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Billionaire boss of Triumph Motorcycles pays himself £13m
Property baron John Bloor, 80, rescued the brand behind iconic 1960s motorbikes

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Billionaire boss of Triumph Motorcycles pays himself £13m
Property baron John Bloor, 80, rescued the brand behind iconic 1960s motorbikeswww.telegraph.co.uk
No don't subscribe!I'm not going to subscribe just to read an article.
In muy opinion Bloor is the best thing that happened to Triumph since the doors closed at Meriden.
I'd never question a thaiumpths reliability, performance, value for money etcWell they went off shore to put the Triumphs together and closer for exports, cheaper labour cost, no union troubles, no wonder they are making good, make more models to cater for everyone's needs, they are keeping up with the times.
Just take a look at the new Norton's over priced well here in Aus anyway so when I brought my new Thurxton the new Norton was double the price I paid for the Thruxton with more HP (grunt) and it has proven itself to be very reliable in the 6 years I have owned it.
Ashley
Yeah, of course; "in a perfect world", we'd be eating Pop Tarts with Kim Novak...No don't subscribe!
I used to think that about Bloor restarting triumph
He got a great design team together and produced great bikes , they still do
I remember the government (taxpayer )grants because it was a new British company employing British workers
And the "fire" the county council blocking the expansion but the government over ruling it
Then they moved production to Thailand
And triumphs would be British madeYeah, of course; "in a perfect world", we'd be eating Pop Tarts with Kim Novak...
I wonder, had Bloor not met resistance by the County Council, might we be talking about a "pure" Triumph and a bunch of local jobs right now?
Just goes to show how BAD the "NIMBY" principal can backfire on you...
In life almost everything is about mindset and attitude. ISO9000 Quality Management Systems began with BS 4891 - a BRITISH standard. After WW2, the British had choices. Deming carried the quality ethos to Japan, and the rest is history. In Australia we did not even bother to try to upgrade - we just quit. We removed tariffs and subsidies and now import most manufactured goods. We sell food and minerals and houses.I'd never question a thaiumpths reliability, performance, value for money etc
Only it's integrity
Well they used to source parts from throughout the world and assemble them hereEven if they were made in Britian most parts are still sauced world wide so really they be assembled in England same as they are in Thailand, not every part is made in their factory.
I agree you do need a proper hard nosed business man to run a company like thatI do subscribe to the Telegraph.
The article reads that Triumph's pre-tax profits rose to £72.4m, and that they sold over 88000 bikes last year.
Mr Bloor paid himself £13m out of his business empire... but also mentions that Bloor Homes is his main business. And that the value of his business empire, houses / Triumph / and other businesses rose from £1.8bn to £2.1bn.
Seems he is a successful businessman and he is supplying what the market wants to buy; houses and motorcycles. And no doubt handing a huge amount of money to HMRC as well.
I agree with all of the aboveThey are a successful International company with headquarters in the UK.
As a Canadian in search of motorcycles that look like motorcycles but go like Rocketships and seem to run forever like Mazdas, I have no problem with that at all.
If I was insistent on a more British attempt, I could have purchased a Norton 961 in 2016. They are a good looking machine as well, but no Rocketship and definitely no Mazda....
Glen
550 of their personnel are in the UK.
"Triumph currently employs around 2000 personnel worldwide and has subsidiary operations in the UK, America, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Benelux, Brazil, India and Thailand as well as a network of independent distributors. Triumph has manufacturing facilities in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and Thailand plus CKD facilities in Brazil and India."
That's good newsHere it is.
They were at 4500 limited edition type bikes per year, now planning to go up to 20,000 UK built bikes per year.
.Triumph to make many more bikes in the UK – British Motorcyclists Federation
www.britishmotorcyclists.co.uk
I am seriously in doubt about how true that has turned out to be.Here it is.
They were at 4500 limited edition type bikes per year, now planning to go up to 20,000 UK built bikes per year.
.Triumph to make many more bikes in the UK – British Motorcyclists Federation
www.britishmotorcyclists.co.uk