Rolls Royce Motor Cars is planning to increase its manufacturing workforce by 50 per cent.

The company has created more than 150 new jobs to support the production of its new model, the Rolls Royce Ghost.

Most of the new positions are in the wood leather and paint shops as well as the assembly areas at its site in Goodwood, West Sussex.

A number of new positions at the plant's headquarter offices have also been created.

By the end of 2009 Rolls‑Royce will have created almost 400 new jobs in under two years, bringing the total number of employees based at Goodwood to 900.

Information about current vacancies can be found at www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com.