Car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has confirmed it is opening a voluntary redundancy programme, a year on from a cyber attack which brought production to a halt for more than a month.

The firm said it needed to save about £1.7bn over the next two years as it seeks to adapt to "evolving global market conditions".

It was reported by The Times on Saturday that as many as 4,000 jobs may be lost due to the impact of tariffs and a drop in sales.

The firm told the BBC it had not confirmed the numbers. It said the decision to cut jobs was to help "simplify" the organisation as well as "improve efficiency and build greater resilience".

"Today, we informed our colleagues, and trade union partners that JLR is opening a voluntary redundancy programme offering salaried and management team members the opportunity to leave the business," a spokesperson said.

"We will share further information with our colleagues first."

The BBC has contacted the union, Unite, for comment.

JLR said over the past three years, it had strengthened its brands and had prepared for production of its next generation of vehicles.

In July, the company said it expected fewer than 300 people would leave the firm under cost savings plans announced at the time.

The company has its global headquarters at Whitley, Coventry, and manufacturing sites in Solihull and Wolverhampton as well as Halewood on Merseyside.

It employs about 30,000 people in its UK operations, with approximately 10,000 people employed at plants overseas.

The cyber attack in September 2025 led to the shut down of all manufacturing at JLR for several weeks, meaning not a single vehicle rolled off its production lines.

That led to a 27% drop in overall production at the company, which is one of the West Midlands' biggest employers.

The overall cost of the cyber-attack and the subsequent loss of manufacturing was estimated to be £1.9bn.

In June, the firm announced it planned to cut about £1.7bn in costs over the coming years to help towards its recovery from the attack.

JLR had indicated at the time that it would make the savings through cuts in areas such as materials, warranty and fixed costs.

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