They will be recruiting up to 1,000 engineering jobs in the West Midlands in the next two years and also about 1,500 apprenticeships in Halewood. As well as these, Nicola Rzeznik, a spokeswoman for the firm also said they would be hiring a ‘significant number’ of other people in other departments which include finance and purchasing.
Jaguar Land Rover will aim to recruit for the new roles in sites already situated in the West Midlands after the Unite union has stated that it managed to negotiate with the company about the investment in more jobs there.
Des Quinn, regional industrial organiser for Unite said: "We weren't allowing them to take jobs out of the West Midlands so we're glad they've come round to our way of thinking."
Global brand director John Edwards said that the latest sales results show the growing confidence in the market place and the ‘positive response to the latest product offerings’. He also comments that, "Nowhere is this more evident than in the UK where we have once again broken an incredible sales record."
Source: Pareto.co.uk, Saturday 16th April 2011
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