Liverpool
has established a reputation as an international automotive centre, with
three of the world's leading manufacturers in the region. Total investment
by the car giants Ford
and General
Motors is in excess of £2 billion (3 billion euro) since 1990. Following
investment of over £300 million (450 million euro) in refurbishment, Jaguar's
Halewood plant is home to the new X-type
and employs around 3,000 permanent staff. If has recently been nominated
as Ford's Number One assembly plant for quality worldwide. Location Drivers
| • | Attractive financial assistance packages available |
| • | Merseyside Automotive Group is an industry led group to provide funding support |
| • | The North West region is a major automotive component base in the UK with 240 suppliers in the area |
| • | The HQ of the National Automotive College is based on Merseyside |
| • | Boulevard Industry Park for suppliers located adjacent to Jaguar, Halewood |
| • | 31,000 university students live within a 15 mile radius |
| • | Attractive financial assistance packages available |
| • | The new £4.8 million (7.2 million euro) Partnership for Learning Centre adjacent to the Jaguar plant provides specialist training services to industry |
| • | 4,000 highly skilled people qualify as engineering and technology graduates every year |
| • | Large population of highly productive workers with technical, engineering and production-line experience and a commitment to quality |
