land-rover-factory-65233-24780145/
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.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/09/25/jaguar-land-rover-boss-in-jobs-pledge-over-factory-closure-65233-24776792/
Yesterday Jaguar Land Rover announced that one of its Midland plants will close in the next five years. Will Oliphant, Gregg Evans and Paul Suart spoke to workers at Castle Bromwich and Lode Lane, as well as local businesses, to get their reaction.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/09/25/workers-and-businesses-fear-the-worst-over-jlr-plant-closure-65233-24776523/
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.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/09/25/peter-mandelson-refuses-to-speculate-over-jaguar-land-rover-jobs-65233-24776614/
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.
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2009/09/25/business-leaders-welcome-jaguar-land-rover-pledge-over-jobs-and-greener-cars-65233-24776447/
There can be no doubt that the closure of one of Jaguar Land Rover’s two West Midland car plants will be a blow.
http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/post-comment/2009/09/25/jaguar-land-rover-factory-closure-is-a-sharp-dose-of-reality-65233-24776615/
UNIONS were today meeting Jaguar Land Rover bosses as renewed speculation over the future of Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich plant was dismissed as “wide of the mark”.
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/jaguar-land-rover-campaign/jlr-campaign-news/2009/09/24/jaguar-land-rover-talks-over-fears-for-factory-97319-24770504/
JAGUAR Land Rover manufacturing director Paul Cope has won a glittering automotive award.
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/21/jaguar-land-rover-s-paul-cope-named-2009-automotive-news-eurostar-for-manufacturing-97319-24741418/
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