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Nothing could be more British than Tata's Jaguar: May
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SME Times News Bureau | 20 Jan, 2017
Indian industrial behemoth Tata
is Britain's biggest manufacturer, but there cannot be anything more
British than its products like the Jaguar and Land Rover luxury cars, UK
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday in Davos. May also said the UK, which voted to exit the European Union last year, was "a hub of investment".
"A
Global Britain is no less British because we are a hub for foreign
investment. Indeed, our biggest manufacturer, Tata, is Indian - and you
still can't get more British than a Jaguar or a Land Rover," May said.
Britain's
biggest automaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) sold a record 583,312 cars
last year, as a sharp drop in the value of the pound after Brexit
continued the Indian-owned firm's rapid expansion, reported fortune.com.
Sales
of luxury Jaguar models rose 77 per cent to 148,730 units in 2016 due
to strong demand for a range of new high-end products including the
F-PACE, the brand's first SUV which was launched last year. Europe
accounted for almost a quarter of total demand, making it Jaguar's
biggest market.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum here, May said Britain was open for business even after it leaves the EU.
"For
a little over six months ago, millions of my fellow citizens upset the
odds by voting - with determination and quiet resolve - to leave the
European Union and embrace the world," she was quoted as saying by
Independent.
May told the World Economic Forum in Davos she
would "make the case for free markets, free trade and globalisation",
while responding to people's concerns about the impact.
And she
said: "We are by instinct a great, global, trading nation that seeks to
trade with countries not just in Europe but beyond Europe too."
She
acknowledged the road ahead "will be uncertain at times", but said it
promised "a brighter future for our country's children, and
grandchildren too".
May also made the contentious claim that the Brexit vote was not a decision to become "more distant" from the EU.
"Our
decision to leave the EU was no rejection of our friends in Europe… it
was no attempt to become more distant from them," she stated.
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