{"id":1067,"date":"2016-04-02T17:05:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T16:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2016-04-02T17:05:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T16:05:09","slug":"honesty-is-the-best-policy-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1067","title":{"rendered":"Honesty is the best policy&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..#business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1067\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=1067\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p>There has been <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1068\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/the-steelworks-in-port-talbot-284676182-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"the-steelworks-in-port-talbot-284676182\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/the-steelworks-in-port-talbot-284676182-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/the-steelworks-in-port-talbot-284676182-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/home\/amberhibiz\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/the-steelworks-in-port-talbot-284676182.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>much wringing of hands &amp; gnashing of teeth over the impending closure of the Port Talbot steel works by Tata Steel. Politicians of left and right have dug out their Road Atlases &amp; rushed over to be photographed consoling the poor sods who work there demanding they &#8216;Save our Steel&#8217;. The Government will promise a lot &amp; deliver nothing. Labour will urge the re-nationalisation of the failing plant which is reportedly losing \u00a31 million per day. So who would pay for that \u00a3365 million per year to save 13,500 jobs &#8211; The British taxpayer &#8211; the same taxpayer who would be moaning about the loss of their local library or maternity ward.<\/p>\n<p>What the workers desperately need is some brutal honesty:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>British Steel is no longer economically viable in the global market place.<\/li>\n<li>The total volume of world steel production produced in the U.K is less than 0.1%<\/li>\n<li>There are lots of British companies benefiting form cheap Chinese steel.<\/li>\n<li>No one is going to buy Port Talbot &amp; run it in its current format.<\/li>\n<li>The Government will do NOTHING to save the plant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what should be done:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Unions should focus on obtaining maximum redundancy pay.<\/li>\n<li>If any of the &#8216;higher value&#8217; operations can be salvaged this is where the emphasis should be.<\/li>\n<li>The Government needs to do more to encourage alternate employers to the area by the extension &amp; creation of enterprise zones.<\/li>\n<li>Employees need re-training &amp; re-skilling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>chris@amberhill.biz<\/p>\n<p>www.amberhill.biz<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar addthis_pub = '';\nvar addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more';\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', 'https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amberhill.biz%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1067', 'Honesty+is+the+best+policy%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B%26%238230%3B..%23business')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/200\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been much wringing of hands &amp; gnashing of teeth over the impending closure of the Port Talbot steel works by Tata Steel. 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