Decent people Quotes by Jim Ratcliffe

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…

— Jim Ratcliffe

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…

— Jim Ratcliffe

I think the U.K. would be perfectly successful as a standalone country, part of the European marketplace like Norway and Switzerland but without the…

— Jim Ratcliffe

Do your analysis of energy costs. Either it comes from windmills and solar or things like nuclear and shale gas. You have to think…

— Jim Ratcliffe

While unions did not play a part in my family life when I was being brought up, my early years were most certainly spent…

— Jim Ratcliffe

It's always been hard work for us to manufacture in the U.K. It's not a particularly profitable place for us.

— Jim Ratcliffe

In America, if you are a landowner, you own the minerals vertically underneath your plot. So if there is shale, you get a share.

— Jim Ratcliffe

The U.K. is one of the few places in the world that has final salary pensions.

— Jim Ratcliffe

Unions can play a valuable role in large organisations where it is difficult to talk to a thousand people. They can negotiate annual pay…

— Jim Ratcliffe

We believe Ineos is a refreshing place to work. We believe strongly in employee share ownership.

— Jim Ratcliffe

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…

— Jim Ratcliffe

You can't have an energy policy that means you can only have a bath when the wind blows.

— Jim Ratcliffe