Sun, 28 Sep 2025

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 'Jaguar Land Rover supply chain workers are really struggling'

Rich Mulligan says the Coventry firm he works for has set up a foodbank for staff laid off by the JLR hack.

* Rich Mulligan, 63, a stock control worker at Leadec in Coventry, has not received wages for two weeks due to the factory's closure following a cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) on August 31.
* With no insight into when production will resume, Mulligan is dipping into his savings, which he had set aside for retirement.
* The factory "effectively closed down" three weeks ago, with around 200 full-time employees facing lay-offs, including agency workers who were released first.
* Since the manufacturer paused production at its UK plants, there have been fears that hundreds of supply chain workers could be laid off.
* Industry experts warn that some suppliers are on the "brink of collapse" due to the ongoing shutdown and lack of payment from JLR.
* The government has announced a £1.5m loan guarantee for JLR, with Business Secretary Peter Kyle stating an "explicit intention that that is to support the supply chain".
* However, production is not expected to resume until at least October 1, leaving suppliers with limited cash reserves and putting workers at risk of redundancy.
* Mulligan estimates that around 100,000 people work for supply chain firms in the UK, including agency staff, permanent employees, and contractors.
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