Very quiet this week...

[red_slr]

To be expected with the GE but I am shocked just how quiet it is.
Anyone else? A lot of our customers are reporting the same thing.

[LordHaveMurci]

We've been very quiet for the last 2-3 months

[feef]

Quietish in the showroom, online sales have stayed pretty consistent tho

[rustandoil]

Dead in the world of manufacturing... no phone calls or even emails yesterday or today so far

[chippy348]

All good here to be honest.

[OtherBusiness]

Public and companies hunkering down?

[Eddie Strohacker]

Rung round all the customers today to make sure we haven't accidentally upset anyone...

They're all saying half term followed immediately by GE is killing it, staff off, customers not ordering etc.

[red_slr]

I think that's the case, its just a bit of everything. Weather is not helping either.

[Altrezia]

We've had a few slow months, but it's starting to pick up. Since the Brexit stuff it's not been ideal really, and then the GE just making it worse.

It'll come good

[Steve57]

This week has certainly been quieter than the last year. phone hardly ringing, and very few leads. Customers are saying they are between jobs but i dont buy it for all of them.

[ForZiE23]

Does seem quiet in the business world. Where i work is quite a niche market of manufacturing but overall business does seem very slow last two weeks. Figured after last week was school holidays but people would be back now.

[poordecisions]

We've noticed it quieten down in engineering and surveying here.

[WarnieV6GT]

Very quiet here too. These last 2 weeks have been a lot slower than last year which is worrying .

[ooid]

Yes, it is indeed. I do work in Cambridge, Brighton and London, all three towns no action. Last three weeks, have been extremely silent. Off to overseas soon, can't handle this crap weather and weird silence

[red_slr]

Phones are down 30% on last Monday vs today so it seems to be getting worse here.
Hopefully the weather will pick up next week and that might bring people out!
On the plus side the roads have been fairly quiet!

[Eddie Strohacker]

red_slr said:

Phones are down 30% on last Monday vs today so it seems to be getting worse here.
Hopefully the weather will pick up next week and that might bring people out!
On the plus side the roads have been fairly quiet!

Without giving it away, we're both in logistics I think? What's your end of things? Pallets, distribution. general? Tell me to mind my own business if you like, just curious.

[red_slr]

We are similar to a builders merchant. So brick grabs, tipper grabs etc. Trade and public.

[Eddie Strohacker]

Got it, I can relax then and take a day off from destroying competitors wherever I find them

[anonymous-user]

We deal with consumer enquiries for financial advice. Enquiry numbers have been holding up throughout the election period (April was poor, though), however the transactional intent of the consumers coming through this month has been very strong, surprisingly.

Last year there were a lot of investment enquiries held up, waiting for the outcome of the Brexit vote.

[red_slr]

Eddie Strohacker said:

Got it, I can relax then and take a day off from destroying competitors wherever I find them

For a bag of crisps and a mars bar you can have the place! No need to put that much effort in!!