Britain's richest man, who grew up in Oldham, is to build a plant 'in 10 days' to manufacture hand sanitiser. The hand sanitiser will be provided to hospitals free of charge, Sir Jim Ratcliffe said.
His chemicals company Ineos this morning announced (Tuesday) it planned to build a plant in Middlesbrough to address the 'critical shortage'.
It already produces some of the raw materials needed to produce hand sanitiser. Ineos says it will build the factory to produce 1 million bottles per month within 10 days.
The sanitiser will be given to hospitals and will also be produced for personal usage. A plant will also be built in Germany.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk