Hundreds of jobs to go at Jaguar Land Rover

Here is a story making headlines in the economy: Hundreds of jobs to go at Jaguar Land RoverImage source, Jaguar Land Rover/ PAImage caption, Jaguar Land Rover said it expected "less than 300 colleagues" to leave the firm after launching a "limited redeployment and displacement programme"ByAlec Blackman, Reporting fromWest Midlands and Louise Hancock, Reporting fromin BirminghamPublished30 July 2026Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plans to cut hundreds of jobs, less than a year after a cyber attack brought production to a halt for more than a month. In a statement, the firm said: "Impacted colleagues will be supported to find alternative roles wherever possible, alongside the option of voluntary early exit. "The company said it expected fewer than 300 people would leave the firm under the plans.

JLR, which has its global headquarters at Whitley and manufacturing sites in Solihull, Wolverhampton, and Halewood on Merseyside, employs about 30,000 people in its UK operations, with approximately 10,000 people employed at plants overseas. A cyberattack in September 2025 closed all manufacturing for several weeks, which meant not a single vehicle rolled off production lines. That led to a 27% drop in overall production at the company, which is one of the biggest employers in the West Midlands.

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It also came as the firm halted production of its Jaguar cars, before a relaunch of a series of all-electric saloons. JLR continued to build the Land Rover and Range Rover brands, but the cyber-attack took those lines down. Image source, / Priyanshu SinghImage caption, JLR has its worldwide headquarters in Coventry, with manufacturing plants at Solihull, Wolverhampton and Halewood in the UKThe overall cost of the cyber-attack and the subsequent loss of manufacturing cost the company an estimated £1.

In June, the firm said it planned to cut about £1. 7bn in costs over the coming years to help towards its recovery from the attack. A spokesperson indicated then that the company would make the savings through cuts in areas such as materials, warranty and fixed costs.

In its statement to the , JLR said: "As we evolve our operating model to accelerate the growth of our house of brands and deliver our next-generation vehicles, we are transforming our business to improve decision-making and performance. "As part of our ongoing transformation initiatives, we have launched a limited redeployment and displacement programme. "It is understood that the job losses will affect salaried and management roles and not production line staff.

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