British American Tobacco (BAT) will probably switch it's UK production to Romania

British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to close its last two factories in Britain and Ireland, with the loss of around 600 jobs, as it looks to switch cigarette production to Asia and continental Europe.

The world's second-largest cigarette group, which makes Lucky Strike, Kent, Dunhill and Pall Mall brands worldwide, said on Wednesday it was seeking to close its Southampton factory within 18 to 24 months, with the loss of around 530 jobs. Most of the plant's output is for export.
Irish unit PJ Carroll is planning to close its plant in Dundalk, 80 km (50 miles) north of Dublin, which employs 66 people. It is operating at 45 percent capacity following rises in tobacco taxes and Ireland's ban on smoking in public places.

That sound bad for the BAT’s British and Irish employees and interesting for BAT’s shareholders…

The restructuring will cost around 160 million pounds said BAT, most of that charged to 2005, but would save 40 million pounds a year thereafter.

BAT is a relatively small player in the UK cigarette market with around a 6 percent share through brands such as Rothmans, Dunhill and Lucky Strike, in a domestic market dominated by Imperial Tobacco and Gallaher Group

A BAT spokeswoman said the closures were forced by the two plants running at low capacity, a new European Union directive on higher-tar cigarettes and the cost savings from producing cigarettes nearer the markets where they are consumed.

The remaining Southampton production will probably switch to Romania, Switzerland and Poland, the spokeswoman added.

And that is a good news for Romania… new investments, new jobs…

It seems that Gavin Little – the BAT Managing Director in Romania is doing a great job!

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About Public Speaking - The man behind G W Bush Speeches

I love public speaking…

I know that this can be your worse fear or your greatest weapon…

Presentation skills, public speaking skills are essential in life and essential for your success…

Great speeches bring always great victories…

All great leaders make speeches…and when we are talking about political leaders…like the President of The United States of America…those speeches can make him win or lose a battle, a campaign or the hearts and minds of the people…

Anytime a great speech must be tailored for your target audience…And that’s the first essential secret for success in public speaking…

Speaking about political leaders and especially the America’s Presidents…it’s a well known fact that they do have many advisers. And their speeches are sometimes or… always prepared by professionals.

Lincoln, who was a great speaker and who made his own speeches...said once something like this “If I would have 6 hours to cut down a tree I would spend 4 sharpening the axe”

This means planning in general and preparing your speech in particular is essential…it is very important to know the audience, to understanding their expectations and last but not least to understand your clear objective…

HERE is a GREAT CLIP…about George W BUSH and his speeches. And about his 'SPEECH Mastermind'…the man and the procedure behind his speeches…

A great movie…you must wait for it to load but it will be worth it! Really!

Trust me on this.

You can learn a lot about speeches and you can also… laugh a lot…

A must see. Click here and wait for the clip to load than play it in your browser.
And remember ...you have to speak what your audience want to hear in order to reach them and in order to succeed in doing what you want to do with your speech…

Write down your ideas and …Sleep on them… And ...what speaks louder than words??? NO words! ;-)

Many truths told in a kind of funny way…;-)


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Gigi Becali in an incredibe explicit, dirty, obscene 'recital' of curses 'against' Mr Voiculescu, Mr. Oancea and Antena 1

This is about an incredible audio file (mp3)…in the Romanian language.

If you don’t understand Romanian don’t try to listen. You are really not missing anything interesting!

If you understand Romanian think twice before you try to listen this mp3 audio…

It is 18 + …only for readers over 18 years old who are not offended by violent, dirty language, oaths and curses.

WARNING – the audio file might be shocking and it is forbidden for readers under 18 years old or for sensible people.

This sounds incredible and grotesque at the same time… I wondered if I should post this on the PYM blog.

But, since I used to give Gigi Becali some ‘credit’ and I used to hope that he will at least try to understand the world he is living in, learn from the others and become more civilized I decided that this is to ugly not to get public.

Gigi Becali, the owner of Steaua Bucuresti, a former candidate for the Romanian presidency, a small party leader and a wannabe Deputy in the Romanian Parliament answered a phone call from a Journalist from Antena 1 TV station...

For 5 minutes Becali cursed him, Mr Voiculescu, Mr. Oancea, their families and all the employees from Antena 1 in an incredible obscene language…Very explicit, very ‘porno’ sometimes…

HERE you can find the mp3 audio! from www.gsp.ro

Explicit dirty, obscene curses in an mind-blowing recital of Gigi Becali!

I am not a supporter of Mr Voiculescu, I do not know who Mr Oancea is…but this is OUTREAGEAUS!

Gigi Becali…who is still one of the reachest Romanians must be stopped…If he is going to be prosecuted, arrested for any economical charges I don’t know and it is a 'business' of justice…

But he has gone too far!

I love STEAUA BUCURESTI…I appreciate what Gigi Becali has done for the football (soccer) team but enough is enough Gigi!

Sometimes I think that he has a big heart, sometimes I do think that he really has good intentions…but moments like this… make him a pitiful, execrable, lousy and abject human being.

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