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Call for driverless cars backing with Jaguar Land Rover 'years from production'
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A Commons inquiry said the vehicles had the potential to dramatically cut road deaths, or reduce them to nothing, while JLR said they could have the vehicles ready within 10 years
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Land Rover donates Defender to Troop Aid charity
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The Defender, which is now in its final year of production, will help transport equipment and basic necessities for soldiers arriving at Ƶ MOD hospital units, including the Queen Elizabeth in Birmingham
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Range Rover Evoque Convertible to go into production
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Land Rover first showed a convertible concept at the 2012 Geneva motor show and speculation has been mounting in recent months that it was set to go into production
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Record number of Midland manufacturers invest in technology
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Manufacturing Barometer unveils major investment spree plans for small and medium-sized firms in the region
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£2m Aston Martin Vulcan becomes brand's most expensive supercar
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The Gaydon-based luxury car-maker said the Aston Martin Vulcan – a track-only supercar – is its most intense and exhilarating creation to date
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Tata Technologies announces plans for £16m Warwick HQ
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Automotive and engineering giant plans to create new European head office which will create 200 design and programme management jobs
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Brose Ƶ creating 372 Midland jobs in giant expansion
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The Jaguar Land Rover supplier is planning to build a new 123,000 sq ft facility on brownfield land adjacent to its existing site in Coventry
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When British Leyland drove the car industry drove into Europe
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The sign which marked British Leyland's massive foothold on European soil should be preserved according to one enthusiast. Enda Mullen takes a look back at a foreign foray which once provided jobs for tens of thousands of our continental neighbours
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Pictures: Jaguars and Range Rovers driven off stricken Hoegh Osaka
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Cargo includes 1,200 Jaguars and Land Rovers, 65 Minis and 105 JCBs
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Rich List 2015: No.1 - Anthony Bamford & family
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Baron Bamford has spent more than 50 years at JCB, and 2015 marks his 40th year as chairman.
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Rich List 2015: No.2 - Lord Paul of Marylebone & family
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Lord Paul of Marylebone is a strict vegetarian who lives by simple Hindu principles and encourages his employees to show integrity and respect.
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Rich List 2015: No.3 - Jacques Gaston Murray & family
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When France surrendered to Germany, Jacques Gaston Murray made his way to England where he joined the RAF, flying 38 missions as a navigator.
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Rich List 2015: No.6 - John Bloor
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John Bloor has poured more than £80 million into rebuilding the 100-year-old brand of Triumph motorcycles.
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Rich List 2015: No.41 - Andrew Thorpe
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A new entry onto the 2015 Rich List but a familiar face to the pages of the Post as the top man at lighting firm FW Thorpe
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Rich List 2015: No.42 Afzal and Shabir Alimahomed
Afzal and Shabir Alimahomed
Entrepreneurial brothers brought the Euro Packaging business back into their ownership after selling to private equity
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Rich List 2015: No.31= - Constantine Folkes
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When taking over at the age of 28 Constantine Folkes was the youngest chairman of a quoted company, putting his drive and determination down to principles instilled in him as a child by his father John Folkes. In 2002 he took the company private
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Rich List 2015: No.30 - Simon Preedy & family
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Simon Preedy runs Warwickshire-based Marla Tube Fittings which specialises in metal tube manufacture.
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Rich List 2015: No.47= - David Ball & family
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The sale of Air Movement to Smiths in 1996 netted £47 million. The Balls retained part of the business - Elta Fans - and re-launched the company as the Elta Group
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Brazil business hub to get more manufacturers exporting to growth nation
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The Brazil Business Hub aims to be a “one-stop shop” offering firms a range of support to drum up business in the world’s seventh largest economy.
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Victoria continues acquisition spree with Whitestone Weavers deal
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Worcestershire manufacturer buys Hartlepool-based group behind Carpet Line Direct and Gaskell Mackay brands
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Aston Martin opens new Warwickshire vehicle development base
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New facility at the MIRA Technology Park in Warwickshire will "significantly" expand engineering facilities
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Jaguar Land Rover unveils record 2014 as China sales soar
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The West Midlands’ biggest manufacturer sold 462,678 vehicles around the world last year, which represented its fifth successive year of growth in sales
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Jobs boom as Warwickshire engineers helps others cut carbon
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Warwickshire firm Penso has taken on 60 new employees on the back of a £4 million sales rise.
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Land Rover's Defender could live on after 2015
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While 2015 marks the final year the Defender will be made at the Midland car-maker’s Solihull plant, the firm has suggested it could be built elsewhere in the world
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