The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
850 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 November 2008
Employment effect (start)
27 November 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Jaguar Land Rover, a car manufacturer, has announced that it is to cut 850 agency staff from its plants across the West Midlands. The cuts will affect engineering and IT staff at the company’s sites at Castle Bromwich, Solihull, Whitley, and Gaydon. The company, purchased by Indian company Tata from Ford in March 2008, stated that the jobs will be cut by the end of 2008. The cuts have been attributed to falling demand for cars in the current economic climate.
Sources
27 November 2008: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Tata, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67523, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67523.
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