Also, do we know the author of the original piece? This has been allowed by the EU because Germany and France overruled an investigation, maybe because Peugeot, Citroen , Porsche , VW ,Renault BMW and the German arms of other car brands have all moved plants to Slovakia and are making a killing for their respective companies and Countries. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. With £75 million investment for new machinery at Cadbury's Bournville factory in Birmingham (UK), Cadbury is bringing Dairy Milk production back to Britain from Poland. This was cross-referenced with news reports and data provided by Eurofound, an organisation that monitors company restructuring. I can find no evidence that factories were closed at the time. Find something that’s gone the other way, I’ve looked and I just can’t. And Tata is Indian so what’s that got to do with it? I haven’t mentioned what it costs us to be asset-stripped like this, nor have I mentioned immigration, nor the risk to our security if control of our armed forces is passed to Brussels or Germany. I’m a UK and European patent attorney. Notably, the bank lent Ford £450 million in 2010 to develop a new generation of greener vehicles in the UK. Indesit at Bodelwyddan Wales gone with EU grant. The biggest loss is independence, and there is no price on that!!! Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, the same company who have trashed our steel works and emptied the workers pension funds. The story In 2009, US food company Kraft Foods launched a hostile bid for Cadbury, the UK-listed chocolate maker. Blame our own government for that one, they commissioned it. 20th March 2016, Correlation does not imply causation but surely…. That’s an interesting story. and by the way, you can publish my email address with pleasure because should the haters get hold of it i can change it without a problem which is more than we can say about leaving the EU because once were out thats it! Hornby models gone. Jaguar Land Rover is investing €1.4 billion to build a car manufacturing facility in the region of Nitra (Slovakia), an area eligible for regional aid under EU State aid rules (Art. “The competition in the automotive industry is bone-hard,” says Mr Lux. Hoover Merthyr factory moved out of UK to Czech Republic and the Far East by Italian company Candy with EU backing. And it’s our government who handed Hinckley Point over to the French and Chinese. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. But labour unions have voiced fear that the EU-backed investment in Belgium has threatened the future of an existing H&M warehouse in Le Bourget, France, with claims that work is being shifted away from the French facility. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. Just can’t find any evidence of that. Since then, AkzoNobel has closed a couple of plants because it has built a new one in Gateshead. By Martin Delgado for The Mail on Sunday Updated: 18:12 EST, 23 January 2010 . While a direct link between the relocation of companies and the use of structural funds in destination countries is not always clear-cut, it does raise questions about whether the EU’s oversight of the use of grants is strong enough. They never got the money, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13632135. Cadbury denies moving Dairy Milk production to Poland Jen Mills Sunday 15 Jan 2017 3:48 pm Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter Share this article via messenger It's a small company but you've put a lot of effort into your product, and it's the most…, Texas Industries was bought by Diodes The plant is due to have a production capacity of 150,000 cars per year. JDSU was an American company; I have no idea where this Dutch element crept in. But the EU didn’t subsidise this. If it’s cheaper to manufacture elsewhere, companies will do that. It may take me a few days to approve your post, so please be patient. 47. The situation clearly isn’t easy – how does the EU support its less well-off countries while not encouraging companies to close down factories in richer countries. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. Ford Transit moved 2Turkey 2013 with EU grant. UK companies get patents in foreign countries too, that’s how it works. The company was awarded two grants worth €7.3m through the EU’s structural funds scheme to extend the Freiberg factory, which produces gas generators for use in airbags. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, the same company who have trashed our … The Portuguese site, which created 180 jobs, was a new facility providing support to mobile phone networks across Europe. Nothing to do with the EU. However I will not approve any other comments, this is not a discussion forum. Thank you. It’s called capitalism, and UK companies buy out European companies and close down their factories too. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant… Nearly all the chocolate made in Poland will be transported 1,200 miles to Britain to be eaten here. Not any more, it’s Bombardier in Derby and due to their losses in the aviation market, that could see the end of the British railways manufacturing altogether even though Bombardier had EU grants to keep Derby going which they diverted to their loss-making aviation side in Canada. It says the grant will be used for investment in innovative technologies for blending and packing premium quality tea. There was an investigation as to whether Slovakia improperly gave EU money to Peugeot, but nothing seems to have come of it. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10026411.Focus_on_Ford__The___80m_EU_loan_for_Ford_s_Turkish_Transit_plant/. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000811074772, The Financial Times says differently, it is not only the UK that the EU has helped asset stripping from countries, Germany and France have lost businesses through EU help, read on. A good number of buses are run by UK companies, about the same by EU companies, plus some in Singapore and Australia. