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'JLR job cuts a cause for uncertainty and worry'

Experts say they worry it could limit the company's ability to innovate in the future.

BBC Business

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News that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) was to cut 4,000 jobs was a cause for uncertainty and stress for company workers and those in the wider supply chain, experts have said.

Prof David Bailey from the Birmingham Business School said he worried it could limit the company's ability to innovate in the future while David Roberts, chairman of Coventry-based Evtec Group, said up to 200,000 jobs could be tied to JLR.

JLR has been dealing with falling sales, the consequences of a devastating cyber-attack that paralysed production last year, competition from China and rising energy prices.