We can only hope that the interest rate cut today may just kick start sales again, although it is not just cheaper finance we need its being able to get it at all.
Hope it works out for you and your colleagues.

LrM

I think in todays climate, if you have a job, keep it, unless the payout is worth your while to leave, taking into account the family and food they'll need etc (obviously you know whats what there )

You obviously have pride in your current job, and would like to see how things change at LR/Jag and see the LRX through to production.

Obviously if there is anything the forum can do i am sure we will

Hope it works out well for you  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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LrM

I think in todays climate, if you have a job, keep it, unless the payout is worth your while to leave, taking into account the family and food they'll need etc (obviously you know whats what there )

You obviously have pride in your current job, and would like to see how things change at LR/Jag and see the LRX through to production.

Obviously if there is anything the forum can do i am sure we will

Hope it works out well for you

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Have a look at this link to the SMMT, download the October figures and you will notice LR are down 60% on this month alone, Others are even worse, Audi and BMW down 12% when we will it ever stop!

http://www.smmt.co.uk/articles/article.cfm?articleid=18330

The problem is that when Tata bought LR and Jag they agreed a funding arrangement with Ford . that was before the financial meltdown started , now Ford is having trouble to secure their own funding and cash flows because no one is buying new cars so this puts huge pressure on Tata to be able to take over the business as was originally intended. My company has been supplying LR and Jag before and after Tata took over. All invoices still go to central accounts payable at Jaguar and are still subject to contracts agreed previosuly with Jaguar. Even stuff supplied to LR gets billed to Jaguar and until Tata is in a position to merge the businesses into their own systems they have to use Jag systems and Jag SAP accounting software and Ford money..... that was all part of the deal. Unfortunately the whole landscape has somewhat changed of late which makes it anyone's guess how this will unfold.

its carnage out there. I've worked 1 week since the end of august and count myself very lucky to have just managed to get a new contract, albeit on 20% less than the last one. Even then, I normally start with 3-6 months and this one wouldn't commit to more than 6 weeks initially. Then again, I wouldn't swap with an estate agent!
It's a damn mess and all we can hope for is to simply survive. Nobody -aside from that criminally incompetent idiot brown, will get out unscathed.

Looking at the figures, yes its nasty for LR, but it looks worse than it is. Small drops in small volumes equal high percentages. The LR brand is one of the best, the product range still a world beater - if anything is selling, which it isn't. Remember that LRs are primarily private and small business sales which will slow more agressively than fleet sales, plus the construction industry and well all know what they're doing at the moment.. 07 Freelander 2 TD4SE Tambora Flame, side steps, privacy glass, mud flaps, boot liner and a tow bar. Ok it's the Wifes but she lets me drive it occasionally - if I've been good!

jules1967 wrote - I've worked 1 week since the end of august and count myself very lucky to have just managed to get a new contract....and....It's a damn mess and all we can hope for is to simply survive. Nobody -aside from that criminally incompetent idiot brown, will get out unscathed.

Sorry to hear about your employment problems and worse still that the current economic situation may inflict lasting damages on Land Rover
Although it is pretty hopeless and unnecessary to discuss politics on this forum, I may just ask however, who it was that voted in the current PM  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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Id make a great PM. 'vote CG' I promise I wont 'ban the van' in my first month of office At work
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Perhaps Brown had some small print we didn't read! You could be onto something there.

Come to think of it a vote for me wouldn't be much worse for vaners than a vote for G.Brown, What with the current price of fuel and the hatred of any cars large enough to safely tow a van. Are you all going to have to trade your vans in for trailer tents? similarly are horse owners going to have to have shetland ponies instead? At work
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It is not just Landrover that is hit.

This credit crunch has affected my business quite badly. I have had to halve my staff and relocate my office. i.e. I had to pay off my assistant and move my office back home.
But iot is a struggle I just hope that the government can sort out the mess made by the banks.

Sorry to hear the news now official LR2Maker

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7752430.stm

Hope you are not affected too badly and get something soon. 07 RRS Java Black

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Steuart64 wrote:

Sorry to hear the news now official LR2Maker

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7752430.stm

Hope you are not affected too badly and get something soon.

It says: About 850 agency workers are to lose their jobs at Jaguar Land Rover in the West Midlands and Warwickshire.

That is contracters - not permently employed personel, which is quite normal and to be expected when you work on a contract basis. It always happened like that in my contract working period in the UK as well, the best workers will find another job and the worst ones wont - thats life in the jungle and quite normal.
Good for LR to get their books in order  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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Contractor or staff - it doesnt matter, its still 850 families being affected.

Maybe you are now a cosseted staffy in a secure position AndyC?

I just hope not many more get the same announcement as the 850 but Gordon Brown's political plans, as opposed to an economic one, wont help!! 07 RRS Java Black

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Steuart64 wrote:

Contractor or staff - it doesnt matter, its still 850 families being affected.

Maybe you are now a cosseted staffy in a secure position AndyC?

I just hope not many more get the same announcement as the 850 but Gordon Brown's political plans, as opposed to an economic one, wont help!!

Not at all, and very few jobs are secure these days Of course I feel sorry for anybody that loses their job and I hope nobody else has to go - it happened to me a couple of years ago so I know how it feels BUT I am more concerned about Land Rover surviving this financial crisis than anything else cos that's where we have invested our hard earned cash

As for Gordon Brown, you cant blame him - its you guys in the UK that voted him inn  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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