installations. WRONG. The beverage unit became Dr Pepper Snapple Group. EU rules specifically forbid grants from its structural funds from going to subsidise the relocation of businesses. still running in the UK, I used to contract out to many, then the work just H&M, which generated net profits of SKr16.4bn ($2.3bn, €1.5bn) last year, says the investments involved fresh capacity as part of the company’s aggressive expansion across Europe. Well yes, of course, that’s how the patent system works. See this from the FT and Bureau for Investigative Journalism 1/12/2010 * 4.75% owned by Australian-owned companies. Well, they did come from Germany so if they went to Munich or Berlin it would less of a sale and rather more like a return. 3. Now EDF say the costs will be double or more and it will be very The grant was state aid from the Slovakian government, not EU funding. At least there is people with sense in this brainless sheep country that believes in sheep media that gives you sensation over facts. Cadbury said it planned to shut its factory in Keynsham, near Bristol, by 2010, with the loss of 500 jobs, while 200 further posts would go ⦠The EU rules you refer to are the maximum amount a country can give in aid, in order to avoid distorting competition. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant⦠4. Peugeot closed its Ryton (was Rootes Group) plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant. They know fuck all about how the EU actually works and a very simple (even for remained standards) search will show you the EU did infact subsidise the Peugot move you stupid moron. Might have known that rag would have something to do with it. Cadbury was bought by Kraft, which is American. http://www.londonbusroutes.net/garages.htm. I haven't mentioned what it costs us to be There is uncertainty as to how this aircraft safety and design approval process would work when the UK leaves the European Union⦠The firmâs design approval work is therefore being moved to Dahlewitz, close to Berlin in Germany. Jagua UK are laying off thousands of workers!! This was cross-referenced with news reports and data provided by Eurofound, an organisation that monitors company restructuring. Sekisui Alveo said production at its Merthyr This document (thank you to a post on our Facebook page bringing it to our attention) is a summary of why the EU found the grant did not break EU rules on state aid. Find something that’s gone the other way, I’ve looked and I just can’t. http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Business-News/Workers-dismay-as-Twinings-pockets-12m-EU-fund-for-new-Polish-site. That’s an interesting story. DECEMBER 1, 2010 by: Cynthia O’Murchu in London and Andrew Ward in Stockholm So even though they where initially granted the money, upon investigation it was never delivered, Twinings loses EU grant for new Poland site. And Tata is Indian so what’s that got to do with it? Lovin’ it! Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. Many, many thanks for this even now as I think we need to keep on showing people the misinformation they were fed. Just can’t find any evidence of that. 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. pension fund and drained it dry. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build Name me one major technology company The Twinings plant on North Tyneside, which employs 260 workers, is to close, and 100 posts in Andover, Hampshire, are also set to go. Jumping on the band wagon over death of 49 people, Let's not whitewash Muhammad Ali's legacy - UpFront, Brilliant Interview on Sky News by Michael Gove, http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/Daniel_Hannan. The takeover of Cadbury by US-based Kraft left many thinking that it has become too easy for foreign firms to snap up UK companies, so the rules were tightened up. http://www.plastribution.co.uk/news-posts/a-reshoring-success-airfix-quick-buildbuilt-in-the-uk?doing_wp_cron=1472113996.9409930706024169921875. Notably, the bank lent Ford £450 million in 2010 to develop a new generation of greener vehicles in the UK. be built in SPAIN using SWEDISH steel at the request of the EU to support jobs There are two types of funding available: grants and contracts. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. Unfortunately too many people bought into it. 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. I’ve read…, Let’s say you’re the boss of MegaWidget. But sweet giant Mondelez has confirmed the U-turn â just in time for Easter. He bought out his own company, Alliance Boots, in 2007, and is now in charge of Walgreen Boots Alliance, formed in 2012. Excellent job! But it’s just standard Leaver ranting and it’s beyond the scope of this post to go into it. Have used your link a few times to reply to the original copy and paste points on FB. However I note none of the cases in your article are on the list of nonsense above! Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU What does this even mean? Yet, the world’s second-largest mobile infrastructure company has received millions of euros in EU funds to subsidise investments in two of Europe’s lower-cost countries. If it’s cheaper to manufacture elsewhere, companies will do that. Crown Closures, Bournemouth (Was METAL BOX), Nigel Farage 20years ago you laughed at me, you ar... Police behave in a very unprofessional manner. Required fields are marked *. 