Jaguar Land Rover is cutting up to 4,000 jobs over the next year in an effort to save £1.7 billion. The move comes after a cyber attack last year caused production to halt for over a month and resulted in a loss of £1.9 billion. The company has also been affected by soaring costs, plunging sales, and US tariffs on UK car imports, which have reduced North American sales by 10% since their introduction. A voluntary redundancy program will be offered to salaried and management team members as part of the job cuts.
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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced plans to cut up to 4,000 jobs, which is about 12% of its UK workforce, as part of a bid to save £1.7 billion over the next two years. The company, owned by Tata Motors, has been affected by a cyberattack last year that forced it to halt production for over a month, as well as falling sales and rising costs due to tariffs and Brexit uncertainty.
The job cuts will mainly affect salaried and management team members, with some reports suggesting that compulsory job losses may also be considered. The UK government has ruled out providing a bailout to JLR, with Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds stating that it is not his department's role to "intervene and run businesses".
The company has stated that it needs to adapt to evolving global market conditions, including the shift towards electric vehicles, and has been working on strengthening its "house of brands" and transforming its product portfolio over the past three years. JLR employs 34,000 people across its three sites in England, with a further 120,000 jobs supported in the supply chain.
The news comes as a blow to Andy Burnham's pledge to "reindustrialise" Britain, which was made just weeks ago. The government has also been promoting the UK car industry, providing funding for electric vehicle manufacturing and reducing taxes on businesses that invest in clean energy. However, it seems unlikely that this will be enough to prevent significant job losses at JLR.
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Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed it will open a voluntary redundancy programme just a year on from a cyber attack which brought production to a halt for more than a month.
Britain's biggest carmaker announced on Friday that it plans to save £1.7billion over the next two years after soaring costs, plunging sales and Donald Trump's tariffs created a 'perfect storm' of issues.
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Reports on Friday suggested that as many as 4,000 employees could lose their jobs, though the company is yet to confirm whether that figure is accurate.
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The news will come as a blow to Andy Burnham, who only weeks ago pledged to 'reindustrialise' Britain when he was given the keys to Downing Street.
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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) employs 34,000 across its three sites in England, while supporting a further 120,000 British jobs in the supply chain.
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A spokesperson for the company told The Times: 'Over the past three years, we have strengthened our house of brands and transformed our product portfolio for the next generation.
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'As we deliver the next phase of our strategy we must adapt to evolving global market conditions while targeting approximately £1.7billion of savings over the next two years and reduce break-evens to 300,000 vehicles.
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To achieve this, we must further simplify our organisation, improve efficiency and build greater resistance.
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Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed it will open a voluntary redundancy programme just a year on from a cyber attack which brought production to a halt for more than a month
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[On Friday] we informed our colleagues and trade union partners that JLR is opening a voluntary redundancy programme offering salaried and management team members the opportunity to leave the business.
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We will share further information with our colleagues first.'
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The announcement comes almost exactly a year after JLR was forced to shut down all of its manufacturing for several weeks following a cyber attack.
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It meant that not a single vehicle could be produced, leading to a 27 per cent drop in production at the company.
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The overall cost of the attack was later estimated to have caused JLR a loss of £1.9billion.
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The US's introduction of a 10 per cent tariff on UK car imports has also taken a toll on the firm - and others across the globe.
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North America represents 29 per cent of all sales worldwide and, since tariffs came in, a number of carmakers have decided to reduce staff in a bid to improve finances.
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Only last week, Volkswagen announced plans to cut some 50,000 jobs in what will be the biggest restructuring in the manufacturer's history.
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A new wave of more affordable Chinese car brands is also thought to have negatively affected JLR's and other traditional companies' sales.
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After the cuts were confirmed earlier this week, the general secretary of the Unite Union, Sharon Graham, vowed to hold urgent talks with the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, and JLR boss PB Balaji.
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She said the union had warned that a 'perfect storm' of financial issues has been hanging over the auto industry 'for years'.
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'Death by a thousand cuts has been going on under the nose of successive governments,' Graham added.
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'Years of under-investment, unsustainable zero-emission vehicle mandates and high industrial energy costs are crippling the industry.
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'Once again, we will leave no stone unturned to support these workers.
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It cannot be acceptable that workers again are made to pay the price.'
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