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Old 5th Jan 2011, 10:17
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IO540
 
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The problem is that B&N probably can move right out. Maybe not today but soon enough.

In general terms, one cannot p*ss around with big companies. Many politicians have discovered this to their cost. The company just moves to another location. They tend to not have great emotional attachments.

I have visited the B&N factory ~ 2 years ago (on a tour) and I think their biggest real activity was the Cirrus assembly, which involves shipping almost whole airframes to the IOW by road+boat, so there is little advantage to the present location. I would not mess with them if it was me.

I also know that an awful lot of people working on the IOM commute there on the ferry. For any given company moving to for example Lee on Solent, only a part of the workforce is going to be sorry.
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