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Jaguar Land Rover to recruit 133 new apprentices | Jaguar Land Rover to recruit 133 new apprentices |
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Car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says it is launching its largest recruitment of apprentices. | |
The company said it was looking for 133 apprentices to join the business in 2012, compared with 114 last year. | The company said it was looking for 133 apprentices to join the business in 2012, compared with 114 last year. |
The apprentices would be based in the West Midlands - in Solihull, Castle Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Gaydon and Coventry - and Halewood, Merseyside. | |
Des Thurlby, from JLR, said: "Our apprentice intake has more than doubled in the last four years." | Des Thurlby, from JLR, said: "Our apprentice intake has more than doubled in the last four years." |
He described it as great news for the West Midlands and for JLR. | |
"JLR is committed to providing the highest quality practical and academic training to develop the future generation of engineering talent needed to drive our business forward," Mr Thurlby added. | |
The company said some of the apprentices would be based at the new engine plant it was developing on the Staffordshire-Wolverhampton border. | |
The group, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire, produces Land Rovers in Solihull and Halewood while Jaguars are produced at the Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham. | The group, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire, produces Land Rovers in Solihull and Halewood while Jaguars are produced at the Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham. |
JLR said it would be accepting applications from 6 February. | JLR said it would be accepting applications from 6 February. |
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