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		</div><p>Car giant Jaguar Land Rover is to gradually resume production at two of its UK plants next month amid “robust” guidelines to support a return to work.</p>
<p>The move follows an announcement by luxury car-maker Aston Martin Lagonda that it will reopen its South Wales factory on May 5.</p>
<p>JLR said that from May 18, manufacturing will resume in Solihull, West Midlands, and at its engine plant in Wolverhampton.</p>
<p>The company halted all production last month and has furloughed around half its workforce, topping up their pay to 100%.</p>
<p>Around a quarter of the Solihull workforce will return next month.</p>
<p>A company statement said: <em>“In China, we are beginning to see recovery in vehicle sales and customers are returning to our showrooms. Our joint venture plant in Changshu has been in operation since the middle of February.</em></p>
<p><em>“As countries are relaxing distancing guidelines and retailers are reopening around the world, the restart of production at our other plants will be confirmed in due course.</em></p>
<p><em>“The health and wellbeing of our employees is our first priority. We are developing robust protocol and guidelines to support a safe return to work. We will adopt strict social distancing measures across our business and are currently evaluating a number of different measures to ensure we protect and reassure our workforce when they begin to return to work.</em></p>
<p><em>“We continue to monitor the Covid-19 situation and follow the guidance of all relevant authorities in the markets in which we operate.”</em></p>
<p>Production is also being gradually resumed at JLR plants in Austria and Slovakia.</p>
<p>Aston Martin Lagonda announced that it will resume operations at its St Athan facility, following guidelines from Public Health Wales and Public Health England to protect its workforce.</p>
<p>It said it will take <em>“learnings in terms of health and safety”</em> into account when it reopens its main car plant in Gaydon, Warwickshire, at a later date.</p>
<p>Both sites have been closed since March 25 due to the coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p>The firm also announced that its senior leadership team have agreed to a reduction in pay.</p>
<p>Chief executive Andy Palmer is waiving 35% of his base salary. It was previously announced that he would not be paid an annual bonus for the 2019/20 financial year.</p>
<p>Non-executive directors are waiving 35% of their fees. Vice presidents have agreed to a 20% reduction in their base salary and other members of senior management have been asked to accept pay cuts of up to 10%.</p>
<p>The salary reductions will apply for a three-month period from April 1.</p>
<p>The company, known for making James Bond’s cars of choice, employs around 500 staff in Gaydon and 300 in St Athan and the majority of its employees have been furloughed.</p>
<p>Production staff are being paid as normal, but those who continue to be furloughed from May 1 will receive 80% of their base salaries from then.</p>
<p>Car factories across the UK are closed due to coronavirus.</p>
<p>The pandemic has come after a dire year for Aston that left it nursing widening losses of £104.3 million in 2019.</p>
<p>It had already warned that sports car wholesales were expected to be <em>“materially lower”</em> in 2020.</p>
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