A technician works on the production line at Jaguar Land Rovers factory in Solihull. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

As many as 4,000 positions could go over two years after cyber-attack and US tariffs take toll

Thousands of workers at Jaguar Land Rover ( JLR ) will be offered redundancies after Britains largest car manufacturer had its revenues slashed by falling sales, a cyber-attack and Donald Trumps tariffs.

JLR informed workers and their union on Saturday that the company would be opening a voluntary redundancy programme for salaried and management team members, the BBC and Sunday Times reported.

As many as 4,000 jobs would be cut over two years, the Times reported. JLR told the BBC it was yet to confirm the number but the company, which is owned by the Indian conglomerate Tata Motors, needed to save about 051.7bn over the next two years.

Unites general secretary, Sharon Graham, told the BBC she and the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, would meet JLRs chief executive, PB Balaji, next week, after a weekend of intensive talks to mitigate job losses.

About 30,000 of the companys 44,000 employees are based in the UK. Most of them work at 14 plants across the West Midlands, where the company is one of the regions largest employers.

The job cuts will be unwelcome news for the prime minister, Andy Burnham, who has pledged to safeguard sovereign manufacturing and reindustrialise Britain .

Under his predecessor, Keir Starmer, Labour said it would underwrite a 051.5bn loan guarantee to JLR after it halted production for several weeks last year in response to a cyber-attack.

The attack led to a 27% drop in overall production and cost the company about 05200m. It was one of several factors contributing to JLR posting a profit before tax of just 0514m C down from 052.5bn the year before.

Tariffs on vehicles imported into the US C which Trump raised to 25% before agreeing a deal for 10% for the UK C also caused turmoil for the carmaker, which is attempting to push more luxury cars to the US market. This contributed to the companys retail and wholesale volumes C sales via dealerships C falling by about 70,000 and 90,000 respectively.

These challenges arrived with the global automotive industry already under continued pressure from cost inflation, slower-than-expected uptake of electric vehicles, and the deterioration of market conditions in China, Balaji said in the companys annual report published in May.

The carmaker this week launched its first electric Range Rover in an effort to appeal to climate-conscious fans of the luxury SUV C at a starting price of 05154,070.

受网络攻击和美国关税影响，未来两年或将有多达 4000 个岗位消失

由于销量下滑、网络攻击以及唐纳德 · 特朗普征收关税导致收入锐减，英国最大汽车制造商捷豹路虎（JLR）将向数千名员工提供自愿离职计划。

据英国广播公司（BBC）和《星期日泰晤士报》报道，捷豹路虎（JLR）于周六告知员工及其工会，公司将针对受薪员工和管理团队成员启动自愿离职计划。

据《泰晤士报》报道，捷豹路虎（JLR）将在两年内裁员多达 4000 人。该公司向英国广播公司（BBC）表示具体数字尚未最终确认，但其母公司印度塔塔汽车集团需在未来两年内节省约 17 亿英镑开支。

英国联合工会秘书长莎伦 · 格雷厄姆向 BBC 表示，她将与商业大臣乔纳森 · 雷诺兹于下周会见捷豹路虎首席执行官 PB · 巴拉吉。此前双方已通过周末密集会谈以缓解裁员问题。

该公司 4.4 万名员工中约有 3 万人常驻英国，其中大部分在西米德兰兹郡的 14 家工厂工作。作为该地区规模最大的雇主之一，企业在此拥有重要影响力。

裁员消息对首相安迪 · 伯纳姆而言绝非佳音，他曾承诺要‘捍卫主权制造业’并推动英国再工业化。

在基尔 · 斯塔默（Keir Starmer）担任工党领袖期间，该党曾表示将为捷豹路虎（JLR）提供 15 亿英镑的贷款担保。此前由于遭遇网络攻击，捷豹路虎去年曾停产数周。

此次袭击导致整体产量下降 27%，公司损失约 2 亿英镑。这是导致捷豹路虎（JLR）税前利润仅为 1400 万英镑（较上年的 25 亿英镑大幅下滑）的诸多因素之一。

美国对进口车辆征收的关税——特朗普政府曾将税率上调至 25%，后与英国达成协议降至 10% ——给这家试图向美国市场推广更多豪华车型的汽车制造商带来了动荡。这导致该公司的零售销量（通过经销商销售）和批发销量分别下降了约 7 万辆和 9 万辆。

巴拉吉在 5 月发布的公司年报中表示，全球汽车行业本就持续面临成本上涨、电动汽车普及速度不及预期以及中国市场环境恶化等压力，这些挑战的到来更是雪上加霜。

这家汽车制造商本周推出了首款电动揽胜车型，旨在吸引具有环保意识的豪华 SUV 爱好者，起售价为 154,070 英镑。