Honda Factory in Swindon will Close in 2021

[arista]

SkyNewsHD
and LBC


3,500 jobs loss


https://news.sky.com/story/honda-to-stun-ministers-with-closure-of-swindon-factory-11641154

[Crimson Dynamo]

Bloody Brexit strikes again

When will this misery end. First Alf gets banned, them Two Sugars comes back now this!!!

:mad:

[user104658]

Indeed. Bwexit Bwitain.

[Cherie]

Is any company moving to Britain?

[bots]

i expect there will be a mass exodus announced next month

[SherzyK]

Liam cries

[user104658]

Is any company moving to Britain?No need for sarcasm Cherie :nono:

[arista]

Its not Just Brexit

It is also Honda's Diesel
which they are still doing , the fools

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dzse7PXXgAE6jx1.jpg

[Cherie]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dzse7PXXgAE6jx1.jpg

but they are not continuing, I expect it makes it easy for them to take their production to somewhere where labour is cheaper, like Brexit loving Dyson

[Twosugars]

Bloody Brexit strikes again

When will this misery end. First Alf gets banned, them Two Sugars comes back now this!!!

:mad:

Love you too Trumpet :hee:

[bots]

A load of companies will announce their relocation/closure next month, it's not like it hasnt been made very clear what will happen

[Twosugars]

The Japanese have been taking a very dim view of Brexit for a while, businesses and politicians
The Guardian reports they almost cancelled talks about the future free trade agreement with Britain bc they didn't like the British offical letter urging them to hurry up.
They also refused to give Britain the same conditions as those of their trade agreement with the EU. Obvs they'll ask for more concessions. Surprise, not. Brexit Britain.

[Crimson Dynamo]

A load of companies will announce their relocation/closure next month, it's not like it hasnt been made very clear what will happen

and loads more will fill the void and use this to capture new markets

[Twosugars]

and loads more will fill the void and use this to capture new markets

Care to name them?

[Beso]

**** cars anyway.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Care to name them?



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[Twosugars]

yup, that should do it :rolleyes:

[arista]

Honda are also closing their Factory in Turkey
and they are taking it all back to Japan
They have said its not Brexit

[thesheriff443]

SkyNewsHD
and LBC


3,500 jobs loss


https://news.sky.com/story/honda-to-stun-ministers-with-closure-of-swindon-factory-11641154

Swindon is in Wiltshire not wales arista?

[user104658]

TransferWise
Deliveroo
The Culture Trip
Digital Shadows
Sonovate
HiLght Semiconductor
Swoon Editions
EdixoMed
Credit Benchmark

Come on LT. All of these are small (relative to something like Honda) startups that are never going to replace the multinationals that are jumping ship. Not if you could name 100 of them. Also, though I'll admit I didn't check them all, I looked at a random sample of four of them and ALL of those were founded or moved to the UK later than 2015... before the Brexit referendum had even been mentioned, let alone won by Leave.

Do you have any examples of companies that are rushing in to "fill the void" post-referendum?

[Livia]

We need a boycott of all the companies pulling out.

[user104658]

We need a boycott of all the companies pulling out.

The UK's boy racer community, boycott the Civic Type-R? That's one of the most far-fetched things I've ever heard!

[Livia]

The UK's boy racer community, boycott the Civic Type-R? That's one of the most far-fetched things I've ever heard!

Or... we could go on supporting countries that, after promising to stay, taking the incentives... then leave, plunging lots of our countrymen and women into unemployment. Who wants to use their hard earned cash to buy stuff from people who are screwing us?

[user104658]

Who wants to use their hard earned cash to buy stuff from people who are screwing us?

Not enough people care enough for it to make an impact, is my suspicion. I mean, look at Amazon, or Google, or Apple, or any of the other huge companies that dodge various taxes and screw us all more than literally ANYTHING else (e.g. all the benefit fraud in the country x100 doesn't hold a candle to tax evasion) but are people out supporting local businesses, or even UK based chains? Increasingly year on year we're still using our iPhones to "get things £5 cheaper off Amazon".

