51³Ô¹ÏÍø

Chancellor George Osborne speech and tour of factory; Osborne speaking at podium / Osborne in silhouette / Osborne speaking with emergency stop button in foreground / Audience applauding / Alternative angle Osborne arriving and George Osborne MP (Chancellor) speech SOTWell good morning everyone, and welcome and thanks for coming along today to this fantastic business, to Garrandale. Thank you to Malcolm and the whole team here for allowing us to use these fantastic premises. And in many ways the reason we wanted to come here to this company is because this company tells a story, a story of our country, a story of the Midlands. The story of a company that four or five years ago was, I think it's fair to say, in quite a mess. But with the help of the management team here and the brilliant workforce, you have turned things around, employed more people and you are now a market-leader. And that's a story we see replicated right around our country. You've trebled your turnover. You've won your biggest ever order with Bombardier, another great local employer. You're starting to export much more and you're taking on apprentices.And it's no surprise there's a real buzz in the Midlands right now. It's because of companies like you. You've created 40 new jobs in the last five years. And this firm is part of a strong and growing cluster of great transport and engineering businesses in Derby all helping each other to grow. And it's also fantastic to see so many local businesses here from the East Midlands Chamber. Thank you too for coming along. For your growth and success, that story of creating new opportunities for people who live here, that's been replicated in firms, not just in Derby, but right across the whole of the Midlands: the East Midlands and the West Midlands.Now of course the fact is it hasn't always been this way.