Jaguar Land Rover said on Thursday it will reduce up to 500 management positions in the United Kingdom through a voluntary redundancy scheme. The head-office and supervisory roles earmarked for departure account for about 1.5% of the company’s domestic workforce, the automaker said in a statement, describing the move as part of its “normal business practice.” The decision follows a difficult first fiscal quarter. Retail sales fell 15.1% year-on-year to 94,420 vehicles in the three months to June, partly because the company paused shipments to the United States after the Biden administration’s 145% tariff on Chinese goods came into force in April. Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India’s Tata Motors, said the voluntary programme will open immediately, with departures expected later this year.