Germany has great skill levels, great infrastructure, high-quality plant. If you go to the U.K., we're very creative, and we've got the language, but energy costs are pretty much the most expensive in the Western world; pensions are pretty expensive,… — Jim Ratcliffe Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
The U.K. is one of the few places in the world that has final salary pensions. — Jim Ratcliffe Copy Share
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 Copy Share
We believe Ineos is a refreshing place to work. We believe strongly in employee share ownership. — Jim Ratcliffe Copy Share
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 Copy Share
You can't have an energy policy that means you can only have a bath when the wind blows. — Jim Ratcliffe Copy Share
Unions do have a proper role in negotiating for employees and advising employees, but they have to engage with the employer. — Jim Ratcliffe Copy Share
It would be nice if areas could be revitalised - like places in the U.S. such as Pittsburgh, for example, which have been transformed… — Jim Ratcliffe Copy Share
