Jaguar Land Rover to hire 5,000 workers in Brexit boost

London

BRITAIN'S biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will hire 5,000 employees as it boosts its skills in autonomous and electric technology, a welcome business endorsement as Prime Minister Theresa May starts Brexit talks after a botched election.

JLR, which employs more than 40,000 people globally, said that it would hire 1,000 electronic and software engineers as well as 4,000 additional personnel including in manufacturing, most of whom will be based in Britain.