º£½ÇÊÓƵ car manufacturer JLR will restart its production operations tomorrow following the recent cyber attack.
The company also says it is introducing a new finance scheme to support its suppliers which have been left out of pocket after it was forced to close factory lines.
JLR, which is headquartered in Coventry, was forced to pause production at its º£½ÇÊÓƵ plants across the West Midlands and on Merseyside and in Slovakia, Brazil, India and China following the cyber attack which shut down its systems on August 31.
The company, which makes the Jaguar, Range Rover and Land Rover brands, employs around 30,000 people and supports ten of thousands of other jobs in the supply chain, producing around 1,000 cars a day globally.
In a statement issued today, JLR said the phased restart of manufacturing operations would begin tomorrow at several sites.
These include the Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton, where its engines are built, and its Battery Assembly Centre at Hams Hall in Coleshill.
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Staff will also return to the company's stamping operations in Castle Bromwich in Birmingham, Solihull and Halewood in Merseyside.
Other elements of its operations in Solihull, such as its body shop, paint shop and its Logistics Operations Centre, which feeds parts to JLR's global manufacturing sites, will also recommence tomorrow.
This activity will be followed by vehicle manufacturing in Slovakia and restart of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport production lines in Solihull later this week.
JLR said it would make further updates on the next steps of the phased restart in due course.
In a separate announcement, the manufacturer is now fast-tracking a new financing scheme which it says will provide qualifying suppliers with cash during the restart of production.
Since the cyber incident, JLR said it had introduced ways to support suppliers including a dedicated help desk and a manual payment system to settle outstanding invoices.
It has now re-established an automated payment system.
Under the new scheme, qualifying suppliers will be paid more quickly than under their standard payment terms which is aiming to improve their cashflow in the immediate term.
Following an initial phase focused on those suppliers critical to the restart of production, the scheme will be expanded to include some non‑production suppliers.
JLR said the short‑term financing scheme meant they would receive a majority prepayment shortly after the point of order and a final payment on receipt of invoice which could accelerate payments by as much as 120 days.
JLR will reimburse the financing costs for those suppliers who use the scheme during the restart phase.
Chief executive Adrian Mardell said: "This week marks an important moment for JLR and all our stakeholders as we now restart our manufacturing operations following the cyber incident.
"From tomorrow, we will welcome back our colleagues at our engine production plant in Wolverhampton, shortly followed by our colleagues making our world‑class cars at Nitra and Solihull.
"Our suppliers are central to our success and today we are launching a new financing arrangement that will enable us to pay our suppliers early, using the strength of our balance sheet to support their cashflows.
"I would like to thank everyone connected to JLR for their commitment, hard work and endeavour in recent weeks to bring us to this moment. We know there is much more to do but our recovery is firmly under way."
Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle said: "This is very welcome news for workers and suppliers, but I know many are still under pressure, particularly further down the supply chain.
"My focus will remain on helping JLR resolve this cyber incident, making further progress towards restarting production, and supporting the long-term health of our automotive supply chain."
