Seven Seas jobs threat a 'kick in the teeth' for Hull

“Believe it or not Hull does still have some large multi-national companies, many more than in Nottingham where I live. Unfortunately these type of companies have zero loyalty to its workers and would readily ship jobs to third world countries to squeeze more margins.Boots have reduced their presence masively, John Player's is always about to close down their Nottingham plant so it's the same in the Midlands. However SME companies doing bespoke/niche work tend to hold on to staff and reward them. This is where Hull fails and pinning its hope on Siemen's impending arrival it not going to answer Hull's needs as it does not have the engineers to support it. Few jobs will go to Hull residents IF it comes anyway.

As for Labour...........................they couldn't run a bath never mind a government. If Merck want to pull out they will as they are not a British company. I don't like to see Britsh jobs disappear but a mile up the road a massive Japanese company called Nippon Goshei chose Hull due to its need for BP's Acetic Acid plant. Jobs come and jobs go. You have to be flexible and adapt to the changing world...............Hull doesn't quite have that due to its poor skills base.”

“Merck bought Seven Seas and slowly strangled it to death.
Loyalty to the company disappeared and was replaced with yes-men.
Pricing policy flew in the face of the reality of a declining market share.
Site security was a joke when millions of pounds worth of stock went up in smoke.
Overheads and stock shortages will only get worse if they relocate and outsource.
My thoughts are with the victims of rank stupidity at this sad time.”

“KiminHull..sure its not DianeJohnsoninHull? Wheres Labours 13 year legacy in Hull then, given that theres been little investment in Hull by Govt (other than the billions in benefits of course). 13 years and no invesetment in one of their heartland fortresses, not even an attempt to resolve the A63 raod debacle; no meaningful intervention for fishermen; continued dockside decay; continuing social housing decay and educational underperformance and a city centre full of charity shops. And meanwhile Prescott was actually an MP for this place? Remove the red rosette blinkers, comrade..”

“Two Hull companies moving to expensive London?
Again another reader comments that this makes no sense?
What benefits are there... unless artificially created by government / council?
What research has been done by the HDM into these?”

“I cannot believe that the Hull Mail give Prezza the lead on this website and Seven Seas closing is so far down the pages. This is a serious matter for Hull. I can understand any company in Hull closing down because the city has such awful communications.From telecoms to train lines but most importantly our road network is a shambles. One accident on any road in the West of Hull and the whole city comes to a halt. The Castle Street/Myton Bridge bottleneck nothing has been done. We should forget about Seimens and concentrate on road infrastructure in Hull. The useless MPs elected for this area should be told by local councils to start doing some work for a change.”

“Sorry Mr Turner, out of touch again. This business has been suffering for a while due to some very poor management - Very nearly losing it's appropriate licenses on more than one occasion, with audits unearthing a significant amount of SERIOUS issues that run decades deep.

This has nothing to do with cuts, with the coalition, or with the recession. Seven Seas have stood still whilst competitors have streamed by. It's sales and marketing has been completely lack-lustre (ever see them sponsor a local event?)

Don't try and use this sad turn of events as a soap box to lure the less informed voter. Your party did nothing for the area while in power.”

“Kimin,

Typical! Trying to politicise what is a business decision.

Is there no bandwagon that Labour will not jump on? no sittuation they will not try and exploit for political gain?

A million jobs have been created, that is not to say no factory is never going to close, and no jobs are never going to be lost.

let us never forget, that it was the labour party that caused all this mess.

What have Labour done for Hull in the last 60 years? What did fatty Prescott due during his 13 years at the very top of Government?

I tell you what he did, he ******* his secretary, flew all over the world at our expense, and got himself a new toilet seat. That is the sum total of his achievements.

I am no fan of the tories or lib dems, but the rank hypocracy of the labour party is to much to stomach.”

“Shifting commercial operations to London on the surface does not make sense. Is this the Dyson model - Not making a loss but relocating to make an even bigger profit. The Council need to be involved and to publish an impact assessment on the local economy of these and knock on job losses.”

“Well said Mr Turner... some one needs to grab Nick Clegg by the scruff of the neck and drag him to Hull to see the reality of his alliance with the Tories.”