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. Cadbury’s! I never expected this post to be so popular, but clearly there is a need to continually refute cut-and-paste lists of nonsense. This represents the maximum aid that can be granted for such a project under the Commission’s Guidelines on Regional State Aid for 2014-2020, which enable Member States to support economic development and employment in EU’s less developed regions and to foster regional cohesion in the Single Market. Knowledge is power. Sticking “with EU grant” on the end of a sentence doesn’t make it a fact. This is a very complex matter, and informed debate is always good. Also the EU does not fund American companies to move ie Cadburies and Ford to move. I haven’t mentioned what it costs us to be asset-stripped like this, nor have I mentioned immigration, nor the risk to our security if control of our armed forces is passed to Brussels or Germany. Prof Wynne Godley (King’s College Cambridge), October 1992, Four out of every ten new posts in English universities are being filled by academics from Europe. Daily Mail! Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. The Twinings plant on North Tyneside, which employs 260 workers, is to close, and 100 posts in Andover, Hampshire, are also set to go. Cadbury was bought by Kraft, which is American. The Polish investment, involving 400 fresh jobs, built on an existing R&D presence in the country. 11.36% – RATP Dev (owned by RATP, the Parisian transport operator and a French company) Dyson gone to Malaysia, with an EU loan. 0.04% – Uno (owned by the University of Hertfordshire), So, Fears over EU funding of relocations sometimes materialise before any move happens. Lovin’ it! Brexit has fuelled a lot of relocations from UK to EU for companies that need to trade within the EU. 39% of British invention patents have been passed to foreign companies, many of them in the EU. But sweet giant Mondelez has confirmed the U-turn – just in time for Easter. http://www.londonbusroutes.net/garages.htm. It was invented to make text more comprehensible. You don’t have to be a native of that country to get it. Yes, the Ajax will be built in SPAIN using SWEDISH steel (the capitals betray the direct copying from the Mirror headline) but not at the request of the EU. However I note none of the cases in your article are on the list of nonsense above! But some are sceptical about whether the practice is effective. Passed by whom, passed how? They broke a vow to keep its signature bars at the historic Bournville headquarters. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, Peugeot closed its Ryton (was Rootes Group) plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant. Peugeot closed its Ryton (was Rootes Group) plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant. Disgraceful comic. Valeo said it had closed the Neuses site in 2009 as “as it was not profitable and had no critical size”. Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show EU nationals accounted for 12,635 of the 31,950 jobs created in the past ten years. So in the Nestlé … 1. Jaguar Land Rover recently agreed 2 build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, same company who trashed our steel industry & emptied workers pension funds. In Germany, French automotive manufacturer Valeo, has caused anger after it emerged that the company used EU funding to facilitate the consolidation of its operations. Most relocation is due to globalisation and cheaper workforces elsewhere. When will we sell the Royal Family? This email still doing the rounds perhaps because the existers have to keep persuading themselves it was the right thing to do. Ford did get a loan (not a grant) from the EU for their Turkish plant (which was already building most of the Transits), and after that their Southampton plant closed. 17.42% – Arriva (owned by Germany’s state railway) Cadbury moved factory 2 Poland 2011 with EU grant. Nearly 300 employees lost their jobs after the company transferred their work from Neuses, Germany, to Chrzanów in Poland, where Valeo has been allocated about €5m ($6.6m) in public funding for a project – about 30 per cent of its total cost – through the European regional development fund. 4.75% – Transit Systems (owned by a company based in Australia) We need all the correct, accurate information on here. In fact all toys and models now gone from UK along with the patents all with with EU … But a joint investigation by the Financial Times and the non-profit Bureau for Investigative Journalism found companies ranging from British tea maker Twinings to automotive company Valeo were at the very least receiving EU subsidies to help with the establishment of new factories, the extension of existing ones and the training of workers in their new homes. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. The project is expected to create about 3,000 direct jobs. The factory had made Fry’s Chocolate Creams since 1919. Which is in breach of EU legislation. Re. EU rules specifically forbid grants from its structural funds from going to subsidise the relocation of businesses. Subsidies for companies moving factories to seek cheaper labour. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/eu-backtracks-on-poland-grant-for-twinings-2292419.html. Not one Spanish company in the market and just 17.42% in German ownership. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant. A related claim by Pro-Brexit Euro-MP Daniel Hannan that “the EU gave Ford a grant to relocate from Southampton to Turkey ” is tendentious. This…, Have you come across this quote or this meme? I think the person that first put this up did not do his homework correctly. Most London buses are run by Spanish and German companies. A new office in Gdynia, Poland, was tried. You can unsubscribe at any time. I have comment moderation turned on because of the high volume of spam and Leaver abuse. Interestingly the fact checker found that most of the companies described as leaving the UK had in fact left , just not with EU grants. I can’t even find out where this story originated. