New car sales are at an all-time high, which according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is helped by a sales boost in the luxury car market. For one luxury car maker, Jaguar Land Rover, sales rose by a fifth!
Jaguar Land Rover has secured a deal to make cars outside of the UK for the very first time in a £1billion deal. The Coventry-based car maker will be making cars at a new plant in China after celebrating an 80% rise in sales this year.
A Jaguar Land Rover plant in Halewood, Merseyside, have moved to 24 hour production with extra shifts being introduced. This has now created 1,000 more jobs and increased the employee total to 4,500.