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. I don’t usually allow abusive comments through, but on this occasion I’d just like to know what simple search you did to find this information, because if it’s genuine I’ll update the post. 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. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. the Netherlands too as they have said recently. It said the EU funds received by its Polish subsidiary were related to research and development projects rather than the transfer of production. year, using an EU loan for the purchase. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-6023_en.htm. plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant. Transport for London bus contractors, by market share (Source: http://www.londonbusroutes.net/garages.htm): 24.89% – Go-Ahead Group Plc (UK company, London based and on the LSE) Cadbury plans to move some of the Keynsham production to Poland where it already has a factory, and plans to axe a further 200 jobs from its Bourneville factory ⦠I never expected this post to be so popular, but clearly there is a need to continually refute cut-and-paste lists of nonsense. Netherlands, with EU funding. Cadbury moves factory from Bristol to Poland with EU grant 2011. Anyone who thinks the EU is good for British industry or any other business simply hasn’t paid attention to what has been systematically asset-stripped from the UK. Nothing to do with the EU. It is getting complicated: the more each side tries to explain, the deeper the truth gets hid! In addition, we are the second-largest recipient of EU research funds, which benefit companies like Ford, Marks & Spencer and JLR. So the original statement was that ‘most are owned by Spanish and German companies’. 3. A good number of buses are run by UK companies, about the same by EU companies, plus some in Singapore and Australia. have based their HQ in Switzerland to avoid tax to the tune of £80 million a As such, the loan stirred controversy in local newspapers. In order to find the companies, the Financial Times used a database of structural funds beneficiaries across the 27-member EU, which we built for this investigation in conjunction with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with â¬190m EU grant. Every so often it would be reposted with a little more bullshit added. I was just coming to the comments to post the link to the ft article that clearly says it happens but it can’t be proved. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. Boots was not bought with EU money. “I haven’t detailed our non-existent fishing industry the EU paid to destroy, nor the farmers being paid NOT to produce food they could sell for more than they get paid to do nothing, don’t even go there. Hoover Merthyr factory moved out of UK to But some are sceptical about whether the practice is effective. 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…. industry the EU paid to destroy, nor the farmers being paid NOT to produce food Twinings loses EU grant for new Poland site. In the UK, the plan by Twinings, the tea company owned by Associated British Foods, to make nearly 400 workers redundant within the next year has caused outrage as it became apparent that it had been granted subsidies of about €12m through the European regional development fund in Poland, to where it is moving some of the work. It’s a more general article. 107(3)(a) of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union). Hornby is still a UK company, and in fact has bought many European companies. Now EDF say the costs will be double or more and it will be very late even if it does come online. A £10.5m grant to help a company fund the opening of a tea packing factory in Poland, as hundreds of jobs are lost at its UK sites, has been withdrawn. Some number of UK patents have been granted to foreign companies. Derby going which they diverted to their loss-making aviation side in Canada. Hornby models gone. OUT OF EUROPE we need to be out of it. Sticking “with EU grant” on the end of a sentence doesn’t make it a fact. 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. 3/ You don’t think it matters. 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. Owner AB Foods is planning to open a £27m site in Poland later this year. The European Commission relies on regional authorities to avoid funding relocations. “Subsidies did not play a role at all in our decision to relocate,” says Jakob Lux, the company’s spokesman. JDS Uniphase run by two Dutch men, bought up companies in the UK with £20 million in EU ‘regeneration’ grants, created a pollution nightmare and just closed it all down leaving 1,200 out of work and an environmental clean-up paid for by the UK tax-payer. Thanks for all the he updates. Yes, most of this is true or mostly true, I’m starting to lose the will to check. In fact all toys and In my job I see them come and go and come and go… it’s just the way things are. However this post is about the specific list of Leaver nonsense that is going around. Optare, Bluebird, Dennis etc., in the UK. A £10.5m grant to help a company fund the opening of a tea packing factory in Poland, as hundreds of jobs are lost at its UK sites, has been withdrawn. