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 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 March 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Jaguar Land Rover, a British car manufacturer owned by Indian Tata Motors, has announced to create 1,000 new jobs. The posts will include production operators, supervisors and engineers at the company's Halewood factory on Merseyside.
Vince Cable, the UK business secretary, described the announcement as "excellent news" and said he saw it as "further evidence of the strength of the UK automotive sector".
Jaguar Land Rover currently employs around 3,500 people at Halewood. A timeline for the business expansion has yet to be announced.
Sources
13 March 2012: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Land Rover, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73300, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73300.
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