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
America's got quite reasonable tax rates from an employee point of view. Jim Ratcliffe americaemployeepoint Change image and share on social
It's always been hard work for us to manufacture in the U.K. It's not a particularly profitable place for us. Jim Ratcliffe hardmanufactureplace Change image and share on social
I think the U.K. would be perfectly successful as a standalone country, part of the European marketplace like Norway and Switzerland but without the expensive E.U. bureaucracy. Jim Ratcliffe bureaucracycountryeuropean Change image and share on social
Towards the end of 2005, Ineos acquired Innovene, the petrochemicals arm of BP, for $9 billion. It quadrupled the size of Ineos overnight and brought with it some of the world's largest industrial sites. Jim Ratcliffe acquirearmbillion 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
In America, if you are a landowner, you own the minerals vertically underneath your plot. So if there is shale, you get a share. Jim Ratcliffe americalandownermineral Change image and share on social
Gas is by far and away the most important element of our energy policy. Jim Ratcliffe elementenergyimportant Change image and share on social
If you have spent your life building Ineos, and you find yourself in a crisis, you are going to do anything you can to save what you have been building. Jim Ratcliffe buildcrisisfind Change image and share on social
Brussels has become inefficient and very bureaucratic, which makes it slow to do things. The concept of the United States of Europe will never work. Jim Ratcliffe brusselsbureaucraticconcept Change image and share on social
