JLR has announced it will cut up to 500 jobs in the UK as it grapples with declining sales following the imposition of new vehicle import tariffs in the US.
The company said it will offer roughly 1.5% of its workforce a voluntary redundancy package and it does not expect more than 500 workers to leave the business.
The impacted roles are managerial positions, but JLR has not said which specific departments will be affected, nor which of its UK facilities. The company's main UK sites include its car factories in Solihull and Halewood, the engine production facility in Wolverhampton, its headquarters in Gaydon, the Whitley engineering centre and its panel pressing facility at the ex-Jaguar factory in Castle Bromwich.
