Shadow Chancellor in Rugby

Yesterday I joined Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne together with MP, Jeremy Wright and Council Leader, Craig Humphrey at a meeting with Rugby employer, Converteam. Converteam are involved in many sectors of power generation and are leaders in the the supply of offshore and wet energy supply as a form of renewable energy. George was visiting to see the developments the company is making, the impact their products have on climate change and the contribution the company is able to make to both the local and national economies. I hadn’t met George before, but was quickly impressed by the speed and ease with which he grasped the issues being presented to him in just a brief meeting. The message I came away from was that here is a first class example of our way forward in manufacturing, at the cutting edge of new technology. With the advent of emerging, low wage economies becoming the home of mass produced consumer goods, the UK will continue to maintain a manufacturing base as long as we continue to train engineers and invest in the future. Rugby is doing well as a distribution base from its location at the centre of the country (and my company benefits from that) but to prosper our economy needs to be mixed, and we need to encourage and support companies like Converteam