(24 Jun 2016, 8:30 pm)cbma06 wrote Not getting into a debate with ya, but why should britain pay millions of pounds to Nissan every year to keep bailing them out,£10,000,000 to secure British jobs in an area where they're needed is peanuts compared with what's been wiped off the value of our currency, today.
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How much do you think benefits and retraining for 7500 workers is likely to cost? What about the loss of revenue if a massive company like Nissan moves all of it's UK production to continental Europe? It's not just direct costs - many Nissan workers are reasonably well paid for their specific skills. People who work for them stay working for them, on the whole. Their buying power isn't going to be the same if they end up signing on long term or pulling pints. any other businesses in the NE will suffer as a result of that, alongside Nissan's UK suppliers.
So 10 Million might sound like a lot of money, but it's what would generally be regarded as a very good investment rather than money merely given away.