To clarify, when you say you've already reported on the production cutbacks at Land Rover, you refer to the cutting of production on Friday only, which was announced some weeks ago. I am referring to the much larger cutback of the whole night shift, going from two shifts to just one at Solihull, Land Rover's main plant. As I say this has now been covered by an enthusiasts magazine, LRO, and first hinted at end of last week and I believe reported, on-line at least, by the local paper, the Birmingham Post&Mail. Outside of that there are no reports.
However, it looks like Automotive News have just picked it up as a search shows a story of 'Land Rover further cuts' published just minutes ago:
http://www.automotiveworld.com/WVMA/content.asp?contentid=71264
"Jaguar Land Rover is reportedly preparing to scale back production at its UK plants once again, according to Automotive News. The OEM, recently acquired by Indian manufacturer Tata, cut two shifts at the Land Rover plant Solihull in August."
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I believe, as JLR no longer needs to report as much information since it left Ford, a publicly quoted company, the flow of information, especially as the news is poor and the outlook getting blacker by the week, the JLR management are able to keep a lid on reporting of these substantive cutbacks into full circulation, like the Ford Transit plant story.
