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[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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[andrewducker]

I'm sure something shiny will have distracted most of us.

What I mostly want is the government to provide retraining to people that lose their jobs, and provide grants to help new businesses start in areas with high unemployment. Which they do some of, but more would be good.