Jaguar Land Rover has begun a phased restart of its UK factories more than a month after a crippling cyber-attack.
Production resumes this week in Wolverhampton, Solihull, Halewood, and Hams Hall, with Slovakia’s Nitra plant restarting soon after.
The company introduced a new financing scheme to pay suppliers faster and support their cashflow during recovery.
JLR’s sales fell 17% year on year in the last quarter, with production halted since early September.
Retail sales dropped sharply across all markets — down 32% in the UK and 22.5% in China.
“This marks an important moment,” said CEO Adrian Mardell. “Our recovery is firmly under way.”
Business secretary Peter Kyle called the restart “very welcome news,” while urging continued support for smaller suppliers still under pressure.
