Amusement

[andrewducker]

Name the following business.

It has a workforce of 39,000 outside the UK, with just 6,000 staff in Britain.

Its biggest business is chewing gum.

The focus of much recent investment has been Poland, to replace UK production.

And 50% of the business and management came from the takeover of the confectionery company Adams from an American drugs business some five years ago.

Who is this faceless, heartless global conglomerate, which opportunistically shifts its capital and people to wherever the financial returns are greatest?

It's Cadbury.

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[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Not entirely. The threat of outsourcing to eastern Europe is a real threat, far more so than moving operations to the US where employment costs are comparitively high. Part of the problem is that Cadbury historically was extremely loyal to the UK and provided conditions & benefits for its employeees which were far better than those provided by most other companies.

[chuma.livejournal.com]

I would never call that a problem :)

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

OK poor wording on my part. It's not a problem, in fact historically it was probably a good thing. Of course had Cadbury never done this, I suspect there would be less of an outcry today.