Automotive group Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced that manufacturing will start again at some of its production sites from October 6. The company suspended operations in August following a cyber-attack, which forced it to close its factories and take its IT networks offline.

This paralysed the work of its suppliers too and some of the companies in its supply chain have had to lay off some of their workers.

At the end of September, the UK government agreed to underwrite loans worth up to £1.5 billion to help suppliers of components and materials survive the crisis.

JLR has warned that it could still take weeks or even months for production to return to normal.

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