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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Carmaker jlr reducing its production at uk factories until spring | History Defined

The Land Rover Defender model, built in Slovakia
The Land Rover Defender model, built in Slovakia. Photograph: Nick Dimbleby/AP

Jaguar Land Rover is cutting production at its UK factories until the spring in a sign of its continued struggle to source semiconductors amid the global shortage.

The carmaker, whose chief executive, Thierry Bolloré, last week announced his resignation, has decided to cut production at factories in Solihull and Halewood between January and the end of March as it tries to prioritise its most profitable models, said industry sources.

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