Bournville Village was built around the Cadbury factory in Birmingham as a vision of an ideal village where residents participated in community events.

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Cadbury had planned to close the factory and shift production to Poland, but Kraft said it would be saved under their control.

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The company said that during the hostile takeover it had not known that Cadbury had spent tens of millions of pounds kitting out a Polish factory, leaving it with no choice but to renege on its commitment to Somerdale.

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