Boro in Devon
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I used to live in Swindon, Honda are a huge employer and part of the community, but they draw in people from a big area. Locally we also have BMW (Mini) in Swindon and Oxford. There arent many other manufacturing jobs locally.
It would have been an ideal slight for Tesla to move into.
The local community have known about this for a few years, and leading up to it there has been a lot of rumour and speculation every few years.
The relative high rates of pay are both a good short term thing for the employees, but also make them uncompetitive in a global employment. Honda do not sell enough cars into Europe for them to continue in Swindon. Something to think about when we all seem to chase buying German cars.
It would have been an ideal slight for Tesla to move into.
The local community have known about this for a few years, and leading up to it there has been a lot of rumour and speculation every few years.
The relative high rates of pay are both a good short term thing for the employees, but also make them uncompetitive in a global employment. Honda do not sell enough cars into Europe for them to continue in Swindon. Something to think about when we all seem to chase buying German cars.