| The problem here is not just that Rover is going, but the knock on effect through out the West Midlands. There is still a large manufacturing base in the West Midlands believe it or not but it is made up of thousands of small companies not large ones like Rubry Owens and F H Lloyds in the old days. Rover going bump will probably knock out 30% of that manufacturing base straight away, that’s up to 55,000 jobs across the region. Just think for a moment how that might affect the rest of the country. The haulage companies that move the stock, the packaging firms that package the goods, down to the ducting companies and electricians that fit out the units for these companies etc, etc, right down to the wealthy company directors that buy new Ducati’s and the parts that go with them.
You may not like there products but the West Midlands really needed Rover. |