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Jaguar Land Rover owner confirms new battery factory in Somerset at cost of £4 billion

Published 19 July 2023
By James Fossdyke
Tata has confirmed a £4 billion factory will be built near Bridgewater, creating 4,000 direct new jobs.
Ford to invest £230m in Halewood plant

Ford to axe 1,300 jobs in UK

Ford has announced that it is to axe some 1,300 jobs in the UK — one fifth of its British workforce — over the next two years.
Published 14 February 2023
DVLA encourages road users to regularly take the number plate eyesight test

Take number plate eyesight test, urges DVLA

The DVLA is encouraging more road users to regularly have their eyesight tested, as part of a new safety awareness campaign.
Published 16 November 2021
Land Rover Outspiration digital treasure hunt UK

Land Rover UK launches digital treasure hunt

Land Rover is encouraging people to head outdoors on a digital treasure hunt in an effort to reconnect us with nature.
Published 29 May 2021

Revealed: the UK's most heavily congested cities

New traffic data analysis claims to have revealed most congested cities in the UK — and contrary to popular belief, London isn't top of the list.
Published 30 January 2020
UK car production plummets to near 10-year low

Car production in the UK plummets

The number of cars rolling off production lines in the UK has continued to decline; falling to its lowest level for almost a decade.
Published 30 January 2020

UK car makers: we need a world beating Brexit deal

UK car makers have issued their starkest warning yet over the dangers they face if the UK leave the European Union without a deal.
Published 27 November 2019
London city night scene, Blackwall tunnel

MPs: drivers must give up cars to hit CO2 targets

UK motorists may be encouraged to stop using their cars so the UK can meet its emissions targets, cross-party MPs have suggested.
Published 26 August 2019

SMMT: Brexit is pushing investment away from UK

Britain's car industry body has issued another warning over ongoing Brexit uncertainty, claiming inward investment has "effectively stopped".
Published 01 August 2019
Land Rover Range Rover Sport Production Solihull

Government pledges £500m to Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover has earned the support of the UK Government, courtesy of a substantial investment into the firm's new electric car projects.
Published 16 July 2019

JLR will build its electric cars in the UK

Despite the ongoing uncertainty over Brexit, Jaguar has pledged to build its future pure-electric cars at its factory near Coventry.
Published 05 July 2019
More than four-fifths of drivers can't stick to a 20mph speed limit

Four-fifths of drivers can't stick to 20mph limit

An overwhelming majority of British drivers struggle to stick to 20mph speed limits, according to new speed compliance figures for 2018.
Published 28 June 2019

Decade-old tyres could be banned from next year

Road tyres that are 10 years or older could soon be outlawed from UK roads, if proposed legislation is given the green light.
Published 25 June 2019