Overview

• Manufacturing restarts today at the Wolverhampton engine plant and the Battery Assembly Centre near Birmingham, with stamping resuming at Castle Bromwich, Halewood and Solihull, plus Solihull body, paint and logistics operations.
• JLR says Nitra, Slovakia, will follow later this week along with the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport lines in Solihull, with an update on Halewood vehicle production to come.
• Initial output is limited under a controlled, phased plan focused on validating rebuilt IT systems before scaling up.
• A new financing scheme offers qualifying suppliers cash up front and accelerated payments—up to 120 days earlier—with JLR reimbursing financing costs during the restart phase.
• Quarterly volumes declined during the outage (wholesales down 24.2% to 66,165; retail down 17.1%), as JLR operates with a £1.5bn UK loan guarantee and continues forensic work with the NCSC and law enforcement.