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[freddie01] 28/1/2021 13:02

Norton set to open new multi-million pound factory in Solihull


Historic British motorcycle marque Norton is set open a new factory in Solihull. The firm’s new West Midlands base will open following a following a multi-million pound investment by its Indian parent company, TVS Motor Company.

The new headquarters will be home to design, engineering, purchasing, sales, marketing, and support teams as well as the skilled production team that is resuming manufacture of motorcycles.

Norton said the new factory is now close to completion and will open this spring. Over 50 “high quality” jobs had been created and more are expected to follow as manufacturing grows.

Norton will resume production of the Commando Classic model at the Solihull site, building a limited quality to honour customers that had ordered and paid for a deposit on these bikes. Production of the V4SS will commence soon and the full opening of the facility is expected in the first quarter of 2021.

Sudarshan Venu, joint managing director of TVS Motors, said: “The opening of this state-of-the-art facility will create the foundations for a sustainable long-term future of Norton. The new bikes will meet the world class standards our customers expect.”

Andy Street, mayor of the West Midlands, added: “The arrival of Norton’s global headquarters to Solihull is a real vote of confidence in our region as we look to recover from the pandemic. This investment not only re-establishes our historic partnership with Norton but will set a world-class benchmark for exceptional motorcycle manufacturing at the heart of our region, creating hundreds of jobs in the process at what is an incredibly challenging time economically.”

Norton was founded in 1898 and was bought in 2008 by businessman Stuart Garner, who moved the brand to Leicestershire, building up a strong following for the hand-built bikes. Norton was acquired by TVS out of administration in April 2020.

[excell1] 28/1/2021 12:58

Well said xxxxxy. Personally I would give that lot a lethal injection.

[freddie01] 28/1/2021 12:57

UPDATE: Forterra is building a new £95 million production facility at its Desford plant. The major investment will transform the British manufacturer's Leicestershire site into the largest and most efficient brick factory in Europe. #UKmfgFlag of United Kingdom

[mr.elbee] 28/1/2021 12:57

front of the queue please

watch them keel over.

the vaccine is VERY DANGEROUS

I have to shout because the thickos here are deaf as well as stupid

[pierre oreilly] 28/1/2021 12:57

I think we should test out Tony's passport idea. Give him a jab, give him a travel passport, and book him a flight to Iraq to test it all out.

[mr.elbee] 28/1/2021 12:54

diku,
the CEO of Pfizer has publicly said it only works on mild cases and does not stop transmission.

It is technically illegal because it is an "Investigational vaccine" which can only be allowed if there is no alternative..

Well the AMA have just licensed HCQ with zinc.


vaccines are......

1/not needed since the covid deaths are mostly flu right now and poor hospital treatment
2/Ineffective... they admit that publicly.... even Merck,the drug company, has given up trying to produce a vaccine
3/ dangerous
4/ a back covering exercise for the world's leaders who now have a considerable amount of deaths on their hands thanks to medically ignorant lockdowns/masks/and social distancing..and the vaccine deaths and disabilites will mean that certain people will have to..Like Bliar..run and hide forever.

[xxxxxy] 28/1/2021 12:52

justas King28 Jan 2021 12:50PMAll those duplicitous government remainers like Berco, Soubry, Grieve, Clarke, Adonis, Hammond, Major, Blair et al should all be put to the back of the cue for the vaccine jab. Well done UK for making the right decision.

[xxxxxy] 28/1/2021 12:51

Joanna Robertson28 Jan 2021 12:44PMHow can the EU have haggled over price when it is being sold at cost and is 10 times cheaper than the Pfizer version? Unbelievably stupid.... Well I guess we all now know the EUSSR are incompetent bullies.

[jordaggy] 28/1/2021 12:28

Dr. Trump had no ill effects from covid, possibly because he takes HCQ. Also, HCQ is now being studied as a very viable treatment...along with Ivermectin. Fact.

[maxk] 28/1/2021 12:27

Cov 19 figs are not manipulated ... they are merely massaged.


Blairholes intervention is the slippery slope to one world government.

[lefrene] 28/1/2021 12:14

Blair is a monster, why is he still strutting the stage?

[k38] 28/1/2021 12:14

A travel pass or passport... from Blair.First they force Greek government to introduce passport and make sure the world knows about it, now Blair..It doesn't sound right. Whatever they have in their minds I don't like it.

[maxk] 28/1/2021 11:50

Exclusive: Tony Blair calls on Boris Johnson to lead drive for global vaccine passport

The former prime minister called current border restrictions 'disjointed' and urged the UK to put a global 'travel pass' on the G7 agenda



By
Sarah Newey,
GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY CORRESPONDENT and
Paul Nuki,
GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY EDITOR
27 January 2021 • 10:00pm



Tony Blair said the UK should use its “fortuitous” presidency of the G7 to “take the initiative” and establish a global standard CREDIT: tefan Rousseau/PA Wire



Tony Blair has called on the Government to establish a single global vaccine passport scheme through the G7, or risk others dictating the rules.

In a detailed report published by the Tony Blair Institute (TBI), he said current border restrictions were “disjointed” and urged the UK to “place the creation of a global Covid-19 travel pass as a key item on the G7 agenda” - a body which Britain currently leads.

The report added that the much tougher international travel restrictions announced on Wednesday by the Prime Minister would be much more difficult to eventually unwind without a vaccine passport.

Mr Blair said the passport should be digital and capable of tracking and verifying an individual’s coronavirus “status” wherever they travel in the world. Included would be details of any vaccination they had, together with the results of Covid-19 test results.

Governments could access data at borders by scanning a QR code, rather than working through reams of paper certificates which might be vulnerable to fraud.




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[patientcapital] 28/1/2021 11:28

There will be some but far fewer.

[minerve 2] 28/1/2021 11:19

So we want all the vaccines 1st (because we are special), so we can be the world's first country to get life back to 'normal', which will confirm Brexit is a success (not), so we can continue to manufacture and sell services to Europe that is still in lockdown.

OK boneheads. Have it your way!

LOL!

[cobourg1] 28/1/2021 11:17

My bet: the UK will be the star of the big European economies this year and may clock up 6pc growth as pent-up investment flows, assuming the IMF is broadly right on world growth. The Brexit trade shock will be less than feared.

The UK’s flexible labour markets will make the switch to the post-Pandemic digital economy better than Germany, France, or Italy. Sterling will be the foreign exchange darling. The FTSE-250 will be the catch up story of 2021.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Daily Telegraph today.

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I always like his analysis. In a few months we will be wondering why we didn't buy more at today's price.

[lefrene] 28/1/2021 11:11

I suppose one should be positive, after all one now knows that those who have had the vaccine won't be dying of covid any more, will they?

[poikka] 28/1/2021 11:08

Quite right, Pierre, but it's the media and opposition that prevents sensible decisions regarding inoculation priorities taking place - unless you've got the balls to stand up for what you believe.