Hello recession. Why is there no "Buy British" Campaign?
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This really pisses me off.
M&S yesterday have an offer on apples and only 1 type of British apples.
I don't want French, South African, or New Zealand apples.
We have some of the best varieties grown in the UK, why not use them?
And as for foreign meat - you can f
k off. 
Anyone who buys Dutch bacon is a class A IMHO.
M&S yesterday have an offer on apples and only 1 type of British apples.
I don't want French, South African, or New Zealand apples.
We have some of the best varieties grown in the UK, why not use them?
And as for foreign meat - you can f
k off. Anyone who buys Dutch bacon is a class A
IMHO.
Carling has launched an advertising campaign based on its use of 100 per cent British barley.
From this month, the wording “100% British barley” will appear on founts and point of sale material for Carling, the only brewer in the UK to malt its own barley.
Carling is about a couple of days ahead of you.
JagLover said:
Far from a "buy british" campaign the governemnt is trying to destroy the last of Britain's car industry by it's Co2 linked car tax rises. Combined with the recession this may cause serious problems for Jaguar/Land Rover.
so true, we have had several tools cancelled from both Jag and Land Rover as a result of the pathetic tax rises on those cars. I also know that Land Rover have a fair few employees on "gardening leave" for 3 months with 90% pay. Although they are no longer strictly "British", they employ hell of a lot of people here and do have a British heritage.
A somewhat out of date attempt by the BBC in 2002 to "buy British"
BBC linky
Unfortunately one of the first things anybody who is being hit by a recession has to do is watch the pennies - buying British and watching the pennies aren't exactly the best bed fellows. It's easy to vocalise support but when you are already wondering if you're going to lose your house and job it's extremely difficult to do anything but look at short term personal survival.
BBC linky
Unfortunately one of the first things anybody who is being hit by a recession has to do is watch the pennies - buying British and watching the pennies aren't exactly the best bed fellows. It's easy to vocalise support but when you are already wondering if you're going to lose your house and job it's extremely difficult to do anything but look at short term personal survival.
Edited by Davi on Wednesday 12th November 11:18
You don't need a campaign to buy British - all we need to do is make good quality products at competitive prices.
I can't abide this idea that people should buy British out of some sense of patriotic duty. It's this attitude that allowed all manner of manufacturers to turn out badly designed, poorly made crap, safe in the knowledge that there would be enough chumps out there willing to buy the stuff simply because it was made in Britain.
People should buy the products that best suit their needs; if these happen to be British, great!
Don't get me wrong, we produce some fantastic products but they're increasingly aimed at niche markets. Perhaps this is the way forward for the country - producing low-volume, high quality items.
I can't abide this idea that people should buy British out of some sense of patriotic duty. It's this attitude that allowed all manner of manufacturers to turn out badly designed, poorly made crap, safe in the knowledge that there would be enough chumps out there willing to buy the stuff simply because it was made in Britain.
People should buy the products that best suit their needs; if these happen to be British, great!
Don't get me wrong, we produce some fantastic products but they're increasingly aimed at niche markets. Perhaps this is the way forward for the country - producing low-volume, high quality items.
Davi said:
A somewhat out of date attempt by the BBC in 2002 to "buy British"
BBC linky
Unfortunately one of the first things anybody who is being hit by a recession has to do is watch the pennies - buying British and watching the pennies aren't exactly the best bed fellows. It's easy to vocalise support but when you are already wondering if you're going to lose your house and job it's extremely difficult to do anything but look at short term personal survival.
Why would your typical British produce cost more? Obviously top quality stuff will be normal standard stuff shouldn't. It should be much cheaper as it's not been flown in from the other side of the world. We need more government subsidy on British farming or something.BBC linky
Unfortunately one of the first things anybody who is being hit by a recession has to do is watch the pennies - buying British and watching the pennies aren't exactly the best bed fellows. It's easy to vocalise support but when you are already wondering if you're going to lose your house and job it's extremely difficult to do anything but look at short term personal survival.
Edited by Davi on Wednesday 12th November 11:18
Totally agree with this campaign. When I was in Australia, I was surprised by the amount of "made in Australia for Australians" advertising, and printed on the back of packaging. I wondered at teh time why we don't do the same.
No shame in being patriotic folks!
No shame in being patriotic folks!
Edited by prand on Wednesday 12th November 11:32
MK4 Slowride said:
Davi said:
A somewhat out of date attempt by the BBC in 2002 to "buy British"
BBC linky
Unfortunately one of the first things anybody who is being hit by a recession has to do is watch the pennies - buying British and watching the pennies aren't exactly the best bed fellows. It's easy to vocalise support but when you are already wondering if you're going to lose your house and job it's extremely difficult to do anything but look at short term personal survival.
Why would your typical British produce cost more? Obviously top quality stuff will be normal standard stuff shouldn't. It should be much cheaper as it's not been flown in from the other side of the world. We need more government subsidy on British farming or something.BBC linky
Unfortunately one of the first things anybody who is being hit by a recession has to do is watch the pennies - buying British and watching the pennies aren't exactly the best bed fellows. It's easy to vocalise support but when you are already wondering if you're going to lose your house and job it's extremely difficult to do anything but look at short term personal survival.
Edited by Davi on Wednesday 12th November 11:18
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