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant. Cadbury was bought by Kraft, which is American. If you can provide any more information than I have here, please comment! Just a follow up on this, I have since found out that the EU did investigate and withdraw the grant, because Twinings was using it for relocation which is not allowed. 1/ You haven’t read the party manifesto of The European Peoples’ Party. The Skarbimierz facility is one of the most advanced chewing gum factories in the world. Cadbury is internationally headquartered in Uxbridge, west London, and operates in more than 50 countries worldwide. 0.99% – CTPlus (UK owned, a social enterprise company based in Hackney) The earliest version I found was just some of the list, in a forum post. Jaguar Land Rover has recently agreed to build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant⦠“Access to structural funds is a positive factor for development in Europe when compared to potential sites elsewhere, but it is far from the most influential factor,” said an NSN spokesman. Ford Transit moved 2Turkey 2013 with EU grant. pollution nightmare and just closed it all down leaving 1,200 out of work and Yes, Jaguar Land Rover built a new factory in Slovakia. 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. “To me, this Twinings affair has highlighted the need for independent parliamentary scrutiny of this issue”, says Keith Taylor, MEP for the UK’s south-east region. 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. When talking about car manufacturing plants being moved to Slovakia, this may not be because of EU grants or loans, but it is to do with the Slovakian government giving larger grants and tax breaks to the manufacturers. looked and I just can't. Twinnings, A British company could not prove that they where not using regeneration funds forrectly. Funding Grants in Cadbury. Peugeot closed its Ryton (was Rootes Group) plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant. 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. Cadbury moved factory 2 Poland 2011 with EU grant. “It is not in their interest for countries such as Poland and Hungary to avoid it – they want to attract investments,” says Markus Pieper, a German member of the European parliament who fought to include rules regarding relocation in EU law. Proving that money was given as a grant/sweetener is obviously going to be virtually impossible because, technically, it’s against EU rules, but the article is clear that it does happen. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. Most London buses are run by Spanish and German companies. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10026411.Focus_on_Ford__The___80m_EU_loan_for_Ford_s_Turkish_Transit_plant/. I was for a United States of Europe (USE) – nope – we wanted a different way forward. The move comes just weeks after Cadbury's chairman told the BBC that job losses were an "inevitability" after the takeover by the US giant. 0.29% – Sullivan Buses (UK owned, based in Hertfordshire) “Morally you can talk about it, but if you want to stay in business then you have to accept the rules of the market.”, I think this matter is not as clear cut as either party makes out but it is not very edifying behaviour. Cadbury moved factory 2 Poland 2011 with EU grant. * 37.09% owned by EU-owned companies O have carefully read the information on this site, and have two comments to make: A £10.5m grant to help a company fund the opening of a tea packing factory in Poland, as hundreds of jobs are lost at its UK sites, is withdrawn. asset-stripped like this, nor have I mentioned immigration, nor the risk to our Most relocation is due to globalisation and cheaper workforces elsewhere. grant. The…, I have thought hard about the future of this website.…, Hang on, the EU is undemocratic, isn’t it? http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-armys-new-fighting-vehicles-7928358. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/eu-backtracks-on-poland-grant-for-twinings-2292419.html. They never got the money, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13632135. Indesit at Bodelwyddan Wales gone with EU UK companies get patents in foreign countries too, that’s how it works. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56d5da5c-a7ea-11e0-afc2-00144feabdc0.html. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129507/Britain-sale-Uniquely-world-Britain-sold-half-companies-foreigners-And-paying-price.html. 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. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. Great research. (Thanks to The Bus Driver in the comments.) M&S manufacturing gone to far east with EU loan. 5. The company denies the allegation. It’s a small…. Maybe they aren’t the old fashioned build-things-in-a-factory companies, but they’re still technology companies. 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. 