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China's GDP per capita is poor. Germany does high value manufacturing and services. I'm not sure about Japan.
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roofman
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This morning i was at an industrial estate in the North West, every highly skilled business was there which employed highly skilled men,engineering companies, manufacturing companies, you name it the place was booming 10am this morning,except one depressing sight...every one of the buildings were run down or in a state of disrepair not being maintained by the council or other high end leasing company in charge of the site,it was shocking and lack of investment had reduced the place to a Beirut lookalike
...Just before you got into the industrial estate there was a brand new state of the art building that must of been 1/4 of a mile square in size all as shiny as a new pin, An Amazon hub depot of all things
what is this telling us regarding putting investments into peoples futures,very depressing it was to see.
...Just before you got into the industrial estate there was a brand new state of the art building that must of been 1/4 of a mile square in size all as shiny as a new pin, An Amazon hub depot of all things what is this telling us regarding putting investments into peoples futures,very depressing it was to see.
arther dailey
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wow , I thought this would be an iteresting thread.....not a indepth dive into depression, sheesh .
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Can’t see a economy paying low wages to deliver or warehouse pick imported junk to successful either
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Most premises are repairing leaseThis morning i was at an industrial estate in the North West, every highly skilled business was there which employed highly skilled men,engineering companies, manufacturing companies, you name it the place was booming 10am this morning,except one depressing sight...every one of the buildings were run down or in a state of disrepair not being maintained by the council or other high end leasing company in charge of the site,it was shocking and lack of investment had reduced the place to a Beirut lookalike
State or roads near and on industrial areas is shocking though
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It depresses me because we don't make things here any more. One of the reasons why the economy is such a mess.
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where industry is concerned this always happens ignoring some of the comments
its worse when your homeless and got a job cant afford to rent happening already in the uk priced out of the market due to london buyers
healthcare and dental care on that one above is interesting your private health insurance wont cover it
now i dont like hotels getting paid big money and that ship is an insult
8ft x10s with a roof on is good enough, security and cleaners can be paid for its all jobs
same with the housing situation leds and solar can be used for lighting alot of these
i cant find the video i want as its automotive factory closed down and replaced by fast foods and mart style of shopping places the only jobs available are waiters or waitress jobs or down at the mart stall
its worse when your homeless and got a job cant afford to rent happening already in the uk priced out of the market due to london buyers
healthcare and dental care on that one above is interesting your private health insurance wont cover it
now i dont like hotels getting paid big money and that ship is an insult
8ft x10s with a roof on is good enough, security and cleaners can be paid for its all jobs
same with the housing situation leds and solar can be used for lighting alot of these
i cant find the video i want as its automotive factory closed down and replaced by fast foods and mart style of shopping places the only jobs available are waiters or waitress jobs or down at the mart stall
Smallfry
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This has always been my argument. Anyone who wants to start a business nowadays, starts a service of some sort. Somewhere, somehow, something has to be made and sold, hopefully overseas. Not everyone can be a pop star, influencer or whatever, and some are far better at manual trades. It is just sad to me that manual trades are viewed as having little value these days, compared to tapping some keyboard.
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it's not GOOD it's CHEAPER !
redlig
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I wonder how many took the overseas bonus taught jonny foreigner all they knew and then came back to an empty factory?and we sent operators over to show them how to use it all
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Which is exactly why a forum member was quoted nearly a grand add a few rows of bricks to a wall. The few that have the skills can screw the keyboard warriors and B****y good luck to them.
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it's definitely spring and it's started.Last week First No2 nipper " dad mower stopped ( see pervious thread) . Yesterday bloke next door appears with a non starting chipper. Duff fuel /water in float bowl /****ty plug and damp in kill switch. First question , checked plug? answer ...Can't find plug spanner. This guy has 30k£ + plus of motor cycles and a Million£ property. No thought of "what do I owe you" so I made comment that if I did charge it would be at the same rate as he gets for whatever he does or did. Hopefully last visit.
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Britain is broken,end of
redlig
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If not completely broken then slowing down prior to seizing like a well thrashed BSA bantam.
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He’ll be one of a very few, having worked in the Korean Yards, in 2006, there are many very skilled men. Many of whom want to learn to speak good English, so they can go and work in China, or other overseas high paying jobs. Interesting places and their rate of delivery was phenomenal and a lot better safety wise than when I first visited in the mid 80s. Rates of pay then were not a lot different to UK manufacturing, the big difference was they were at the job at the begining of the shift, and there until the very end, being productive.
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It's not that simple. This junk enables higher value business to take place. How many business owners on this forum would be able to operate if they didn't have access to low cost foreign tooling? Home made supplies are expensive and stifle business, having basic components available for cheap, and using them to manufacture something more specialist is a good economic model.
arther dailey
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it all started with a certain person encouraging to go out and get/take what you want , house prices spiraled out of control which in turn caused everything else to get spendy , if prices go up so do rates which increases costs on sales of products ,which gives competitours a open door,, was a no win situation except for the few. the steel industry was shut down in stead of being subsidised to keep it the best in the world more monies was then spent out on paying out dole monies...the shop keeper sold the shop
