JLR extends shutdown - again - as toll on workers laid bare

"We have made this decision to give clarity for the coming week as we build the timeline for the phased restart of our operations and continue our investigation. Our teams continue to work around the clock alongside cybersecurity specialists, the NCSC, and law enforcement to ensure we restart in a safe and secure manner. Our focus remains on supporting our customers, suppliers, colleagues, and our retailers, who remain open."

"We've seen it get through the global financial crisis, through Covid, through the semiconductor crisis, but we've not had anything like this before, where the company has not made any cars for a month. There's almost the assumption in much of the national media that we don't make anything anymore. We do, and workers on Merseyside and the West Midlands make fantastic cars which are sold all over the world."

Jaguar Land Rover has extended the shutdown of its production plants until at least October 1, leaving major sites at Solihull and Halewood idle for about a month. The company said teams are working with cybersecurity specialists, the NCSC and law enforcement to investigate and plan a phased, safe restart while retailers remain open. JLR emphasized support for customers, suppliers, colleagues and retailers during the disruption. University of Birmingham professor David Bailey estimated the interruption could cost roughly £2.2 billion in revenue and £150 million in profits and called it one of the company's worst crises, noting wider service-sector impacts tied to manufacturing.

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