Tata consolidates at Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has said it will close one of its plants in the West Midlands after 2014 in a cost-cutting move that follows deep financial losses that have hurt Tata Motors' bottom line.

UK: JLR to close a plant

24 September 2009

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has said it will close one of its plants in the West Midlands after 2014 in a cost-cutting move that follows deep financial losses that have hurt Tata Motors' bottom line.

I guess it's not that surprising to hear that JLR is taking a plant out. Some consolidation of operations has looked on the cards in the light of the division's losses, the severity of the recessio...

UK: Union claims JLR reneged on pension deal

24 September 2009

The key union representing Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) workers has accused the Tata Motors-owned automaker of not upholding an earlier agreement over the final salary pension scheme in its new business plan announced on Thursday and blamed management for the company's present financial state.

UK: Tata to raise cash for JLR unit

1 September 2009

Tata Motors plans to raise at least GBP100m (US$162m) for its UK car-makers Jaguar and Land Rover, according to the Financial Times, citing Tata vice-chairman Ravi Kant.

INDIA/UK: JLR sales slump drags Tata to loss

1 September 2009

Slumping sales of Jaguars and Land Rovers saw owner Tata Motors post a 3.3bn rupee (US$68.4m) consolidated loss for the June quarter against year-ago profits of 7.2bn rupees. Year-ago numbers don’t include JLR which Tata bought from Ford in June last year.