Hundreds of jobs to go at Jaguar Land Rover
The car giant says it expects fewer than 300 people will lose their jobs.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced an upcoming reduction in its workforce, anticipating "less than 300 colleagues" will depart the company through a "limited redeployment and displacement programme." This move comes less than a year after a cyberattack in September 2025 brought the automaker's production to a standstill for five months, preventing any vehicles from being manufactured.
In a statement, JLR confirmed that "Impacted colleagues will be supported to find alternative roles wherever possible, alongside the option of voluntary early exit." The company expects fewer than 300 individuals to leave as a result of these plans.
JLR, headquartered globally in Coventry with manufacturing facilities in Solihull, Wolverhampton, and Halewood on Merseyside, employs approximately 30,000 people in its UK operations and an additional 10,000 at overseas plants.
The cyberattack in September 2025 led to a 27% decrease in the company's overall production and an estimated £1.9 billion in costs due to the manufacturing halt. This incident also coincided with JLR's decision to pause production of its Jaguar cars ahead of a planned relaunch featuring all-electric saloons. While JLR continued to build Land Rover and Range Rover brands, the cyberattack impacted those production lines as well.
The job cuts are understood to primarily affect salaried and management positions, rather than production line staff.
In a statement provided to the BBC, JLR explained: "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."