Mr.Win Viriyaprapaikit, President of Sahaviriya Steel Industries Plc. revealed that Sahaviriya Steel UK Limited, A subsidiary of SSI who invest in Sahaviriya Steel Teesside, the iron and steel making plant in UK, has been awarded ?2 million (around ฃ1.75 million GBP) or THB 86.85 million from the Regional Growth Fund to help train the existing workforce - and the 800 new employees we are in the process of recruiting after the proposals in bid had been considered by showing that SSI UK can benefit to UK economy and create a thousands of jobs.
The Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is a ฃ1.4bn fund which is designed to encourage enterprise, growth and jobs in the private sector and support areas and communities that are dependent on the public sector. The money will award to companies and partnerships who demonstrated how they would create jobs and a high level of private sector-led sustainable economic growth in their local communities over the coming years. The Government expects over 27,000 jobs to be directly created and safeguarded, with close to a further 100,000 jobs in associated supply chains and local economies.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said” This money will now help create and safeguard jobs in some of the communities worst hit by the economic downturn. Today is a step towards rebalancing our economy away from an unhealthy overreliance on a small number of industries and a few areas. We need to spread opportunity across the whole country, drawing on our many talents. I know that with the right support these businesses can work with their communities and together play their part in leading the country back into prosperity.”
Business Secretary Vince Cable said:“Supporting job creation in the regions is vital if we are to drive growth in our local communities. We have received a large number of ambitious and highly competitive bids to this first round of the Regional Growth Fund, which will help a number of businesses across the country to expand and create thousands of new jobs.”
“The Regional Growth Fund is a competitive fund and we wanted to see proposals that created jobs in the private sector, in areas of deprivation and that is at risk of suffering from public sector cuts. I’m confident that the successful bids we have chosen will deliver on this.”
For more information, please contact Public Relations Department Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Company Limited Khun Rungkan, Khun Numphung Khun Sarawut and Khun Padungsak Tel 02-238-3063 Ext.1327, 1302 ,1320 and 1309
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สอบถามข้อมูลเพิ่มเติม โทร. 02-238-3063 Ext.1327, 1302 ,1320 and 1309 PR SSI