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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
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