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant iN Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, the same company who have trashed our steel works and emptied the workers´ pension funds. Yes I did start to research this and found AJAX is 40% made in Spain but 60% made in UK Also uk Airports are Spanish I found Gatwick is owned by a Nigerian Manchester (3rd largest) is owned by Manchester council who also own Stanstead Luton is owned by Luton Council Heathrow is 10% Chinese and a Spanish led consortiam owns a large part but the consortium is made up of various pension fund companies including 20% Canadian and various including UK. Keep up the outstanding work !! Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. However, the projects are part of a broader rebalancing of NSN’s workforce towards lower-cost countries – including some outside the EU – as the loss-making company battles against rising low-cost competition from China. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. Let me know if you find anything new. * 18.02% owned by Singapore-owned companies Thanks for that information. If you have some information that I could add to the list, or something nice to say, please put in the comments. Your email address will not be published. Such was the case when Japanese car accessory manufacturer Takata Petri decided to close its factory in Fürth, Bavaria and instead invest €13m in a lower-cost eastern German operation in Freiberg, Sachsen. At least there is people with sense in this brainless sheep country that believes in sheep media that gives you sensation over facts. Visit our Facebook page and tell us what the EU has done for you! So even though they where initially granted the money, upon investigation it was never delivered, Twinings loses EU grant for new Poland site. Crown Closures, Bournemouth (Was METAL BOX), gone to Poland with EU grant, once employed 1,200. Martin don’t be a complete idiot all your life, a quick search will tell you this man is talking bullshit l8ke every other remained I’ve met. Anyway can somebody tell me if it’s the House of Commons that has to invoke Article 50 or is it a simple Prime Minister decision – I’d be surprised if the current Parliament would get an agreement! Thanks for a brilliant post. Peugeot closed its Ryton (was Rootes Group) plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant. It has the very nice side effect of making the writer seem less like an uneducated peasant whose POV is not worth considering. The last chocolate bars have been made at a Cadbury factory in Britain after production was switched to Poland. In 2012 Ford did receive a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), an EU institution, of around £150 million for a factory in Turkey. I can’t find anything. She said: “EIB loans are loans at commercial rates, and do not use taxpayers’ money. 0.99% – CTPlus (UK owned, a social enterprise company based in Hackney) A Ford spokeswoman told us the EIB loan was to modernise the Turkish factory in readiness for production of a range of all-new cars, not to re-tool to absorb production from Southampton. The EU had nothing to do with it. Twinnings, A British company could not prove that they where not using regeneration funds forrectly. Is romantic at heart Kim Kardashian still holding onto dreams of making her marriage work? Stefano Pessina isn’t a company, he’s a person. It’s capitalism, Jack. It would be great do have a concise finished list we can post in contradiction to the lies. Is there any evidence who this ” prominent person” is? Hennes & Mauritz, the Swedish fashion retailer, was granted up to €16.3m in public funds to support an €59m investment in a new logistics facility in Belgium, with 35 per cent of the cash coming from the EU and the rest from Belgian authorities. Boots was not bought with EU money. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/jun/21/privateequity. Nokia Siemens Networks has cut hundreds of job across Europe over the past year – many of them in their high-cost home countries: Finland and Germany. Cadbury is internationally headquartered in Uxbridge, west London, and operates in more than 50 countries worldwide. Boots sold to Italians Stefano Pessina who have based their HQ in Switzerland to avoid tax to the tune of £80 million a year, using an EU loan for the purchase. The relocation of factories from wealthier members of the 27-nation European Union to poorer members, mostly in eastern Europe, has long been a sore point for labour unions. ICI integration into Holland’s AkzoNobel with EU bank loan and within days of the merger, several factories in the UK, were closed, eliminating 3,500 jobs, Yes ICI was bought by AkzoNobel, but not with EU money. You made the point but missed it. It says the sites in France and Belgium play different roles in its supply chain. well researched! Slovakia notified the Commission of its plans to grant €125 million of public support for the project. Many thanks for doing this. Well yes, of course, that’s how the patent system works. Campaigners fighting to save the plant, which has been taken over by US food giant Kraft, described it as a sad day. In particular “The aid must not directly cause the relocation of existing or closed down activities from elsewhere in the EU to the aided establishment”. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant iN Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, the same company who have trashed our steel works and emptied the workers´ pension funds. http://www.plastribution.co.uk/news-posts/a-reshoring-success-airfix-quick-buildbuilt-in-the-uk?doing_wp_cron=1472113996.9409930706024169921875. The loan was not to relocate, as Hannan says, though it occurred around the same time as Ford chose to close its factory in Southampton. Foreign ownership happens without EU subsidies. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. Untruths help nobody. 9. In my job I see them come and go and come and go… it’s just the way things are. Keith Taylor, Green MEP for South East England, said: “I’ve been challenging this grant for over a year now. Trust me, this statement doesn’t even make sense. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with €190m EU grant. The Mini cars that Cameron stood in front of as an example of British engineering, are built by BMW mostly in Holland and Austria. