In article , Kennedy McEwen
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> wrote:
> > Did you watch "Made in Britain" the other night? =A0Whilst we don't hav= e a
> > particularly visible manufacturing capacity in this country anymore,
> > manufacturing is still more than 12% of our economy
>
> That does depend on how you are basing the 'percentage' - as I think the
> programme did get around to pointing out at the end. The figure doesn't
> necessarily mean that 12 percent of our personal incomes and jobs come fr= om > it. >
> > because we do make things here that they don't have the skills or
> > technology to make in low cost countries and let them make the things
> > our wages would cause to be uneconomic to build here.
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> Not quite. Many of the things we make here could just as well be made
> abroad in places that have "technology" as good or better then ours. [1] = So
> it would be unwise to assume we are 'cleverer than Johnny Foreigner' so
> have an inherent advantage. That kind thinking sank our mass makers decad= es > ago. >
> This also depends on the firms and people involved, not lines on maps. Wh= at
> does vary from place to place is:
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> 1) What either banks or venture capital will fund.
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> 2) What designers can get (1) to help them turn ideas into products and
> make and market them.
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> 3) Being able to market them on their image/impact as well as their > content. > > > Jim
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> [1] Indeed, in many cases they are. Think of the brands that produce item= s
> designed here, but made abroad. Dyson, for example, at a medium-tech leve= l. >
Dyson's are grossly overrated, they're called "die soons" in the trade, Dyson only make a limited range of vacs with built-in obsolesence, and other 'fashionable' products.
The best vacs by far are Numatic, and they're made in the UK, employing over 700 people. They make a wide range of products to meet all requirements.
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people make better floor machines though, also manufacturing in the UK:
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