Land Rover creates 1,000 jobs in the West Midlands

There was good news for British manufacturing when Jaguar Land Rover unveiled plans with the creation of 1,000 jobs in the West Midlands and coincided with the announcement of record sales in the UK, India and China.

In the UK, sales of the Range Rover 2011 model increased by an incredible 30% in March - the highest monthly figure in the company's 63 year history. There were also record March figures recorded in India where Jaguar sales rose from a handful in March 2010 to 100 cars in March 2011 - an increase of 3,500 per cent.

1,000 new engineering jobs will be created at the Solihull plant in addition to 1,500 apprenticeship jobs at Halewood, Merseyside.

The group's headquarters is based in Warwickshire, with Land Rover vehicles produced in Solihull, and at Halewood, Merseyside. The Jaguar cars are produced at Castle Bromwich, near Birmingham. The Jaguar Land Rover group is now owned by Indian car manufacturer Tata.