Video Case Study - Twinings Offshores Tea Production

A classic and timely video case study in the implications of offshoring here (ideal for BUSS3).  Twinings is moving production & packaging for most of its tea brands to China & Poland leading to many job losses in the UK.  Just 90 seconds long, but the clip is packed with great busness studies materials, including the need to be closer export markets + the impact of job losses on UK stakeholders

Launch video clip on Twinings

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