So, 2/3rds of Sunderland voted for Brexit, and now Nissan aren't going to build their new car line there. And they seem surprised and complain! What goes around comes around, it was inevitable but they couldn't see it coming?
So, 2/3rds of Sunderland voted for Brexit, and now Nissan aren't going to build their new car line there. And they seem surprised and complain! What goes around comes around, it was inevitable but they couldn't see it coming?
I suppose the plans of Panasonic, Ernst and Young, Muji, Unilever, EasyJet, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Smiffy’s and Barclays are ‘nothing to do with Brexit’ either.
What a brilliant idea it all was...now we’re run according to the wishes of some Irish fundamentalists and, no deal or soft Brexit, we’re going to be worse of than we were before...’kin brilliant. Thanks Farage, IDS and JRB and the rest of the self interested treacherous ‘right’.
Yep...apologies mista...you’re right and the X Trail is probably more suited to the U.S. market. I just get increasingly ****** off that people - not you - don’t recognise the excercise in national self harm that is Brexit.
If they don’t understand now, given the amount of companies relocating or threatening to do so, there really is no hope.
Isn't this just the Brexit thread warmed over?
RA sorry for the delay been to Moorfarm watching U23 spying for Bielsa You have nothing to apologise for just gets me when Brexit gets blame for everything Nissan have said no compulsory redundancies Of course the big firms are going to put an office in the EU but the only send essential staff Barclays of sent 100 to Dublin but still hav 45,600 who hadn't gone Uniler have abandoned plans to move Easyjet have created Easyjet Europe no job losses and still based in Luton Only yesterday the bank of England stated only 4,000 jobs will move before March29 Microsoft government affairs minister expressed optimism stating we've just opened data centres in the UK and will be opening more in 2019-20
Not quite correct, the decision is not just down to Brexit but the uncertainty over Brexit is certainly a big factor, as it is with a lot of external investors and why investment in the car industry has fallen dramatically since the vote.
The Nissan decision stems from -
Japan now has a free trade deal with the EU so the need to base manufacturing capacity within the EU is much less.
If the Uk is not in the EU, then there is a great deal of uncertainty as to what regulations for cars made here for export to the EU will require, will the UK still align with Eu regulations? So easier to manufacture in Japan for export direct to the EU, no need to worry about UK/EU arrangements.
Uncertainty over the future of diesel, though newer engines being developed will meet standards.
Interesting though what this guy said to a parliamentary select committee (he favours Brexit)
Brexit’s lead economist Prof Patrick Minford on UK car industry:
“You are going to have to run it down ... in the same way we ran down the coal industry and steel industry. These things happen.”
Unfortunately there are going to be a lot of instances where those who voted for brexit will find a direct negative impact on their jobs etc. But no doubt "taking back" control will ease their pain.
X-trail is diesel and diesel cars are being shunned and the X Trail isn't a popular model anyway.