Overview
- Range Rover lines are running again in Solihull, with 6,500 staff back on site and remaining Solihull lines plus Halewood vehicle production scheduled to restart on Monday.
- Overseas plants in Pune, India, and Brazil are slated to resume later next week following the restart in Nitra, Slovakia.
- The restart sequence began with the engine plant in Wolverhampton and the Battery Assembly Centre, alongside stamping operations in Castle Bromwich, Halewood, and Solihull and key body, paint and logistics functions.
- JLR has launched a short‑term supplier payment program that provides majority prepayment upon order, a true‑up at invoicing, and reimbursement of financing costs, initially for critical suppliers.
- The government has confirmed a £1.5 billion loan guarantee for JLR, and reporting says banks including HSBC, MUFG and NatWest have provided a related credit facility of about £500 million, as the company also disclosed Q2 wholesales fell 24.2% and retail sales dropped 17.1%.