Reply to: Jaguar Land Rover to cut 1,000 jobs after 'slump due to Brexit'

[darmstadt]

Agency staff, therefore it's no story. Hard to believe this is a contractor site. Anyone would think you have some sort of agenda...

Actually I was referring to the fact that their personal data has been leaked and by the look of it, it could have implications. But in any case, it looks like they're going to be even poorer buggers soon...

[Old Greg]

Seems like you are the one who has no clue, what B2B? Agency workers are permies.

https://www.gov.uk/contract-types-an...s/agency-staff

Well they're not permies, but they are employees.

[sal]

WTF? You are talking about a B2B arrangement not an employer-employee arrangement.

Its wrong from a data breach prospective. But a contractors employer is their company - not the end client.

Do you claim JSA too?

Seems like you are the one who has no clue, what B2B? Agency workers are permies.

https://www.gov.uk/contract-types-an...s/agency-staff

[meridian]

WTF? You are talking about a B2B arrangement not an employer-employee arrangement.

Its wrong from a data breach prospective. But a contractors employer is their company - not the end client.

Do you claim JSA too?

Is it a B2B arrangement? Evidence for that?

[meridian]

Agency staff, therefore it's no story. Hard to believe this is a contractor site. Anyone would think you have some sort of agenda...

They’re agency staff through Staffline. Partially unionised through Unite, and probably on something similar to a zero-hours contract with few employment rights. They’re not contractors, they’re normal people on lower rates and with fewer benefits than permies.

[GreenMirror]

WTF? If it's agency staff it's not important, these people have no family, rents, mortgages to pay? Typical gammon attitude

WTF? You are talking about a B2B arrangement not an employer-employee arrangement.

Its wrong from a data breach prospective. But a contractors employer is their company - not the end client.

Do you claim JSA too?

[Eirikur]

Agency staff, therefore it's no story. Hard to believe this is a contractor site. Anyone would think you have some sort of agenda...

WTF? If it's agency staff it's not important, these people have no family, rents, mortgages to pay? Typical gammon attitude

[Mordac]

Poor buggers: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...ef=uk-homepage

Agency staff, therefore it's no story. Hard to believe this is a contractor site. Anyone would think you have some sort of agenda...

[darmstadt]

Poor buggers: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...ef=uk-homepage

[original PM]

Nissan are retooling the Sunderland factory for jam, tea and biscuits.

But it's fook all to do with brexit

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/nissan/...nderland-plant

[Montymoore]

The answer is to modify the Diesel fuel, not the engine. I suppose a modified DPF would help so rather than burning the carbon, it dropped a carbon turd first thing in the morning.

The thing is so many drivers of diesel cars do not realise that actually they are not more fuel efficient in town driving especially in winter. You need to get speed up to burn off the particulates in the DPF.

[northernladyuk]

No Brexit is not harming, and is not going to harm, the car industry at all.
That'll be why Nissan are demanding an urgent meeting with the PM.

AT what point I wonder will Brexiters realise that in the past two years, most ironically, Britain has prospered due to doing more business with the EU than ever.

https://www.reanda-uk.com/2017/09/15...-nations-fall/

Nissan are retooling the Sunderland factory for jam, tea and biscuits.

[Paddy]

Yes the new costs came into force in April this year but it was announced in November 2017, Diesel sales are doing very well in part due to the emissions scandal (go on link that to Brexit) and uncertainty over what the Government wants to do about Diesel cars. Given 90% of JLR's sales are diesel vehicles then it would mean any drop in people purchasing these vehicles would hit their sales hard.

The answer is to modify the Diesel fuel, not the engine. I suppose a modified DPF would help so rather than burning the carbon, it dropped a carbon turd first thing in the morning.

[sasguru]

No Brexit is not harming, and is not going to harm, the car industry at all.
That'll be why Nissan are demanding an urgent meeting with the PM.

AT what point I wonder will Brexiters realise that in the past two years, most ironically, Britain has prospered due to doing more business with the EU than ever.

https://www.reanda-uk.com/2017/09/15...-nations-fall/

[vetran]

Increased diesel costs are from April 2018, drop in sales happened already before it - 'due to Brexit'.

Jeez, them Brexiters are total morons - first they were saying that company who cut jobs/move out don't do so because of Brexit, now when company explicitly says 'slump due to Brexit' they have audacity to pretend they know better

a car is for 3 years not just for Xmas or until you find a wall to park it in!

They aren't buying now because the Government has just made it clear Diesels are the new Satan (tax cow), the taxes are declared.


https://www.ft.com/content/115c3744-...0-52972418fec4


One throws in Brexit just to show willing but if the government declares 90% of your customers will pay more tax on your goods you are pretty much screwed.