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Land Rover Land Rover is to shed up to 100 temporary jobs at its Solihull factory in January 2007, due to engine delivery delays from the Ford factory in Dagenham. 27-Nov-2006 Land Rover has confirmed plans to shed 1,300 of the 8,000 jobs at its car factory in Solihull, as part of a previously-announced proposal to transfer production of the Freelander to Halewood. 08-Feb-2006 Land Rover is to shed 550 temporary jobs at its car factory in Solihull, having established optimum production levels. 29-Nov-2005 Land Rover has secured the future of 8,000 staff at its Solihull plant, following a productivity agreement between management and unions. 09-Sep-2004 Land Rover has announced plans to transfer some vehicle production and about 1,000 jobs from Solihull to the Jaguar factory on Merseyside. 21-Jul-2003 Land Rover is said to be considering plans to shed up to 1,000 jobs at its Solihull car plant next year. 12-Dec-2002 Land Rover is seeking government permission to build a 2.5 mile rail link between its Solihull factory and the West Coast Main Line. 14-Nov-2002 Land Rover has announced a £64m deal for the assembly of vehicles in the kingdom of Jordan. 07-Nov-2002 Ford's Land Rover division is planning to set up a £0.5m off-road demonstration centre next to the Bluewater shopping centre in Dartford, the first of a network of sites around the country. 13-Jul-2001 Ford is planning to invest £130m at its Land Rover factory in Solihull over the next year, in order to boost sales and productivity. 20-Sep-2000 Ford has completed the £1.85bn acquisition of Land Rover from BMW, and is expected to invest heavily in the assembly facilities and dealer network. 25-May-2000 BMW is recruiting an additional 100 contract workers for its Land Rover plant in Solihull, due to rising demand. 18-Sep-1999 BMW has announced plans to set up a £40m rail link between its Land Rover plant in Solihull and the main rail network, in order to export 100,000 vehicles a year via the Channel Tunnel and Southampton docks. 20-Apr-1999 Rover is to suspend production of two Land Rover models due to a fall in demand, but expects to make up for this in the second half of the year. 27-Jan-1999 Land Rover is recalling over 14,000 Range Rovers due to possible problems with the cooling system hose. 15-Aug-1998 Land Rover is to support a £122m investment programme to expand its dealer network, which will include new showrooms, workshops, off-road courses, and the creation of 1,200 jobs. 03-Feb-1998 Land Rover is adding a further 400 jobs at its Solihull plant to cope with strong demand for the new Freelander vehicle, and the company is expecting production to reach 80,000 units a year. 27-Jan-1998 Land Rover is planning a $150m project to assemble its Defender vehicle in Brazil, with an initial output of 2,000 units a year from late 1998. 11-Dec-1997 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007