Jaguar – 1,000 new jobs with 24-hour production

• Soaring foreign demand for Range Rover Evoque and Freelander 2 models
• 30,000 people are believed to have applied for the new posts
• Bosses are hoping to achieve record profits of about £1.5bn this year
• Firm was bought by Indian manufacturing giant Tata from Ford in 2008

Jaguar Land Rover has created 1,000 new jobs by shifting its Merseyside factory to 24 hour production to meet soaring foreign demand for its vehicles.

The Indian-owned firm will introduce a night shift at the Halewood plant beginning Monday bringing its total number of workers to 4,500 –  three times the number employed there just three years ago.

More than 30,000 people are understood to have applied for the new posts with trial night shifts already underway…

via Jaguar creates 1,000 new jobs as factory moves to 24-hour production to meet demand | Mail Online.