Foreign companies in Britain

Many foreign companies have opened factories in Britain. The Japanese car company Nissan opened a car factory near Sunderland in 1986. Nissan later became Britain's biggest car exporter, sending thousands of vehicles to 36 countries in the world. Toyota and Honda also have their main European factories in Britain. The Korean electronics company, Samsung, opened a factory in Sunderland in 1995. The foreign companies give jobs to many local people.

Michael Vaughan-Rees, Geraldine Sweeney, Picot Cassidy: In Britain; Cornelsen Verlag, 2000, page 82