There are fears that hundreds of thousands of jobs – including many in Merseyside – will soon cease to exist as the crisis at Jaguar Land Rover continues. The car manufacturing giant was hit by a major cyber attack at the start of this month, with production shut down across all its sites since then.
JLR, which has a major plant in Merseyside, told its staff this week that they will be away from work until at least next Wednesday, but there are growing fears that the problems could persist for a prolonged period.
The company, which is owned by India's Tata Motors, has car plants in Halewood and Solihull, as well as an engine facility in Wolverhampton. Reports suggest the firm could be losing as much as £50m per week during the shut down.
While JLR employees are being told to bank their hours while they are not at work, there are growing fears that hundreds of thousands of jobs in the company's extensive supply chain could be lost before the crisis is solved.
Now more than 30 Members of Parliament from Merseyside and the West Midlands – where JLR's UK operations are based – have written to Business Secretary Peter Kyle to warn of the precarious position of many contractors and to urge the government to consider a…
Published: September 17, 2025 3:47 pm
Source: Liverpool Echo — Read original