Hardware Shops

[Koolpc]

Nonsense. We have been changing the way we shop, since the internet was invented.

Nonsense. High streets are being overrun by immigrant barber shops, vape shops, mini markets etc etc...

 

[noseall]

High streets are being overrun by immigrant barber shops, vape shops, mini markets etc etc...

Big name high street shops have moved to high end, out of town shopping centres. It's been happenig for decades. Don't be such a drama queen.

We have changed the way we shop so the town high streets reflect that.

 

[Koolpc]

Big name high street shops have moved to high end, out of town shopping centres. It's been happenig for decades. Don't be such a drama queen.

We have changed the way we shop so the town high streets reflect that.

Nope....

 

[noseall]

Nope....

'Nope' to what? Have you not been outside in the last two or three decades?

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Where do our submarines come from?

From the UK, because they're still made here for defence reasons. I don't think we export them, presumably they're not competitive worldwide.

If that's your best example then it shows how desperately you need to scrape to find something.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Not what you said, changing the narrative now you have been found out

So, because one thing is still made here, and it's actually surprising when you find this out, you think this somehow means that UK manufacturing is thriving?!

The bizarre world of keyboard warrioring.

 

[crystal ball]

From the UK, because they're still made here for defence reasons. I don't think we export them, presumably they're not competitive worldwide.

If that's your best example then it shows how desperately you need to scrape to find something.

Not my best example, just happens to be local to me, we are currently working on a joint project with Australia.
I have spent the last 30 odd years working in manufacturing locally, heres a list of my former customers activities
High end furniture
Electronics x 3 Companies
Injection moulding x 2 companies
Playground equipment
Candles/ fancy soap/ sanitiser
Industrial rings
Industrial brushes
Polyurethane goods
Precision engineering
Offshore cable connectors
High voltage switchgear
Tell me when to stop

 

[Koolpc]

'Nope' to what? Have you not been outside in the last two or three decades?

You obviously haven't!!!!!!!

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Not my best example, just happens to be local to me, we are currently working on a joint project with Australia.
I have spent the last 30 odd years working in manufacturing locally, heres a list of my former customers activities
High end furniture
Electronics x 3 Companies
Injection moulding x 2 companies
Playground equipment
Candles/ fancy soap/ sanitiser
Industrial rings
Industrial brushes
Polyurethane goods
Precision engineering
Offshore cable connectors
High voltage switchgear
Tell me when to stop

Niche stuff. Tell me when you remember a mass market consumer product. We still have some car factories, but it's probably fair to say all are threatened.

A lot of big/bulky stuff is still made here, just because the cost of importing the stuff adds a huge percentage to the cost. So they don't get out-competed and get away with selling crap at high prices, e.g. bricks, cement, carpet.

 

[noseall]

You obviously haven't!!!!!!!

Poor (cop out) response.

Expected.

 

[Elsa TLC]

Original Toasters from Dualit — Hand-Built in the UK https://share.google/6BAvjC1flADfVhQ2n

 

[Elsa TLC]

This is our British made Toaster.

Thats not Noseall to the right.... it's a pineapple

 

[crystal ball]

Niche stuff. Tell me when you remember a mass market consumer product. We still have some car factories, but it's probably fair to say all are threatened.

A lot of big/bulky stuff is still made here, just because the cost of importing the stuff adds a huge percentage to the cost. So they don't get out-competed and get away with selling crap at high prices, e.g. bricks, cement, carpet.

Can I remind you of your original statement

We don't make anything now.