FDI - Hitachi Rail
Call Kai
Learn
Practice Test
Spaced Repetition
Match
Flashcards
Knowt Play1/7
There's no tags or description
Looks like no tags are added yet.
Name | Mastery | Learn | Test | Matching | Spaced | Call with Kai |
|---|
No analytics yet
Send a link to your students to track their progress
8 Terms
How much FDI did the plant represent
£85 million from Japan into the UK
What opened and where
Manufacturing plant
Newton Aycliffe in NE England in sept 2015
What influenced Japan to choose the UK
UKs membership to EU. Japanese’s companies were exempt from import tariffs and can export to mainland Europe
Factor favouring UK for FDI from Japan
English language - preferred foreign language for Japanese business people
What did the British government award Hitachi, why?
A contact worth £5.7 billion to design and rebuild the next generation of inner city passenger express trains for UK
What does the plant at Aycliffe also serve as
Houses development and design departments
How many people does the plant employ
2020 - 700 people
+multiplier effect around 6000 other jobs in factories supply chain
Recent decades experienced significant employment losses
Who does the design and development department attract
Attracts people with higher education into areas that are not developed