Dyson job losses
Discussion
andymadmak said:
Piha said:
Er, I would have named you if I thought you were supporting the callers nazi comment. Please feel free to show me where I said you were supporting the callers views.
If you have the impression I attributed support of the callers views onto you, then that was entirely not my intention.
OK, thanks. Sorry I misunderstoodIf you have the impression I attributed support of the callers views onto you, then that was entirely not my intention.
TTmonkey said:
If they do end up eventually moving the R&D facility off shore after a disastrous Brexit its going to create a huge employment vacuum in Melksham....
i doubt most of the employees originate from melksham and being highly talented they will just up sticks to the next high tech employer, whether or not that will be in the uk is another question though.we could end up in a brain drain situation along with a smaller tax take for HMG
TTmonkey said:
If they do end up eventually moving the R&D facility off shore after a disastrous Brexit its going to create a huge employment vacuum in Melksham....
When I worked there in Malmesbury in 2007 less than 1% lived in the town.The rest came from a 50 mile radius and make my commute back to Bristol a long one, in the end I used to get in earlier to get parked closer to the gate or it could take an hour to get out of the car park.
Terrible place to work, the R&D lot were a laugh.
Tuna said:
Not sure where to start on that one. Hope you feel better having let it all out though.
The list of points where I fundamentally disagree with you is so long it's hardly worth even starting. I don't know if you're involved in tech innovation in any way, but your comments suggest you really don't understand the UK environment at all. I think you have next to no knowledge of what Dyson actually does, or how he got to a billion pounds a year earnings. I think you don't understand how we work in world markets. I think you dismiss anyone or anything you don't understand.
But I've quoted your post to see how accurate some of your beliefs turn out to be.
(Should've just gone with 'Parklife' - that made me laugh - sorry).
He has created a moneyspinner, sure, but what does it produce? Vacuum Cleaners, Hand Driers and Hair Driers. With respect, it isn't rocket science, it's not even particularly important, but he has got us all thinking that he is Einstein or Stephen Hawking. He may have started as a bright engineer but today it is just a branding exercise, rather like Virgin. it may make a lot of money, great. Anyway, he is perfectly entitled to take his business anywhere he likes, but he should not have done so having stood on a brexit platform. That is all. The list of points where I fundamentally disagree with you is so long it's hardly worth even starting. I don't know if you're involved in tech innovation in any way, but your comments suggest you really don't understand the UK environment at all. I think you have next to no knowledge of what Dyson actually does, or how he got to a billion pounds a year earnings. I think you don't understand how we work in world markets. I think you dismiss anyone or anything you don't understand.
But I've quoted your post to see how accurate some of your beliefs turn out to be.
(Should've just gone with 'Parklife' - that made me laugh - sorry).
cardigankid said:
SeeFive said:
Park life.
I think you mean Pond Life. I am guessing that you are a Brexiteer?As it happened, the song was playing on the radio as I read your post. I started reading it in Phil Daniels voice in my head. Your eloquent words and tone used fitted perfectly, especially the last paragraph which could have had nothing to do with any Brexit content, it could have been about wild rabbits.
But I guess even my post appears as “because Brexit” triggered anger to some folks who voted remain, as can be seen by the responses from a number of posters interpreting it differently.
cardigankid said:
NormarkSuperswede said:
I know many Malaysian's who had millions worth of properties in London.They kept one and move their money to QL as they said it was easier and more money money to be made .
QL? Do you mean KL? Is it worth considering?SeeFive said:
cardigankid said:
SeeFive said:
Park life.
I think you mean Pond Life. I am guessing that you are a Brexiteer?As it happened, the song was playing on the radio as I read your post. I started reading it in Phil Daniels voice in my head. Your eloquent words and tone used fitted perfectly, especially the last paragraph which could have had nothing to do with any Brexit content, it could have been about wild rabbits.