My point I guess is that if people like the look of a Civic they're going to buy a Civic. Politics just isn't a consideration for enough people for boycotts to be effective.

Nestle has been boycotted for decades because of their shameful tactics in Africa but they don't give a ****... it hasn't changed anything... and never will so long as the profits they make from those tactics are greater than the loss they incur from the boycott.

[Livia]

Not enough people care enough for it to make an impact, is my suspicion. I mean, look at Amazon, or Google, or Apple, or any of the other huge companies that dodge various taxes and screw us all more than literally ANYTHING else (e.g. all the benefit fraud in the country x100 doesn't hold a candle to tax evasion) but are people out supporting local businesses, or even UK based chains? Increasingly year on year we're still using our iPhones to "get things £5 cheaper off Amazon".

My point I guess is that if people like the look of a Civic they're going to buy a Civic. Politics just isn't a consideration for enough people for boycotts to be effective.

Nestle has been boycotted for decades because of their shameful tactics in Africa but they don't give a ****... it hasn't changed anything... and never will so long as the profits they make from those tactics are greater than the loss they incur from the boycott.

If some people are apathetic, well, that's their problem.

Me? I vote with my wallet and try never to buy stuff from wankers. It's not easy as you can imagine.

[arista]

Swindon is in Wiltshire not wales arista?


Thank You
Corrected

[reece(:]

Brexit snaps again

[arista]

Brexit snaps again

You are Wrong reece
The CEO said it is not Brexit.


Diesel Cars are not wanted
And Electric Cars are.

Turkey's Honda is also to be closed
they are not in the EU.

reece look at the bigger picture,
of World Cars not being sold
as they were.


Sign Of The Times

[user104658]

You are Wrong reece
The CEO said it is not Brexit.


Diesel Cars are not wanted
And Electric Cars are.



The CEO isn't being entirely truthful though, is he... as the factory in question builds 95% petrol-engine cars and only 5% diesel, and could quite easily switch to 100% petrol. Demand for electric cars is MANY years away from touching the demand for petrol cars.

[arista]

The CEO isn't being entirely truthful though, is he... as the factory in question builds 95% petrol-engine cars and only 5% diesel, and could quite easily switch to 100% petrol. Demand for electric cars is MANY years away from touching the demand for petrol cars.


Sure
but it is changing to Electric.
Which needs new machines
that are in Asia.

Many of those Swindon built Cars
go to USA

[user104658]

Many of those Swindon built Cars
go to USA

So you don't think it's likely that Honda said they would be staying in the UK back when there was promise of a "special deal" between the UK and the US, but are withdrawing now that we're close to not having any sort of deal with anyone at all?

[arista]

So you don't think it's likely that Honda said they would be staying in the UK back when there was promise of a "special deal" between the UK and the US, but are withdrawing now that we're close to not having any sort of deal with anyone at all?


Sadly they have decided
to Close the massive car factory in 2021.

By then more Electric Cars would go to the USA from Japan and Asia

[Twosugars]

Brexit Britain, imo

[Crimson Dynamo]

Scottish unemployment rate hits new low at 3.5%

UK employment hits another record high



Bloody brexit

[reece(:]

You are Wrong reece
The CEO said it is not Brexit.


Diesel Cars are not wanted
And Electric Cars are.

Turkey's Honda is also to be closed
they are not in the EU.

reece look at the bigger picture,
of World Cars not being sold
as they were.


Sign Of The Times

Jaguar??

[Crimson Dynamo]

it has been categorically stated this is not related to Brexit

end of

[Twosugars]

don't believe it
it's brexit britain
end of

[bots]

The car industry has been fickle for 50 years so honda shutting up shop in itself is not an indicator. I don't think we will be short of cast iron examples for long