Who owns Jaguar Land Rover and how many jobs losses in the UK could there be?
JAGUAR Land Rover is considering making redundancies at its plants in Merseyside and the Midlands.
It comes amid falling demand in China because of its slowing economy and a slump in sales for diesel cars in Europe.
How many jobs losses in the UK could there be?
Some 5,000 jobs will be cut, mainly in management, marketing and administrative roles, the BBC reported.
There were reports last year that thousands of jobs could be axed as part of a £2.5 billion savings plan.
The cuts are to mitigate falling sales in China, where the firm has a factory, and a drop in demand for diesel cars.
The luxury carmaker employs 44,000 workers in the UK at sites in Halewood on Merseyside and Solihull, Castle Bromwich and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.
Production-line staff will not be affected "at this stage".
Who owns Jaguar Land Rover?
The company is owned by Tata which is an Indian based industrial group which bought the Jaguar Land Rover from Ford in 2008.
It is listed on the (BSE) Bombay and also the New York Stock Exchange.
The company is ranked 226th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations since 2016.
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How does the firm compare to other British car makers?
The company builds a higher proportion of its cars in Britain than any other major or medium-sized carmaker.
It and has spent millions of pounds preparing for Brexit, in case there are tariffs or customs checks.
Investment plans are expected to be announced alongside the job cuts.
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