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Foreign Direct Investment: North Northamptonshire

Thursday 25 January 2024 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • The Department for Business and Trade raised 30 billion at a global investment summit in November 2023.
  • Ball Corporation from the US is building Europe's largest and most modern aluminium drinks can manufacturing plant in Burton Latimer, creating 200 new jobs.
  • The Minister congratulates and thanks Ball Corporation for their investment in Kettering, citing it as an example of the levelling-up agenda.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Philip Hollobone Con
Business & Trade
Context

The MP is seeking information on recent steps taken by the Department for Business and Trade to attract foreign direct investment into his constituency.

Question

What recent steps her Department has taken to help increase foreign direct investment into north Northamptonshire?

Answer from Kemi Badenoch

The Department for Business and Trade has done a lot to bring foreign direct investment into the UK. Just last November, we raised £30 billion at our global investment summit. Specifically for north Northamptonshire, my hon Friend will be pleased to know that his constituents can take advantage of the DBT national and regional investment teams, which work with local partners to provide support for foreign investors who wish to invest and set up in the region.

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Q2 Philip Hollobone Con
Employment Business & Trade
Context

The MP highlights recent inward investment into the Kettering constituency by Ball Corporation, which is building Europe's largest and most modern aluminium drinks can manufacturing plant in Burton Latimer, creating 200 new jobs.

Question

Recent inward investment into the Kettering constituency includes the Ball Corporation from the US building Europe's largest and most modern aluminium drinks can manufacturing plant in Burton Latimer, creating 200 new jobs. Will my right hon Friend congratulate and thank Ball for its confidence and investment in north Northamptonshire's manufacturing economy, and encourage others to see Kettering—with its superb connectivity and motivated workforce—as an ideal location for further investment?

Answer from Kemi Badenoch

I am extremely pleased to be able to do so. I congratulate and thank Ball Corporation for placing its investment in Kettering. That is exactly the sort of investment that we want to see all around the UK: it is the levelling-up agenda writ large. I also thank all the officials in my Department, but especially my Ministers, who travel all around the world—including to the US—to promote the UK. We never talk this country down; we let people know that this is a great place to do business, and we are seeing the benefits of that strategy.

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