maker of things

my brother lives in denmark, i went to see him a little while ago to sample his lifestyle. the report is about right - attitude toward work/life balance, family life etc is very good. my bro keeps talking to me about a job that is out there... must look into that!

my feedback now added, lord knows when it will appear look for Adrian, London or read the below - just about sums it up -------------------- This is an abominable and wholly unacceptable situation, that our Government and all parties with a vested interest in the status quo should feel utterly ashamed by. I work very hard in a good job and still stand no chance of getting on the ladder under reasonable circumstances. This is affecting my ability to further my career and grow a family. Simple fact to remember -average house price is now around a hugely unrealistic 6 times average annual salary. You have got to be crazy to commit yourself and most likely your offspring to such irresponsible debt. --------------------

i can't help but feel very cynical about what has happened. can't prove a thing, but doesn't stop me thinking something a bit fishy...

I am very much up for going on an organised march to protest the situation. Enough is enough.

only fined £1k? outrageous. manufacturers advertising goods with better features than they really have in such a quantifiable, easily challenged way would be taken to the cleaners.

next up will be LEGOLand - Windsor's next housing development! Property can be built to spec but apparently there's more chance of hurricane damage.

and just think if they had studied a design & engineering course, joining a company that pays the designers a % royalty of sales. could be earning a shit load more than 80k, and would create a load of jobs for all those hangers-on in the process. many folks too short sighted to do that though, not helped by our education system that seems so intent on shoving languages and humanities down peoples throats. plenty more jobs involved than just the manufacture of the item. why not try and aim a bit higher? people have to design it for a kickoff. the top of the tree. big rewards once is made right. once a red hot item is designed that creates demand, many jobs created. theres sales, marketing, operations, legal, etc etc. plenty of those people here in the UK already who i'm sure would love to get the work. "British Workers are wasting their time on Research and Dev." - what a defeatist attitude. If this is an indication of our country no wonder we're ******ed. May you be burned by a big self fulfilling prophecy of your own (lack of) creation.

bit of a contradiction there. Dyson is doing a stunning job as a manufacturing company. Dyson does make things people actually want - now having the largest market share in Japan. British manufacturing is a pile of shit because hardly anyone knows how to make things anymore. Dyson is one of the very few companies that does - and surprise surprise they are doing well. If there were more companies like Dyson around here, this country would be in far less shit than it is now. Trouble is, people seem quite happy enough to be hangers-on in the UK - money men, marketing men, salesmen - they are everywhere, bleeding this place dry. Lowering interest rates is one way of helping manufacturing - but quite a short termist way. Far better to make manufacturing related subjects compulsory in education and let the longterm, enthusiastic, actually quite natural picture grow in a sustainable way. If more effort given to manufacturing, then more jobs created, then more money given to people, which helps them pay for the houses whose prices you (and I too) are so bitter about. Simple.