Skills and careers

Jaguar Land Rover has accorded a prestigious 2014 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade, for its outstanding overseas sales growth over the last three years.

Today, Bentley has announced that its Crewe headquarters will become a centre of excellence for all VW Group W12 engines. This move will see the UK manufacturer produce up to 9,000 W12 engines per year, exporting units for the first time in its history.

A number of leading automotive manufacturers are joining forces with SMMT and Semta to showcase their pioneering apprenticeship initiatives as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2014.

National Apprenticeship Week launches next Monday (3 March), a focal point in the year for businesses, colleges and young people to come together to raise the profile, and understand the benefits, of apprenticeships. Throughout National Apprenticeship Week, Vauxhall’s Luton Plant will…

From 3 March SMMT will be supporting its members’ nationwide activities around national apprenticeship week. This annual focus on ways business of all sorts develop the next generation of workers offers automotive businesses the opportunity to put a spotlight on…

Jaguar Land Rover has begun recruiting for 1,700 new jobs at its Solihull plant, as a result of its recent manufacturing investment of £1.5 billion for the new Jaguar mid-sized saloon. The first phase will recruit more than 500 semi-skilled…

BMW Group UK will recruit 13 new graduates into its MINI and BMW engine manufacturing plants as part of its latest scheme.

A new initiative aimed at bringing more supply chain manufacturing back to the UK has been launched by government.

Unipart Group has announced three major manufacturing developments in the Midlands including two new manufacturing facilities and a joint venture with Coventry University to create an engineering and manufacturing institute. A new facility at the Unipart Eberspächer site will manufacture…

Automotive Insulations, has invested in a new 65,000 sq. ft. premises to accommodate its expanding workforce, following a period of unprecedented growth in the UK and Europe.