Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is looking to recruit 1,000 new members of staff at its plant in Solihull to help support its growth ambitions and “40 product actions” over the next five years.

The recruitment campaign which launches with national print and radio advertisements today is looking for production operators and skilled trades people.

Des Thurlby, HR director at Jaguar Land Rover said: "We shall be increasing the plant workforce by more than 25%.

“We provide high quality training and development for all our employees and we expect to receive many thousands of applications."