- Apr 6, 2024
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You only have to look at the multi-billion car battery factory, where building in the UK was chosen over Spain for a recent example of where the government was involved in securing it, and of course where it being secured was then used as political collateralDifficult to imagine a reason where any government, or any parliament, would turn down a multi-billion pound foreign investment in the UK by Universal, which will create thousands of jobs, millions of pounds of tourist revenues and ongoing tax receipts for local and national governments.
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Car firm to pick UK over Spain for car battery plant - BBC News
Insiders say the move, revealed exclusively by the BBC, is the most significant investment in the sector since Nissan came to Britain in the 1980s.
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