Jaguar Land Rover to resume some manufacturing after cyber-attack


Companies in JLR’s supply chain, which has been under huge financial pressure as a result of the stoppage, have welcomed the news.

Many smaller companies in particular were thought to be at risk of bankruptcy.

About 30,000 people are directly employed at the company’s UK plants in Solihull, Wolverhampton and Halewood, and about 100,000 work for firms in the supply chain.

Some of these firms supply parts exclusively to JLR, while others sell components to other carmakers as well.

One supplier told the BBC the news that the restart was welcome and would provide some relief for businesses that rely on orders from JLR, but insisted that the losses already caused meant that financial assistance was still badly needed.

The supplier warned that vulnerable firms could not afford to take on more debt.

Over the weekend the government announced it would provide loan guarantees worth £1.5bn for JLR, with the stipulation that the supply chain would be supported.

Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the loan would “provide certainty” and “support for the jobs in its business and its supply chain”.

Sources within JLR itself have pointed out that the funding will be used to support suppliers with which it has a direct relationship, to ease cashflow and help pay for parts orders. It will be up to those businesses to pay their own suppliers.


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