1,000 new jobs at Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover is to create 1,000 jobs at its factory on Merseyside to support “significant demand” for some of its models, the company announced yesterday.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Mar 2012, 06:00 BST

The new jobs will take the workforce at Halewood to almost 4,500, treble the number employed there three years ago.

The company said the new posts will support the significant demand for the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Freelander 2.

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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) human resources director Des Thurlby said: “These 1,000 new jobs are further evidence of JLR’s clear ambition for continued growth.

“We are moving Halewood to three shifts and 24-hour operation to meet increased global demand for our products.”

Business Secretary Vince Cable, who met JLR’s management at the Geneva Show last week about increasing production at Halewood, said: “Today’s announcement is further evidence of the strength of the UK automotive sector and will also have a positive impact on growth in local supply chains.”

The new jobs will include production operators, supervisors and engineers.

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