Land Rover is seeking a staggering £780 million in loans from the UK government in order to safeguard the company’s future, The Telegraph reports.
Tata, the Indian owners of Jaguar Land Rover are seeking further financial assistance following from a £27 million grant from the government to develop green cars amd £281 million in loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The company insists that such loans would be repaid but needs the money in order to reform the business.
Jaguar Land Rover which has operations in Halewood, Solihull and Castle Bromwich has cut 2,000 jobs since October with further redundancies expected.
Jaguar Land Rover is one of a number of motor industry companies looking to access a share of the £2.3 billion aid package promised by Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary earlier this year.
Jaguar Land Rover claim that they were a profitable company until car sales began to slump in 2008. The loans could help to safeguard jobs until such time as the economy shows signs of recovery.
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