Cable Forum - View Single Post - Coca-Cola to buy Costa Coffee for £3.9bn

Pierre · 03-09-2018, 21:56

Ownership of companies is irrelevant as long as they pay the correct taxes and employ British people.

If you buy a British company and then offshore it, then obviously that causes issues.

That said many British companies, owned and built up by British owners have offshored themselves( Brexiteer Dyson is a perfect example), well the manufacturering if not the R&D.

Virgin Media and other telcos, electricity, gas, water companies, for example, does it really matter who owns them? As long as they invest in their companies?

Virgin Media has been a US owned company since it was formed, they employ thousands and are currently investing billions in infrastructure that will benefit the country.

03-09-2018, 21:56	#37
Pierre The Dark Satanic Mills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: floating in the ether Posts: 13,009	Re: Coca-Cola to buy Costa Coffee for £3.9bn Ownership of companies is irrelevant as long as they pay the correct taxes and employ British people. If you buy a British company and then offshore it, then obviously that causes issues. That said many British companies, owned and built up by British owners have offshored themselves( Brexiteer Dyson is a perfect example), well the manufacturering if not the R&D. Virgin Media and other telcos, electricity, gas, water companies, for example, does it really matter who owns them? As long as they invest in their companies? Virgin Media has been a US owned company since it was formed, they employ thousands and are currently investing billions in infrastructure that will benefit the country. __________________ The wheel's still turning but the hamsters dead.