Tatas biggest Indian employer in UK
Economic Times — October 2, 2007

Business conglomerate Tatas' British connection is set to get even stronger with the Group expecting a significant surge in its employee strength in the United Kingdom as it expands operations and buys more firms.

With about 30,000 Tata employees, the European nation is home to the largest workforce of any Indian business house. This represents a little less than 10 per cent of Tata Group's entire headcount of about 3,30,000 people across the world.

"Initially when we started business here 100 years ago in 1907, it was some sort of window office to the world business of the Group... we were taking care of issues like procurement and logistics... today we are a 14-company strong Group here with 30,000 employees," SA Hasan, managing director of Group's UK subsidiary Tata Ltd, said here.

In addition, steel maker Corus, which it had acquired earlier this year for about 13 billion dollars, is associated with a small business initiative that has created over 66,000 jobs in the country.

Corus has a subsidiary called UK Steel Enterprise that provides finance and advice to small businesses and over 4,200 businesses have benefited, creating over 66,000 new jobs.

"We feel proud to say that we are the largest Indian employer in the UK," he said.

One of the main growth strategies for the Group for expansion has been mergers and acquisitions, especially in the British market. This route is likely to lead to a significant surge in the number of employees, as was the case with Corus deal, Hasan said.