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. The biggest increases have come from countries hit hard by the Eurozone crisis, including Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. I give up. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, Peugeot closed its Ryton (was Rootes Group) plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. I don’t disagree that there may be loopholes to be exploited in the EU grant system, as there are in a lot of laws involving money, and that the EU has flaws which should be addressed. One of the arguments for giving structural funds to large companies could be that they help keep investment in the EU that might otherwise be lost to India, China or elsewhere. I’ve broken the rules a little with this one… but I just couldn’t let it lie! If they’d left us with a pollution nightmare and raided the pensions I would have thought it would be at least mentioned on their Wikipedia page, under “Controversies” or something…. Like many companies it moved some manufacturing to China, but that’s nothing to do with the EU. There’s a useful European Commission press release (link below) explaining the EU’s scrutiny of Slovakia’s investment aid. Yes, Jaguar Land Rover built a new factory in Slovakia. Great research. I work with a lot of software companies, for example, that are innovating and creating UK jobs. Company relocations have also caused political division between regions within EU member states. The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to be built by French company EDF, part owned by the French government, using cheap Chinese steel that has catastrophically failed in other nuclear installations. The list has got longer! Millions of euros in EU subsidies have been allocated to companies relocating factories from western to eastern Europe despite specific rules designed to prevent taxpayer subsidies from going to corporations moving plants in search of cheaper labour. The company denies the allegation. Telling positive stories about our country and the EU, There’s a new and fun cut-and-paste list going round! If you think the EU is a good idea, Hornby models gone. Jagua UK are laying off thousands of workers!! Excellent job! 4. I’ve recently discovered that the list in question has made a reappearance, and I’m going to update this post if necessary. I was for a United States of Europe (USE) – nope – we wanted a different way forward. Name me one major technology company still running in the UK, I used to contract out to many, then the work just dried up as they were sold off to companies from France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, etc.. There’s plenty of UK technology companies. Before American company Kraft bought the famous British Cadbury confectioner in January, they assured workers that the company’s production would not be taken out of the UK. http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/local-news/subsidise-peugeot-jobs-axe-3983259. 3/ You don’t think it matters. I am pro Europe but was shocked to read the claims made and half believed them until I found Katherine’s comments this morning. It’s not only the UK that suffers with this, and it is not happening because we’re in the EU. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. ons it’s gone, the PATENT goes with the move, and is lost for ever. I’m not sure what the mention of patents is about. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-6023_en.htm, Saw it shared this morning, with an additional bit of bullshit tacked on, with lots of bits “i haven’t mentioned” mentioned right there:-. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, the same company who have trashed our … The last chocolate bars have been made at a Cadbury factory in Britain after production was switched to Poland. Today is the first time I have seen the original claims posted on Facebook so it is definitely doing the rounds again. (Thanks to The Bus Driver in the comments.) https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/11/jaguar-land-rover-factory-slovakia-uk-jobs-union, Update 20/01/2019: There was no EU funding, but there was a grant by the Slovakian government. 2/ You haven’t had to deal with EU petty bureaucracy tearing your business down. Thanks, I do keep it updated. That is on top of the £13 billion in EU structural and investment funds that we are due to receive over the current 7-year budget period. Simon, I suspect you’re right, as it contains that statistic that I have been unable to verify elsewhere about 39% of UK patents being owned by foreign companies. Hang on, the EU is undemocratic, isn't it? Hornby produces Airfix quick build models in the UK along with 60% of the Humbrol range. As it says, the EU is investigating as its money is not supposed to be used to fund relocation. “Subsidies did not play a role at all in our decision to relocate,” says Jakob Lux, the company’s spokesman. No, I searched for some time to find the provenance of this list and it’s basically Chinese whispers. Peugeot closed its Ryton (was Rootes Group) plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, the same company who have trashed our steel works and emptied the workers pension funds. UK airports are owned by a Spanish company. If you think the EU is a good idea, Cadbury was bought by Kraft, which is American. “What Has The Eu Done For us" This list was compiled in June 2016 as a few reasons for leaving the EU. Continue the good work! Peugeot closed its Ryton (was Rootes Group) plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant. Your email address will not be published. I am IN! But the European Commission (EC) said the firm failed to prove the move was regeneration rather than relocation. I have had a rant back at them and then directed them to your website. 8. 2. DECEMBER 1, 2010 by: Cynthia O’Murchu in London and Andrew Ward in Stockholm In the ends, it is evident that Britain has slowly and consistently been stripped of is natural assets, and lost much of what it owned that was uniquely British: e.g. Under EU rules member countries are not allowed to give subsidies that encourage companies to move jobs from one member state to another. 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