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Originally Posted by garinda
It's reported that 1,400 jobs will be lost in Derby, which amounts to nearly half the workforce. With over 400 of them being permanent posts. Siemens says it will bring 2,000 jobs to the UK, but only 300 of those will be the most valuable directly employed manufacturing jobs.
It is regretable, but there would probably been more of an outcry if taxes were spent on a contract that wasn't the most competitive.
Perhaps we should be asking why German firms are able to produce goods more cost effectively than we can in Britain.
Buy British needs to be about buying the best.
Both in quality, and value for money.
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It does seem strange, if as you say German or French firms are able to produce goods more effectively than we can here in the UK.. seeing as British workers are amongst the lowest paid in Europe but the highest taxed it can't be workforce costs.. could it be the total lack of confidence and contempt this government have for British manufacturing?..maybe the "thatcher years" are back.