While unions did not play a part in my family life when I was being brought up, my early years were most certainly spent in a working-class community. Jim Ratcliffe bringclasscommunity Change image and share on social
I'm very cheerful about coming back to the U.K. We increasingly found ourselves gravitating towards London. There was so much going on for our business, and we had grown substantially here. Jim Ratcliffe backbusinesscheerful Change image and share on social
Unions can play a valuable role in large organisations where it is difficult to talk to a thousand people. They can negotiate annual pay awards with management, represent grievance cases, and explain and advise on complicated changes in employment or pension law. Jim Ratcliffe adviseannualaward share on social
Ineos is a friendly organisation. Very few people leave. It's collegiate. There's not much politics, and we like decent people. We don't like arrogance or bullies. Jim Ratcliffe arrogancebullycollegiate Change image and share on social
The U.K. is already disadvantaged on the wholesale cost of energy, and then it puts taxes on it. Anybody who's an energy user is just going to disappear. Jim Ratcliffe costdisadvantagedisappear Change image and share on social
Shale is one answer to the U.K.'s energy problem, and it has obviously worked extraordinarily well in America. Jim Ratcliffe americaanswerenergy Change image and share on social
You can't have an energy policy that means you can only have a bath when the wind blows. Jim Ratcliffe bathblowenergy Change image and share on social
The Brits are perfectly capable of managing the Brits and don't need Brussels telling them how to manage things. Jim Ratcliffe britbrusselscapable Change image and share on social
There's no substitute for seeing firsthand a well being drilled. Jim Ratcliffe drillfirsthandsubstitute Change image and share on social
