The chairman of a Newton Aycliffe company has put his own product centre stage in a tongue-in-cheek video to re-enforce his Vote Leave message in the EU referendum.
The video shows Ebac boss John Elliott using his new British-made washing machine to wash an EU flag and, surprisingly, thanks to a non-EU approved component, manages to transform it in to the Union Jack!
Click here to see the short film
Ebac has invested £7m in its new washing machine manufacturing facility on Aycliffe Business Park.
The first machines are currently being manufactured and will be made available for sale later this year. The machines will be the ONLY British made washers available to buy.
Elliot, who founded Ebac in 1972 and has grown it to become one of the North East’s most well-known business success, and a prominent advocate of Britain leaving the European Union, made the plea for patriotic consumers to buy British products whenever possible, stating whether the country votes to leave or remain, supporting British brands can boost the economy and protect jobs.
“We Brits need do the right thing by our country by voting British and buying British!” said Elliott.
“If we leave the EU then we will be opening up to a new era of global trade and opportunity, after so many years shackled to Brussels.
“If we remain we will not only be subject to the red tape that has damaged our economy up to now, but also a whole new set of directives that the European Commission has been holding back until after the vote. If we leave it is vital to support British brands, and if we stay we should do the same as there will be continued pressure on British jobs from the continent.
“I reject fear-based tactics to get us to vote Remain, they talk down Britain when they should be championing it.
“I believe in Britain and that is why I’m backing Brexit any why my company has brought washing machine production back to the UK.
“My advice to anyone who wants to keep jobs in the UK, and especially in the North East where we need them most, is to vote British and buy British.”
