Canal Navvy
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I wondered why their website was down this morning. They were a cracking firm to deal with back in the day when you were just as likely as not to be talking to Justin 
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Monkeybusiness
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Total crap more recently though - I doubt other saw retailers will miss them much as they totally cocked the uk market up by volume selling with minimal margin.I wondered why their website was down this morning. They were a cracking firm to deal with back in the day when you were just as likely as not to be talking to Justin
Shame though, not a nice thing to see.
Canal Navvy
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They definitely lost their focus
The hunt for the next pair of fellhunters continues
The hunt for the next pair of fellhunters continues
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Smiffy
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I don't understand how such a popular company have managed to go so wrong.
Canal Navvy
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They were a good specialist arborist supplier whose ambition to grow was larger than the market. The general crap they ended up selling was nothing like their roots in the shop with sheds out the back.
Lancs Lad
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Always a surprise...
Bet funny buggers and gusties chuffed...
Dabbling in powertools won't have helped ..fatal.
Bet funny buggers and gusties chuffed...Dabbling in powertools won't have helped ..fatal.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
not filed accounts in 18 months
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
margins??
Lancs Lad
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Or lack of....
doobin
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£700k losses in the most recent accounts... fk knows how much this last year!
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Monkeybusiness
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If your business is buying and then selling for profit I struggle to see how these sort of losses build up (unless those at the top are bleeding the cash out of the firm……)
doobin
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The losses were ‘administration costs’ on the balance sheet.
Lancs Lad
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And at what point did someone think oh well trade our way out of a 700k debt by selling even more lower margin stuff and costs are increasing.... Directors be up and doing again tomorrow as well. Joke company law in this country.
Had a bit to do with a German outfit that went under ...state took them to the cleaners... litterally everything he had no hiding it like over here.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
read - salaries ... bleed it while it's possible
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
as should be the case here too ... but the country's too corrupt ...... said it so many times .. bring back debtor's prisons
Bob
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Thames water? 14 billion debts big bonuses to CEO then jacked tax payer might have to pick up the tab and pension funds will lose a fortune
TiltyShaun
Well-known member
Interesting discussion regarding why Thames Water should just go into Administration rather than be Nationalized. Rees Mogg on GB news has it spot on. The water will still flow and there should not be a bail out to the lenders and shareholders.
doobin
Well-known member
There will be. It’s the Tory way. Privatise the profits and socialise the losses. Pricks.
Left hooker
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Let's hope it's not the same for the new stretch of a30 down here they are doing
Lots of f**k ups so far
A big bridge that's to replace the old one to allow widening of road is 6ft shorter than it should be
And another bridge is too high or low or has sunk slightly depends who you ask
Wish Mac alpine was still around
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