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JCB - new jobs

Kennyboy66
Kennyboy66 Posts: 939 Forumite
edited 6 December 2013 at 4:39PM in Debate House Prices & the Economy
"Bamford, the son of JCB's founder Joseph Cyril Bamford, said the decision to invest in Staffordshire was partly based on the government's decision to improve local roads."

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/dec/06/jcb-invests-create-jobs-digger-manufacturer


This is what government should be doing rather than poncing about talking about HS2 rail.
US housing: it's not a bubble - Moneyweek Dec 12, 2005
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  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    Kennyboy66 wrote: »
    "Bamford, the son of JCB's founder Joseph Cyril Bamford, said the decision to invest in Staffordshire was partly based on the government's decision to improve local roads."

    I assume they didn't ask Richard Branson and Virgin Rail whether they thought it was wise to invest heavily based only a government promise.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,377 Community Admin
    10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Ye gods! The A50 at Uttoxeter is bad enough without all the extra workers using it that this announcement will cause.
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • Loughton_Monkey
    Loughton_Monkey Posts: 8,913 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Hung up my suit!
    !!!!!! wrote: »
    Ye gods! The A50 at Uttoxeter is bad enough without all the extra workers using it that this announcement will cause.

    The government would have done it years ago....

    But couldn't get the diggers you see.
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    edited 7 December 2013 at 11:35AM
    !!!!!! wrote: »
    Ye gods! The A50 at Uttoxeter is bad enough without all the extra workers using it that this announcement will cause.

    Especially that McDonalds junction aaargh.

    Doesn't the main man fly, in by helicopter, anyway?
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    I used to drive past the factory when I used to take the kids to Alton Towers.

    The JCB sculpture was a work of art :eek:
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • AndyGuil
    AndyGuil Posts: 1,668 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Good news. We need more companies doing this.
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,764 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Bamford will see it as a return on his investment in the Conservative party.
  • Loughton_Monkey
    Loughton_Monkey Posts: 8,913 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Hung up my suit!
    daveyjp wrote: »
    Bamford will see it as a return on his investment in the Conservative party.

    Sir J C Bamford soon....
  • Linton
    Linton Posts: 18,368 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Hung up my suit!
    !!!!!! wrote: »
    Ye gods! The A50 at Uttoxeter is bad enough without all the extra workers using it that this announcement will cause.


    You should read the Burton Mail.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,377 Community Admin
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    Linton wrote: »
    You should read the Burton Mail.
    Can you imagine how much worse it is going to be with major roadworks as well?

    I wish I could find an alternate route that doesn't involve a huge increase in mileage & time but it doesn't exist
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