The U.K. is already disadvantaged on the wholesale cost of energy, and then it puts taxes on it. Anybody who’s an energy user is just going to disappear. Jim Ratcliffe Read Quote
The U.K. is one of the few places in the world that has final salary pensions. Jim Ratcliffe Read Quote
I’m very cheerful about coming back to the U.K. We increasingly found ourselves gravitating towards London. There was so much going on for our business, and we had grown substantially here. Jim Ratcliffe Read Quote
Ineos is a friendly organisation. Very few people leave. It’s collegiate. There’s not much politics, and we like decent people. We don’t like arrogance or bullies. Jim Ratcliffe Read Quote
Brussels has become inefficient and very bureaucratic, which makes it slow to do things. The concept of the United States of Europe will never work. Jim Ratcliffe Read Quote
Towards the end of 2005, Ineos acquired Innovene, the petrochemicals arm of BP, for $9 billion. It quadrupled the size of Ineos overnight and brought with it some of the world’s largest industrial sites. Jim Ratcliffe Read Quote
Unions do have a proper role in negotiating for employees and advising employees, but they have to engage with the employer. Jim Ratcliffe Read Quote
While unions did not play a part in my family life when I was being brought up, my early years were most certainly spent in a working-class community. Jim Ratcliffe Read Quote
Unions can play a valuable role in large organisations where it is difficult to talk to a thousand people. They can negotiate annual pay awards with management, represent grievance cases, and explain and advise on complicated changes in employment or pension law. Jim Ratcliffe Read Quote