Jaguar Land Rover will cut up to 300 roles as part of a 'redeployment and displacement' programme underway at the global car giant12:48, 30 Jul 2026Updated 12:48, 30 Jul 2026Jaguar Land Rover is to axe up to 300 roles as part of a "restructure" following the impact of tariffs and a crippling cyber attack.‌Salaried and managerial posts are affected by the programme of 'redeployment and displacement' under way at the global giant, which is based in the West Midlands.‌The company said it was part of its ongoing 'transformation' including a focus on next generation and electric vehicles.‌Unions have been informed. In a statement, a JLR spokesman said: “As we evolve our operating model to accelerate the growth of our House of Brands and deliver our next-generation vehicles, we are transforming our business to improve decision-making and performance.“As part of our ongoing transformation initiatives, we have launched a limited redeployment and displacement programme. Impacted colleagues will be supported to find alternative roles wherever possible, alongside the option of voluntary early exit.”The company expects in all 'less than 300' staff to leave as a result, all in salaried and management grades. Its hourly workforce on the production floors are not included in the programme.‌Affected staff will be offered the chance to make an 'early exit' on favourable redundancy terms or to 'explore redeployment opportunities', with redundancy an option if nothing suitable can be agreed.Jaguar Land Rover’s annual profits, announced in May, had slumped by more than 99 per cent year-on-year as it was hard hit by the cost of US tariffs and a crippling cyber attack last year that disrupted its factories for months.It reported only £14m in profit before tax and exceptional items in the year to March, down from £2.5bn the year before, according to its financial results.‌The manufacturer employs 33,000 people in the UK, including thousands in the West Midlands at plants in Solihull and Castle Bromwich.It was badly affected by Donald Trump’s automotive industry tariffs that caused turmoil in its important export market to the United States.The firm was also hit by a hugely damaging damaging cyber attack on the last day of August that forced the company to shut down most of its systems and factories for weeks, causing a dire knock on impact on its local supply chain, with disruption still ongoing.‌The 'redeployment and displacement' programme affects staff working in Solihull, Gaydon in Warwickshire, Wolverhampton and Coventry.At present JLR employs around 10,700 staff at its vehicle assembly plant in Solihull, and another 10,000 at its global headquarters, responsible for product engineering and design, in Gaydon.It also has a propulsion and battery manufacturing plant in Wolverhampton, employing up to 1,400 people, and an advanced engineering and commercial operations base in Coventry, employing 2,500 people.Article continues belowThe firm said those affected were based across its locations.Unite national officer Des Quinn said of the redundances: "Any of our members that need support will have the full support of Unite the union."