Latest Jaguar Land Rover news from the Liverpool Daily Post's Motor Industry Campaign

Jaguar Land Rover loan talks with Government 'close to collapse' May 06 2009

CRISIS talks between car giant Jaguar Land Rover and the Government are tonight reported to be close to collapse.Read

Future of controversial West Kirby hotel project in doubt Apr 30 2009

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new hotel and sailing school at a popular west Wirral seaside resort are expected to be put on hold this week.Read

Merseyside MP warns Peter Mandelson time is running out for car components industry Apr 16 2009

MERSEYSIDE MPs last night gave Lord Mandelson a stark warning that time was running out to rescue the car component industry.Read

Jaguar's £340m loan approved by European Investment Bank Apr 07 2009

A £340M loan for Jaguar Land Rover’s emissions reduction project has been approved this afternoon by the European Investment Bank (EIB).Read

Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata says company ‘needs guarantees not bailout’ Mar 26 2009

THE owner of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has hit out at claims the company needs a bail-out.Read

Lord Mandelson - Government has dragged its heels over help for car industry Mar 13 2009

LORD MANDELSON confirmed the accusations of car makers yesterday (Thursday, March 12), when he admitted the government has dragged its heels on help for the recession-hit industry.Read

Jaguar Land Rover offer its staff six months off Feb 07 2009

JAGUAR Land Rover is considering offering its 2,000-strong Halewood workforce sabbaticals of up to six months.Read

£2.3bn car aid welcome but not enough Jan 28 2009

JAGUAR Land Rover last night said it was “encouraged” by a £2.3bn government package designed to rescue the battered UK car industry and help safeguard thousands of Merseyside jobs.Read

Government unveils car industry support Jan 27 2009

THE Government today unveiled a long awaited package of support for the car industry worth £2 billion amid warnings of a "catastrophe" for the sector with the loss of tens of thousands of jobs.Read

New ambassador role at JLR Jan 26 2009

FORMER Government minister Digby Jones has agreed to take on the role of “corporate ambassador” for car maker Jaguar Land Rover.Read

Union leader warns car industry faces a ‘countdown to carnage’ - without Government backing Jan 21 2009

THE Merseyside-born joint leader of Britain’s largest trade union has warned that the car industry could be on a "countdown to carnage" without Government backing.Read

Jaguar Land Rover will get vital credit from bail out fund Jan 20 2009

CRISIS-HIT car giants – including Jaguar Land Rover – will borrow money directly from the Government, under a radical £50bn fund created as part of yesterday’s second bank bail-out.Read

Unions meet PM over car industry Jan 19 2009

UNION chiefs are meeting with the Prime Minister today to discuss saving the British car industry.Read

Church adds voice to Jaguar Land Rover campaign Jan 16 2009

ANGLICAN Archdeacon of Liverpool, the Venerable Ricky Panter, has said “we all have a moral duty to act” in saving the jobs of Jaguar Land Rover workers and their suppliers.Read

No help yet as 450 Jaguar Land Rover jobs go Jan 15 2009

BELEAGUERED Jaguar Land Rover was showered with warm words by Lord Mandelson yesterday – but there was no sign of hard cash on the way as the company announced 450 job cuts.Read

Support Jaguar Land Rover: Liverpool’s political leaders unite behind campaign Jan 14 2009

THE IMPACT of the credit crunch could be “devastating” on Liverpool, the city’s two main political leaders have warned while urging action to support Jaguar Land Rover.Read

Halewood's loyal workers still committed to a bright future as celebrities back our campaign to save JLR Jan 13 2009

THE upheavals and changes that beset Halewood a generation ago have not stopped the same workers, many of whom have never worked anywhere else, from turning the plant into a beacon of quality and efficiency.Read

SUPPORT JLR: Jaguar employee ‘man and boy’ Jan 13 2009

KEITH SULLIVAN, 42, lives near the plant in Halewood, where he has worked as “man and boy” since 1988.Read

SUPPORT JLR: Team ethic, quality commitment Jan 13 2009

VEHICLE scheduling analyst Chris Melling, 28 and from Aigburth, is a relative newcomer, having only joined the company in 1999 as an apprentice.Read

SUPPORT JLR: Quality at plant is the highest ever Jan 13 2009

FATHER and son Jimmy and Jason Wilding have given the plant 55 years’ service between them. Jimmy, 61, is responsible for ensuring the quality of cars leaving the plant.Read