18.02% – Metroline (owned by a company based in Singapore) to their losses in the aviation market, that could see the end of the British UK airports are owned by a Spanish company. Ideally, you get a patent wherever you are going to sell your product. Disgraceful comic. I’ve recently discovered that the list in question has made a reappearance, and I’m going to update this post if necessary. dried up as they were sold off to companies from France, Germany, Holland, Questions surround EU relocations But, he adds, “if you get subsidies, you’re not going to say no to them”. She said: “EIB loans are loans at commercial rates, and do not use taxpayers’ money. Trust me, this statement doesn’t even make sense. Thanks, I do keep it updated. Jaguar Land Rover is a large car manufacturing company owned by Tata Motors Limited India. In other words, the EU was not responsible for this. The fact checker may have debunked the EU grant aspect but it’s still not a ringing endorsement of the UK under the EU’s auspices , is it ? Poland facility. 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. Sharing all our knowledge and experience, it will hopefully make a real difference to many ⦠Also the EU does not fund American companies to move ie Cadburies and Ford to move. Fears over EU funding of relocations sometimes materialise before any move happens. You can apply for grants and contracts managed by the European Commission on the Funding and Tenders portal. grant. Cadburyâs US owner, Mondelez, moved manufacture of the 95g Dairy Milk bar to its site in Wroclaw, Poland, to allow factory line improvements to take place at Bournville. Cadbury denies moving Dairy Milk production to Poland Jen Mills Sunday 15 Jan 2017 3:48 pm Share this article via facebook Share ⦠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. Scottish Power is owned by a Spanish company. It would be great do have a concise finished list we can post in contradiction to the lies. http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/local-news/subsidise-peugeot-jobs-axe-3983259. closed, eliminating 3,500 jobs. be built by French company EDF, part owned by the French government, using It’s not only the UK that suffers with this, and it is not happening because we’re in the EU. I haven't detailed our non-existent fishing http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/ford/61343/mps-slam-ford-betrayal. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. Not any more, it's Bombardier in Derby and due However I will not approve any other comments, this is not a discussion forum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDSU. According to a list of applicants provided by the Romanian ministry of economy and finance, the company has applied for more than €650,00 in structural funds there. It says the sites in France and Belgium play different roles in its supply chain. Ford Transit moves to Turkey with EU Grant 2013. Twinings denies the grant has anything to do with the relocation of the factory. Keith Taylor, Green MEP for South East England, said: “I’ve been challenging this grant for over a year now. Gillette gone to eastern Europe with EU grant. I am IN! Passed by whom, passed how? 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. JDSU was an American company; I have no idea where this Dutch element crept in. Like many companies it moved some manufacturing to China, but that’s nothing to do with the EU. railways manufacturing altogether even though Bombardier had EU grants to keep 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. There’s a useful European Commission press release (link below) explaining the EU’s scrutiny of Slovakia’s investment aid. Ford Transit moved to Turkey 2013 with EU grant. In a statement, Kraft said it would stick to the plans put in place by Cadbury in 2007 to close the plant and transfer the work to Poland⦠2/ You haven’t had to deal with EU petty bureaucracy tearing your business down. The chocolate factory was opened in 2010. Cadbury demerged in May 2008, separating the confectionery and beverage unit. Foreign ownership happens without EU subsidies. The list has got longer! The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to ons it’s gone, the PATENT goes with the move, and is lost for ever. His campaign bus was made in Germany even though we have Plaxton, models now gone from UK along with the patents all with with EU grants. Hang on, the EU is undemocratic, isn't it? But not with EU money. 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 given sources where I can, but for some of these it’s just such a blatant lie that there’s no source possible. The Polish investment, involving 400 fresh jobs, built on an existing R&D presence in the country. Daily Mail! This website was started to share positive stories about the EU. This is the only one that seems to have some truth in it. I received the above anti EU rant from my mother, it claimed to be “An excerpt from a prominent ‘leave’ campaigner’s speech before the referendum”. I think I identified where most of these come from. Continue the good work! I love the EU because the introduction of the Euro was such a success, and its consequences predicted many years ago. I certainly love this site. I think the person that first put this up did not do his homework correctly. