Toepoke Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-34106588 Great news for shipbuilding on the Clyde. Well played Jim McColl This was such a depressing thread last year... http://taboard.com/archive/index.php?showtopic=152479 Edited August 31, 2015 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Great news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Saw that story this morning. Great news. Gives stability for a few years for Jim McColl to continue the investment he's been talking about and his ambition of having a ten fold increase in the number of people employed by 2020. The commercial shipbuilding market is there to be accessed if we can have inventive entrepreneurs like him involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNsTeR Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 keeping shipbuilding jobs in Scotland instead of Germany ... win win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usainboltyarocket Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 keeping shipbuilding jobs in Scotland instead of Germany ... win win Jim McColl deserves enormous praise for this. Fantastic effort over the last 12 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Shutting down again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 One of UK's most successful man can't make this work due to govt contact so Derek MacKay will do briliantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Not ideal but it's keeping people in work and shipbuilding expertise on the Clyde so better than the alternative scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 “The monthly wage bill for workers at the yard will now be met from Scottish government funds” taxes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisegerwind Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 8 minutes ago, ParisInAKilt said: “The monthly wage bill for workers at the yard will now be met from Scottish government funds” taxes? You have a preferred solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Eisegerwind said: You have a preferred solution? The government not bailing out failing companies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisegerwind Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, ParisInAKilt said: The government not bailing out failing companies Yes, that's an option. In which case “The monthly dole bill for workers at the yard will now be met from Scottish government funds”. Not to mention the societal loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, Eisegerwind said: Yes, that's an option. In which case “The monthly dole bill for workers at the yard will now be met from Scottish government funds”. Not to mention the societal loss. Suppose that’s one way to look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Wait a minute, I thought our union would save the ship yards on the Clyde. 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 15 hours ago, ParisInAKilt said: “The monthly wage bill for workers at the yard will now be met from Scottish government funds” taxes? Was McColl not wanting £93 million of taxpayers money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 22 hours ago, Alan said: One of UK's most successful man can't make this work due to govt contact so Derek MacKay will do briliantly. Why successful? He wasn’t successful in trying to get more taxpayers money. He was probably trying do some creative accounting for his own good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 5 hours ago, antidote said: Was McColl not wanting £93 million of taxpayers money? Probably, that’s not right either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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