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JAGUAR LAND ROVER INSPIRING TOMORROW’S SKILLS TODAY
Jaguar Land Rover is the UK’s leading investor in automotive research and development. Relocate finds out how it is furthering its ambitious plans for global growth and securing a sustainable future by investing in the next generation of engineers and cutting-edge technologies.
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hese are exciting times for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the UK’s largest automotive manufacturing
business, which, since 2008, has been owned by Indian automobile manufacturer Tata Motors. With sales and profits on the rise, the
company is expanding its global presence by manufacturing its vehicles internationally, with the goal of reaching markets and customers and creating a stronger, more sustainable and increasingly agile business. JLR’s success is built on two iconic brands,
the Land Rover range of all-wheel-drive vehicles and Jaguar, one of the world’s leading luxury sports car marques. The company achieved its best-ever full-
year global sales performance in 2015, up 5 per cent on the previous year. This is the sixth successive year of growth, with sales
in 2015 more than double the 2009 figure. The UK, North America and Europe all saw record retail sales in 2015. Europe, where sales were up by 28 per cent year on year, was the largest region. North American sales were 25 per cent up on the previous year. A number of individual markets, including Australia, France, Germany, Korea, the UK and the USA, had record sales figures.
A multinational business The UK is the cornerstone of JLR’s business and remains at the centre of its design, engineering and manufacturing capabilities. Over the past five years, the company has employed more than 20,000 people, taking its workforce to almost 40,000, and invested more than £12 billion in capital expenditure and developing new products.
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