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Originally Posted by Gordie
.Hopefully todays leaders in Britain are taking a leaf out of other western industrial nations books who realise that some of these major industries with the jobs that they create need help at times.Better to pump a few million into some struggling company`s with future prospects than let it go to the wall and pay long term unemployment benefits with all its knock on effects.
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Don't you think it's ironic that "Quality" British companies such as Wedgewood-Waterford-Royal Doulton employ more production people in Indonesia than they do in the UK/Ireland
BBC NEWS | Business | Wedgwood goes into administration
Not wanting to sound elitist , but its been my habit and lots of other Brit exiles/expats I know that whenever friends kids have got engaged they allways get at least one pair of Waterford champagne flutes and when the wedding happened they usually got a bit of Wedgewood or Royal Doulton , (all B
IG sellers in the US). The news that the stuff is just another cheap/tat import from the far-east will destroy any credibility these 'quality British names' had.