Jaguar to Shut Midlands Plant

As the ripples of the credit crunch continue to be felt across the automotive pond, Jaguar Land Rover has said it will close one of its West Midlands plants by the middle of the next decade.  It hasn’t been confirmed yet but the closure will either affect the Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham or the factory in Solihull.  The company which is owned by the Indian monster Tata says that there will be no net job losses as approximately 800 new jobs will be created at the company’s Halewood plant on Merseyside, which will start building a new Range Rover.  However, the GMB union has confirmed it will be opposing the move.