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| Jaguar Land Rover to start Brexit shutdown | Jaguar Land Rover to start Brexit shutdown |
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| Jaguar Land Rover is to shut down production for a week because of uncertainties around Brexit. | Jaguar Land Rover is to shut down production for a week because of uncertainties around Brexit. |
| It will affect thousands of staff at Castle Bromwich, Solihull and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, and Halewood on Merseyside, from Monday. | It will affect thousands of staff at Castle Bromwich, Solihull and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, and Halewood on Merseyside, from Monday. |
| The shutdown is in addition to a scheduled closure the following week for Easter. | The shutdown is in addition to a scheduled closure the following week for Easter. |
| Unite the union said the move was agreed in January when the UK was due to leave the EU on 29 March. | Unite the union said the move was agreed in January when the UK was due to leave the EU on 29 March. |
| The company said it needed more certainty around Brexit, and warned that a "no-deal" Brexit would cost it more than £1.2bn in profit each year. | The company said it needed more certainty around Brexit, and warned that a "no-deal" Brexit would cost it more than £1.2bn in profit each year. |
| Mick Graham, Unite's convenor at Solihull, said: "We had to make some plans to protect the business as best we could and we started talking about this in January. | Mick Graham, Unite's convenor at Solihull, said: "We had to make some plans to protect the business as best we could and we started talking about this in January. |
| "We knew we had to take reactive action to mitigate the potential effect of a bad Brexit or no-deal Brexit. | |
| "Suppliers need notice to get their parts across to us... It was a prudent thing to do." | "Suppliers need notice to get their parts across to us... It was a prudent thing to do." |
| The car maker, which employs just under 39,000 workers, also announced in January it was cutting 4,500 jobs, with the majority coming from its UK workforce. | The car maker, which employs just under 39,000 workers, also announced in January it was cutting 4,500 jobs, with the majority coming from its UK workforce. |