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 (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
450 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Jaguar Land Rover, a car manufacturer, has announced that it is to cut 450 jobs. The firm has attributed these further job cuts to a fall in demand for new cars. As of 18 January 2009, the company has not announced when or at which sites these job losses will occur. In 2008, Jaguar Land Rover announced 600 job losses to be implemented by means of voluntary redundancies (see related fact sheet 11915).
Sources
14 January 2009: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Jaguar Land Rover, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67826, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67826.
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