Ford is ending car making at Dagenham. Vauxhall is closing its plant in Luton. BMW sold Rover partly because of the unfavourable exchange rate. All of these companies like the UK as a place to do business. There's less regulation than in Continental countries.
Wages are attractive and employees are flexible.
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