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- Northern Ireland
Armageddon.
Ford Bridgend plant under threat
- Thread starter JP1
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- Northern Ireland
liv tyler being the only good thing about that film
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- Northern Ireland
I find it hard to get the appetite up for a film these days. Most of it is either complete trash, or just another Hollywood cliché. More interested now in something a bit more obscure.
With all the doom and gloom I’m a bit worried about starting to watch a film in case I don’t live long enough to see the end
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- South Wales UK
New Tarmac being ripped up now???
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- South Wales UK
Workers Last days at Ford's this week.
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- South Wales UK
Roger Perry
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What was reason for closure..?
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- South Wales UK
Big list allegedly?
Cheaper in Brazil also apparently
Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
Officially it was due to the lack of demand for the engines built there. However, as I understand it the same engines are built at several other plants world-wide that have no issues with brexit imports and exports. Since every single engine built there was exported, it made no sense to even risk having extra costs and export burdens imposed. Ford has shown zero commitment to the UK over a period of many years anyhow, so it should be no surprise when they leave completely and 100%, which looks very likely now that they have so little presence left. I think the Dagenham Diesel engine plant is the only one of substance left and we all know the prospects for diesel and therefore the prospects for Dagenham.
Oh yes, they have a 50% stake with Getrag in the Halewood transmission plant near Liverpool which is also on limited time due to the rise of automatic transmissions and electric cars, plus the dreaded [br]exit. This is basically on a site shared with JLR which make the Evoque, Discovery Sport and the Jaguar E-Pace. [Every second E-Pace is apparently built in Austria though, which means that at least 50 of them
] This is a legacy from when Ford built the Escort at Halewood many moons ago.
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ollie989898
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The car industry is in meltdown basically.
Nobody is buying ICE cars because they know it's over. The problem is the gap to the price of a new EV so there is a bit of a stand off. Those firms who didn't take EV seriously are in big trouble. Most people I know are just running their ICE cars into the ground until EV's get more affordable.
Hindsight
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- Lincolnshire
Very bright bloke Jim Ratcliffe - self made man from humble roots. Have a lot of time for him.
See that he is a true Brexiter. Proclaims in 2016 how marvellous it would be. And now. Well fudges off to Monaco to miss paying UK tax and looks at buying a French car plant to build his new Grenadier truck.
True Brexiter along the lines of Rees Mogg et al. Hey ho there you go.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money...r-Jim-Ratcliffe-escapes-Monaco-tax-haven.html
See that he is a true Brexiter. Proclaims in 2016 how marvellous it would be. And now. Well fudges off to Monaco to miss paying UK tax and looks at buying a French car plant to build his new Grenadier truck.
True Brexiter along the lines of Rees Mogg et al. Hey ho there you go.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money...r-Jim-Ratcliffe-escapes-Monaco-tax-haven.html
Roger Perry
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Maybe if the government taxes were lower he would have stuck around..?
Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
Lower than a territory that is purposely structured as a tax haven for the rich and for money laundering. Yes I can see the UK doing that. It's already half way there with the billions of dirty money being exposed in The City with every passing week.
Hindsight
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- Lincolnshire
Maybe, maybe not.
Hindsight
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- Lincolnshire
Well there is a few on here reckon it is the way forward. Hey ho.
Roger Perry
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What % of income in UK is paid in tax, if all tax were combined...........whats' a good ballpark figure..?
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- Scottish Highlands
Depends on how good your accountant is. Theoretically the top rate is 45%, but nobody will be paying that on anything meaningful.
£80k top line would give you £25k tax bill (but no need for private medical, etc.)
Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
Its not just income tax for the mere mortal though. There's 20% VAT on most things apart from food and a few essentials. There's fuel tax. There's road duty on driving cars. There's a massive extra tax on buying new cars with the VAT added on top. All of this after paying income tax. Oh and insurance tax on insuring stuff. Tax on selling and buying property and Rates on living in it. National Insurance.
The list just goes on and on and on. I wouldn't be surprised if most ordinary people don't end up paying between 60 and 80% tax on their income and expenditure overall in one way or another.
The list just goes on and on and on. I wouldn't be surprised if most ordinary people don't end up paying between 60 and 80% tax on their income and expenditure overall in one way or another.