I would be interested in the WTE (whole time equivalent) of the 200 employed at Mobberley.
A number of posters have had factory visits, as have I. The, a gentle word I hope, mature, staff were great. As I have said before no continuity planning and although we toured every Dept., excepting admin., no way could I make 200 employees up from those we saw. Yes there is shift work but even then echoing large buildings and few staff. Obviously enough for the workload but the 200, always suspicious of conveniently round numbers, no way, unless there was a mirrored factory next door.
Not only do they make their own film with that number, whatever is a true number, but contract coat and contract finish as well. The £20 million T/O would struggle to support the move on site alone, costed at £100 million in the planning application discussions in the press. The capital costs are high and have been written off long ago although ongoing repairs and running servicing must be high, the economic case for investing £100 million must be thin, unless someone wants a hobby. The buy out achieved its aim, keep running to keep us in jobs until we can retire, even better if we can sell near then and get a gain on our investment, cynical and does discount the obvious dedication of the team.
