TopGun Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 (edited) Quite sad really. Is anyone here affected? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23432322 I wonder what will happen to the site? Edited 26 July, 2013 by TopGun * sorry about typo in thread title * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackanorySFC Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 A good mate of mine posted some pictures up of the last van to come off the production line on Wednesday. Good luck to whoever buys it as the insides are covered in the workers signatures and a Saints flag :-). I know 2 lads there, both been there 10-12 years. One staffer the other a contracter. Don't worry about the staffers, genuinely good redundo package or relocation option to Cardiff. The Agency workers however (one I know that has been there 12 years) are a different kettle of fish. Not enough jobs down the Docks for these boys to move into and other, well paying blue collar manufacturing jobs are thin on the ground in the City so they'll find it tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 Quite sad really. Is anyone here affected? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23432322 I wonder what will happen to the site? It will never happen but they should use it to move the M27 and extend the runway & then the airport so it can handle longer haul aircraft After all with our global brand we'll have all these SE Asian & Kenyan fans wanting to come visit (OK that was a jest) ...but growth at some of the Regional Airports has been good and longer term will continue as LHR & LGW will take a long time to expand (also a bigger airport will be needed in this region IF Boris's barmy Thames Estuary shut Heathrow plan comes to fruition) Bigger airport with Cargo capability will bring more jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 My uncle has worked there for decades. His Facebook feed is full of photos of the last days. Gutted for them all. I've only really been around one shutdown ( Marconi ) and its devastating to see people lose not only their jobs, but also their mates and an important part of who they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 End of a great era Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 (edited) A friend's father received a more then generous pay-off from Ford for taking early retirement. I'm sure the staff will be fine. Totally unlike the collapse of MG Rover in 2005, the factory I worked in at the time supplied window regulators for the R3 (Rover 25, MG ZR.) Thankfully they also supplied into many more stable firms. The contractors and suppliers are an entirely different matter to the closing factory itself. Edited 26 July, 2013 by Colinjb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 Very sad, but it seemed to be this was inevitable, and actually the factory was lucky to stay open as long as it did. I remember every time a new model was introduced, there would be the discussion "Genk or us ?". Ford doesnt produce a single vehicle in the UK anymore. They just used us to get a foothold in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 Quite sad really. Is anyone here affected? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23432322 I wonder what will happen to the site? The Cortese Megadome. Obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 The Cortese Megadome. Obviously Don't joke about that... you'll set MLG off!!! Next door to a motorway, Airport and Train Station..... boom!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 The Cortese Megadome. Obviously Its possible, but I think the authorities want it to be used for industrial/business purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 Very sad, but it seemed to be this was inevitable, and actually the factory was lucky to stay open as long as it did. I remember every time a new model was introduced, there would be the discussion "Genk or us ?". Ford doesnt produce a single vehicle in the UK anymore. They just used us to get a foothold in Europe. I thought it was a huge loan/gift?? from the EU to Turkey (making that country such an attractive option for Ford) that ****ed Soton, not competition from Genk? 40 years of production in the UK is not `using us to get a foothold in Europe'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 I thought it was a huge loan/gift?? from the EU to Turkey (making that country such an attractive option for Ford) that ****ed Soton, not competition from Genk? 40 years of production in the UK is not `using us to get a foothold in Europe'.that was part of it but the truth is they could not expand the Southampton site being in a built up area . Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 Its possible, but I think the authorities want it to be used for industrial/business purposes. There's a very vague stipulation that could be utilised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmacian_saint Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 It will never happen but they should use it to move the M27 and extend the runway & then the airport so it can handle longer haul aircraft After all with our global brand we'll have all these SE Asian & Kenyan fans wanting to come visit (OK that was a jest) ...but growth at some of the Regional Airports has been good and longer term will continue as LHR & LGW will take a long time to expand (also a bigger airport will be needed in this region IF Boris's barmy Thames Estuary shut Heathrow plan comes to fruition) Bigger airport with Cargo capability will bring more jobs This. Our FlyBedrome needs to expand if it is to have a future. Something must be done about the airline's outrageous monopoly for a start (in trouble according to reports). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 26 July, 2013 Share Posted 26 July, 2013 I worked at ford for 5 years (1999-2004), before i moved on to better things. But there was always talk of shutting it down. But what riles me is that f*king Ford are a bunch of slimy bar-stewards. Germany refused to take Turkish made Transits (after Genk lost its transits to Koceli),as their quality was atrocious. So ford in a deceitful plan, exported all Turkish made transits through Southampton. To then label them made in the UK. Yet now under the guise of a Distribution centre (sic), this Turkish made crap. Will come through this centre to have their quality checked missing parts replaced, so your none the wiser. The off-shoot of this re-nationalization was Southampton had a very bad warranty claims percentage against it, which was used by the Ford europe management as part of an excuse to close Southampton as well. This is common knowledge amongst ford workers and some Hendy Ford employees, who were doing this work down the docks. They also have lost their jobs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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