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Jaguar Land Rover to shed 300 jobs

By John Reed, Motor Industry Correspondent

Published: July 15 2009 13:26 | Last updated: July 15 2009 13:26

Jaguar and Land Rover are to cut 300 jobs at their plant in Halewood, Merseyside, in connection with plans to cease production of Jaguar’s X-Type model by the end of the year.

The carmakers, owned by Indian group Tata Motors, also announced on Wednesday a further three-week shutdown starting in September due to “on-going weakness in the market.”

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