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Jaguar Land Rover is set to create 1,000 new jobs at its Solihull plant. The boost will increase the plant's workforce by 25 per cent, the company revealed this morning. It comes just days after executive director Mike Wright told Insider the company would be "heavily investing" in the site.

All the jobs will be created at the Warwickshire-based company's Jaguar Land Rover plant in Solihull, it was announced.

The company said the jobs were being created in support of its ambition to supply 40 "significant product actions" over the next five years.

At Insider's Made in the Midlands Awards earlier this month, Wright announced that the company would be investing in the Solihull site, revealing: "I can announce tonight that JLR will soon be making a significant investment in recruitment at our Solihull plant. We have to invest in the skills base now; unless we act, we will be left behind by Germany, China and even India."

JLR said this morning it was looking to recruit production operators and skilled trade people.

Des Thurlby, human resources director at Jaguar Land Rover, said: "This is great news for Solihull. We shall be increasing the plant workforce by more than 25 per cent. We have a loyal and committed workforce at Solihull. These jobs are well paid with great benefits.

"We provide high-quality training and development for all our employees and we expect to receive many thousands of applications."