Manufacturing

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Founded in 1914 in a small west London workshop, Aston Martin is now a world-renowned manufacturer of the finest and most exclusive luxury sports cars. Representing a fusion of high technology and advanced design with traditional values and craftsmanship, the company now builds around 7,000 cars a year.
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ICI is one of the world's major paints, adhesives and speciality products businesses. Listed on both the London stock exchanges, it is a FTSE100 company. In 2006 it had sales worth 4.8 billion GBP.
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Jaguar and Land Rover came together as an organisation in 2002. It employs around 21,000 employees, of which 337 are finance staff located at various sites in Warwickshire, Solihull, Coventry and Liverpool. The responsibilities of the finance function range from financial accounting through to financial analysts in product development, manufacturing and marketing, and sales and service. There are also finance staff based in a registered charity - the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, whose home is the Heritage Motor Centre. Jaguar Land Rover is a CIMA Training Quality Partner.
