Jaguar Land Rover suppliers asked to put up homes as loan security after hack

Lobby group says urgent government intervention required as small suppliers on brink of collapse during shutdown

Small suppliers to Jaguar Land Rover have been asked to put up their family homes as personal guarantees in order to access emergency loans, with no direct UK government support on offer for parts makers a month after the carmaker was hit by a crippling cyber-attack.

JLR, Britain’s biggest automotive employer, is considering making advance payments to top-tier suppliers as it tries to restart production after the hack, but smaller parts makers warn they are on the brink of collapse without urgent cash injections.

JLR, which makes the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, has not produced a single car since the last day of August. This week it said it would restart limited manufacturing “in the coming days”.

The production freeze has left many parts makers in a desperate position, without income for more than month.