But I guess even my post appears as “because Brexit” triggered anger to some folks who voted remain, as can be seen by the responses from a number of posters interpreting it differently.
It was very very funny.
Whatever side of the debate you are on - if someone comes out with a gem - appreciating it is no bad thing.
cardigankid said:
He has created a moneyspinner, sure, but what does it produce? Vacuum Cleaners, Hand Driers and Hair Driers. With respect, it isn't rocket science, it's not even particularly important, but he has got us all thinking that he is Einstein or Stephen Hawking. He may have started as a bright engineer but today it is just a branding exercise, rather like Virgin. it may make a lot of money, great. Anyway, he is perfectly entitled to take his business anywhere he likes, but he should not have done so having stood on a brexit platform. That is all.
I am fascinated to know why you think this...cardigankid said:
A vacuum cleaner, a hand drier and yet another person who is going to develop a wonderful electric car. Let me make a prediction. The new car will never happen unless some major industrial is prepared to do it for him and stick Dyson's name on the front.
Its a little further down the line than you might imagine. We are at a point in history where a divergence of tech and manufacturing techniques is changing the car industry. From what I know I think Dyson will be at the forefront.Vanden Saab said:
cardigankid said:
He has created a moneyspinner, sure, but what does it produce? Vacuum Cleaners, Hand Driers and Hair Driers. With respect, it isn't rocket science, it's not even particularly important, but he has got us all thinking that he is Einstein or Stephen Hawking. He may have started as a bright engineer but today it is just a branding exercise, rather like Virgin. it may make a lot of money, great. Anyway, he is perfectly entitled to take his business anywhere he likes, but he should not have done so having stood on a brexit platform. That is all.
I am fascinated to know why you think this...Perhaps it's because in the minds of some Remainers, they really do think that all Brexit supporters are union flag waistcoat wearing, Austin Allegro driving, Elgar obsessed little Englanders who despise foreign types and who must only ever think in terms of UK UK UK... , and that any deviation from this somehow disqualifies them from having an opinion on Brexit?
Strange thinking, but then some Remainers (and some Brexiteers) are strange folk...
Exige77 said:
Lots of foreign investment going into Singapore.
Tiny place and nearly half FDI it China.
Yep. I think it surprises some people to learn just how well Asia is doing (and has done for a long time) in terms of education, investment, productivity, etc.Tiny place and nearly half FDI it China.
It’s far from a story of only low wages and cheap, low quality goods these days; it’s also a huge consumer market.
I’ll be in Singapore in Feb, with a client who is building impressive new manufacturing facilities there, and was in KL and HK many times last year where another is heavily invested in FMCG and industrial products.
The above is nothing in particular to do with Brexit, by the way, but just a tiny indicator of where a lot of investment is heading these days.
Not exactly. I believe that in the course of an abysmally poor public debate the public were lied to on a breathtaking scale by individuals who then to a man abandoned the ship to the control of people who had not actually voted for Brexit in the first place, like Theresa May. The vote was 52% to 48% which is far from overwhelming. I have never heard any rational arguments in favour of Brexit and am now witnessing an unplanned political car crash as a direct result of it. The economic damage is becoming clearer by the day. I am therefore forced to the conclusion that supporters of Brexit are irrational Little Englanders who think that this is still the nation of Drake, Clive and Rhodes. I don’t know if they drive Austin Allegros but it wouldn’t surprise me.
Given that the public have now seen the weakness of the British negotiating position, the lack of any leadership from those who urged this course of action, the absence of any coherent plan and the accelerating de industrialisation of the country as businesses head for the exit, I think that there should be a second and better informed referendum. I doubt we would see much of Boris or Farage.
Given that the public have now seen the weakness of the British negotiating position, the lack of any leadership from those who urged this course of action, the absence of any coherent plan and the accelerating de industrialisation of the country as businesses head for the exit, I think that there should be a second and better informed referendum. I doubt we would see much of Boris or Farage.
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