Vauxhall car plant, Ellesmere Port

[RadcliffeRick]

That will be the same country who still have an indigenous car company??

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

We are in a position to be willing and able to source from the best suppliers whoever they may be. Go to France and see if the insular cheese monkeys do the same.

Best or cheapest?

 

[Patientman63]

It's bit late for me to research but the Talbot plant in Coventry very quickly closed once it was taken over by Peugeot.

Ryton was the most efficient and best quality producer of cars when compared against other Peugeot plants across Europe. It was closed because the labour laws in France and Germany require the employer to spend a whole lot more time and money when closing factories and laying workers off, such as investing in finding them new jobs, paying them considerably more in redundancy, and requiring much longer periods leading up to lay-off. With labour laws being pitiful in this country, it was cheaper for them to close Ryton.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Check out Germany's trade surplus.

Just checked. Overtaking the Chinese apparently. I must take some of the blame for this. I wanted a sky blue silicone cover for my Garmin. Garmin, the Rag bastards, don't do a sky blue, so I had to import a Chinese German one!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Ryton was the most efficient and best quality producer of cars when compared against other Peugeot plants across Europe. It was closed because the labour laws in France and Germany require the employer to spend a whole lot more time and money when closing factories and laying workers off, such as investing in finding them new jobs, paying them considerably more in redundancy, and requiring much longer periods leading up to lay-off. With labour laws being pitiful in this country, it was cheaper for them to close Ryton.

I drove past that plant a short time ago - just an empty space now, if I clocked the right factory.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

It's bit late for me to research but the Talbot plant in Coventry very quickly closed once it was taken over by Peugeot.

Don't know how quick was quick, but we had a Peugeot built in Coventry.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Best or cheapest?

Both. But as an example I could buy cheap equipment but I choose German which is twice the price of Italian or Spanish equivalent but cheaper / more cost effective over the long run.

 

[west didsblue]

Check out Germany's trade surplus.

The Germans have a huge trade surplus because they have a strong economy coupled with a relatively weak currency. Their huge surplus and Greece's huge problems are two sides of the same coin which is why the Euro is such a stupid idea. Slightly off topic but I like to get a good rant on every so often about the Euro.

 

[CityStu]

The Germans have a huge trade surplus because they have a strong economy coupled with a relatively weak currency. Their huge surplus and Greece's huge problems are two sides of the same coin which is why the Euro is such a stupid idea. Slightly off topic but I like to get a good rant on every so often about the Euro.

It's more that the EU states that no member should have a trade surplus higher than 6% of GDP. That's really quite high as it's exceeded by only 13 countries across the globe. Germany's is more like 9%. That said, it isn't the only EU country to break the rule - Slovenia, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands too (although all with much smaller economies).

 

[blueinsa]

Yes

This. Whilst we are expected to adhere to every little rule and bend other at all times, the French and Germans who make those rules will of course choose which ones they can ignore.

Thank fuck for brexit!