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. They didn’t make our companies sell to the Spanish and French and Germans, these things just happen. bureaucracy tearing your business down. industry or any other business simply hasn't paid attention to what has been And it’s our government who handed Hinckley Point over to the French and Chinese. https://www.ft.com/content/74ab02a6-fd85-11df-a049-00144feab49a, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13632135 Thanks for a brilliant post. Texas Instruments Greenock gone to Germany 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. I had to disable my anti-Daily Mail extension to visit the link though . Most London buses are run by Spanish and No it was not with an EU grant. 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. I can’t even find out where this story originated. Also, do we know the author of the original piece? Please comment if you have something nice or something useful to say. Now you’re just making shit up. Analyzing educational issues from a variety of perspectives. You made the point but missed it. Well, let's…, Submitted by James in Sheffield I love the EU because it has funded so much in the north which central government would not do. 1. Hi Geoff, sorry it’s taken me a while to reply. Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. Twinnings, a British Company tried to cheat. a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, the same company who have 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. The biggest increases have come from countries hit hard by the Eurozone crisis, including Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. The company insists that neither project involved a direct replacement of jobs lost in other parts of the EU. 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”. companies in the UK with £20 million in EU 'regeneration' grants, created a GMB regional organiser John Kirk, who led ⦠cheap Chinese steel that has catastrophically failed in other nuclear 20th March 2016, Correlation does not imply causation but surely…. * 18.02% owned by Singapore-owned companies M&S manufacturing gone to far east with EU I’m not sure what the mention of patents is about. Sekisui Alveo said production at its Merthyr Tydfil Industrial Park foam plant will relocate production to Roermond in the Netherlands, with EU funding. 39% of British invention patents have been passed to foreign companies, many of them in the EU. But NSN indicated that EU support, while welcome, was rarely the decisive issue. 13.56% – Stagecoach Group Plc (UK company, Scotland based and on the LSE) Scroll to the ‘background’ section and the rules governing such aid are clearly explained. Just had to say thank you for this. I have had a rant back at them and then directed them to your website. Which is in breach of EU legislation. I’ve broken the rules a little with this one… but I just couldn’t let it lie! 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. The EU had already loaned money to Ford UK but that doesn’t appear to have saved it. Your email address will not be published. 1/ You haven't read the party manifesto of The Until last year when I retired from teaching in further education we were definitely teaching electrical engineering. 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. as an example of British engineering, are built by BMW mostly in Holland and 1/ You haven’t read the party manifesto of The European Peoples’ Party. Anyone who thinks the EU is good for British The Gdynia office now employs over 1500 staff while the UK staff were made redundant. There was an investigation as to whether Slovakia improperly gave EU money to Peugeot, but nothing seems to have come of it. The Mini cars that Cameron stood in front of Find something that's gone the other way, I've Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company wholly owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010.It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mars. https://www.eenewseurope.com/news/diodes-buys-tis-scottish-fab. I’m glad I have brain to use to research and have the knowledge on what goes on in this country and around the world and not for hearsay. “The funding played a part in our decision to invest in Poland and Belgium but was not the only reason for investing in these locations,” a spokesman said. If you know, please enlighten me! British Army’s new Ajax fighting vehicles to be built in SPAIN using SWEDISH steel at the request of the EU to support jobs in Spain with EU grant, rather than Wales. 2/ You haven't had to deal with EU petty Well that has de-bunked the whole bloody lot. Brexit has fuelled a lot of relocations from UK to EU for companies that need to trade within the EU. I can find no evidence that factories were closed at the time. Blame our own government for that one, they commissioned it. It was invented to make text more comprehensible. ICI integration into Holland’s AkzoNobel with Slovakia notified the Commission of its plans to grant €125 million of public support for the project. Thanks for the heads-up, I’ve updated the post. Cadbury Move to Poland Cadbury moved factory to Poland 2011 with EU grant. 3/ You don’t think it matters. UPDATE 16 December 2018 in the far east, not by Raleigh UK but then they are probably going to move to technicians any more, due to EU regulations. I have comment moderation turned on because of the high volume of spam and Leaver abuse. Not one Spanish company in the market and just 17.42% in German ownership. 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