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JLR to resume production in 'coming days' after cyber attack

Announcement marks next step in return to normal for luxury carmaker

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º£½ÇÊÓÆµ carmaker JLR says it will restart some manufacturing production in the "coming days" as it continues to deal with the fallout from a major cyber attack.

The group said some sections of its production operations would resume amid a "controlled, phased restart" of its operations.

It said that, while there was "much more to do", work to ensure its recovery was "firmly under way".

JLR, which is headquartered in Coventry, was forced to pause production at its º£½ÇÊÓÆµ 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.

A statement issued by the company today said: "As the controlled, phased restart of our operations continues, we are taking further steps towards our recovery and the return to manufacture of our world-class vehicles.

"Today we are informing colleagues, retailers and suppliers that some sections of our manufacturing operations will resume in the coming days.