Middlesbrough announced as Investment Zone - Great Newsđź‘Ť

It's the same trick that the call centre companies use. They move every time that there is incentive to do so and gives them good publicity because generally people don't look at the details of the move. Stockton losing 450 jobs is never going to be the headline.
 
Daft lads like Nobby will fall for this every time but they are usually just PR nonsense.

You'll get companies like the below generating new jobs.

In 2010 they announced plans to hire 500 employees due to a ÂŁ2million grant.

www.bbc.co.uk

Call centre firm brings 500 jobs to Middlesbrough

An Indian-based telecoms firm begins recruiting 500 people for a new call centre in Middlesbrough.
www.bbc.co.uk

In 2015, they added a further 100 employees.

www.firstsource.com

Firstsource Solutions Creating 100 Jobs at Middlesbrough Contact Centre

Firstsource Solutions is looking for a mix of sales and customer service advisors after winning work with UK bank and telecoms firm.
www.firstsource.com www.firstsource.com

And in 2017 they were adding a further 500 to their existing 180, although I'm sure that's a typo as that's way short of the 600 announced.

www.firstsource.com

Firstsource Solutions creates 500 new jobs in Middlesbrough - Firstsource

Firstsource Solutions UK, the UK’s leading customer experience expert, is set to grow its operations in Middlesbrough this year by creating up to 500 jobs in the area. The jobs are being created as a result of recent Firstsource client wins.The new roles, which include customer service agents...
www.firstsource.com www.firstsource.com

And in 2021 they were encouraged to move to Centre Square as that would allow them to add 200 new jobs to their existing 500 (not 680 or 1100) employees.

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

Firstsource confirms hiring plans following move to Centre Square in Middlesbrough

FIRSTSOURCE, a global business that already employs 500 people in Middlesbrough, is planning to create up to 200 more jobs this year after…
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

I am sure it's exactly the same whichever party is in power but the likes of Houchen and Preston are very good at spreading all this good news and hoping you don't notice that things have either not changed or gotten worse.
 
Unravel_Morrison said:
Daft lads like Nobby will fall for this every time but they are usually just PR nonsense.

You'll get companies like the below generating new jobs.

In 2010 they announced plans to hire 500 employees due to a ÂŁ2million grant.

www.bbc.co.uk

Call centre firm brings 500 jobs to Middlesbrough

An Indian-based telecoms firm begins recruiting 500 people for a new call centre in Middlesbrough.
www.bbc.co.uk

In 2015, they added a further 100 employees.

www.firstsource.com

Firstsource Solutions Creating 100 Jobs at Middlesbrough Contact Centre

Firstsource Solutions is looking for a mix of sales and customer service advisors after winning work with UK bank and telecoms firm.
www.firstsource.com www.firstsource.com

And in 2017 they were adding a further 500 to their existing 180, although I'm sure that's a typo as that's way short of the 600 announced.

www.firstsource.com

Firstsource Solutions creates 500 new jobs in Middlesbrough - Firstsource

Firstsource Solutions UK, the UK’s leading customer experience expert, is set to grow its operations in Middlesbrough this year by creating up to 500 jobs in the area. The jobs are being created as a result of recent Firstsource client wins.The new roles, which include customer service agents...
www.firstsource.com www.firstsource.com

And in 2021 they were encouraged to move to Centre Square as that would allow them to add 200 new jobs to their existing 500 (not 680 or 1100) employees.

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

Firstsource confirms hiring plans following move to Centre Square in Middlesbrough

FIRSTSOURCE, a global business that already employs 500 people in Middlesbrough, is planning to create up to 200 more jobs this year after…
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

I am sure it's exactly the same whichever party is in power but the likes of Houchen and Preston are very good at spreading all this good news and hoping you don't notice that things have either not changed or gotten worse.
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Over the last decade or so on projects for different companies I have worked on the Gazette has championed around 80000 local manufacturing jobs on these different projects . There hasn't been a single uk manufacturing job created.
 
Nobby_Barnes said:
www.gazettelive.co.uk

Chancellor set to confirm Middlesbrough and Hartlepool Investment Zones

The move has been backed by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, who said the plans would boost investment across the Tees Valley
www.gazettelive.co.uk www.gazettelive.co.uk
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Dropped like a lead balloon. Thanks đź‘Ť

www.gazettelive.co.uk

Plans for new 'investment zones' dropped following autumn statement

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, who had described the zones as game changers for Teesside, said Mr Hunt's statement was a 'mixed bag'
www.gazettelive.co.uk www.gazettelive.co.uk
 
Remember folks: All of the have's. They have not. Not got half, of what we've got (E.V., Earthling, 2022). Chins up. That's the way.
 
It seems common sense to me to invest in areas of the UK that are under utilised (such as Teesside). That way a pound invested will give you a lot more than a pound back in GDP growth (giving increased taxes, decreased benefits). You have to throw some initial incentives to get the investment ball rolling a sort of spend to save.

Over heated areas like the South East and some Metropolitan cities would over heat further with more development leading to bigger labour shortages and bigger housing shortages.

Investment zones could help some of the supply side problems in the UK - when the pressures are on Governments, it is interesting to see what goes and what stays.
 
I appreciate the government is in crisis but the worst thing about this type of flip flopping is that there are loads of voters out there who won’t even pick up or notice that there has been a policy change.

The big hurrah headline announcements have far more reach than the quiet withdrawal of them.

It just adds to the already heightened confusion of the working class of this country.
 
Redwurzel said:
It seems common sense to me to invest in areas of the UK that are under utilised (such as Teesside). That way a pound invested will give you a lot more than a pound back in GDP growth (giving increased taxes, decreased benefits). You have to throw some initial incentives to get the investment ball rolling a sort of spend to save.

Over heated areas like the South East and some Metropolitan cities would over heat further with more development leading to bigger labour shortages and bigger housing shortages.

Investment zones could help some of the supply side problems in the UK - when the pressures are on Governments, it is interesting to see what goes and what stays.
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Why not make the whole country an 'investment zone' if they are so great?

What they are is importation of a developing world country's conditions to the UK. Self-imposed internal borders. Behind the borders a bunch of neo-liberal pirates would run sweat shops with few to no regulations. Yet people cheer it on because all they can see is 'jobs'. Any jobs will be poorly paid, long hours, no sick pay, few holidays and safety not taken into consideration. Reece-Mogg's wet dream of Indian conditions finally realised. Do you think the spivs who want these zones are doing it so they can pay people decent wages and give them decent conditions? It's a race to the bottom.
 
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