glennpickard Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 What I am saying is that it may be the time for the UK to think outside the box. It will be soon out of the EU box anyway, and free to pursue its own ambitions. I am not thinking just about the UK market, but both that and the export market. I try to avoid Chinese products if I can, because of quality, but the alternative options are limited. If you went around to the major hardware stores, they have thousands of small metal items, such as fittings, screws, nuts/bolts etc, made overseas. Sheffield produces steel. In view of the forthcoming UK departure from the EU, the government should consider setting up a small task force to determine the feasibility of these and many other items being manufactured in the UK. And as an incentive, there may have to be some kind of an initial tax incentive for the new manufacturing entities If "Dumping" then occurred, say from China, the government would have to act to stop it. To say nothing can be done or tried to improve the country's situation is not a good example for business/entrepreneurs to follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 One other benefit of Leaving: the power of large firms and Governmental bodies to opt for purchase of UK-made goods. Lolol I think they'll be opting to buy cheap from the Far East. The only reason why uk corporations by uk goods is if it's cheapest or there's some good PR to be had. Besides, what stopped them before now? ---------- Post added 02-08-2016 at 18:38 ---------- What I am saying is that it may be the time for the UK to think outside the box. It will be soon out of the EU box anyway, and free to pursue its own ambitions. I am not thinking just about the UK market, but both that and the export market. I try to avoid Chinese products if I can, because of quality, but the alternative options are limited. If you went around to the major hardware stores, they have thousands of small metal items, such as fittings, screws, nuts/bolts etc, made overseas. Sheffield produces steel. In view of the forthcoming UK departure from the EU, the government should consider setting up a small task force to determine the feasibility of these and many other items being manufactured in the UK. And as an incentive, there may have to be some kind of an initial tax incentive for the new manufacturing entities If "Dumping" then occurred, say from China, the government would have to act to stop it. To say nothing can be done or tried to improve the country's situation is not a good example for business/entrepreneurs to follow That's a bit naive and very simplistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphed Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 What I am saying is that it may be the time for the UK to think outside the box. It will be soon out of the EU box anyway, and free to pursue its own ambitions. I am not thinking just about the UK market, but both that and the export market. I try to avoid Chinese products if I can, because of quality, but the alternative options are limited. If you went around to the major hardware stores, they have thousands of small metal items, such as fittings, screws, nuts/bolts etc, made overseas. Sheffield produces steel. In view of the forthcoming UK departure from the EU, the government should consider setting up a small task force to determine the feasibility of these and many other items being manufactured in the UK. And as an incentive, there may have to be some kind of an initial tax incentive for the new manufacturing entities If "Dumping" then occurred, say from China, the government would have to act to stop it. To say nothing can be done or tried to improve the country's situation is not a good example for business/entrepreneurs to follow We make largely specialist steel in Sheffield these days. More by value than ever before, contrary to popular belief. Sheffield steel does not compare with cheap Chinese steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Which was a wonderful little dream until you woke up and realised the negotiating team for Brexit is a shower of extreme free marketeers who would sell their souls to the Chinese government if there was profit in it. Wake up. It's not a dream any more. Deal with the reality. On the contrary: EU membership has hampered UK preferences. Now it won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 It seems some are calling for the return of the old style blue passports= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36952010 Blue is my favourite colour anyway...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Equato Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I dunno, the other week everyone was crying that if we left the EU, house prices would crash, on the news tonight it"s complaints that house prices are too high and no-one can afford to buy any more, there's just no pleasing some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 On the contrary: EU membership has hampered UK preferences. Now it won't. Exactly my point, and for your Brexit negotiating heroes the very last choice will be British. It will be the cheapest. They are hardcore extreme free marketeers. If you never realised this before then you're naive in the extreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) Exactly my point, and for your Brexit negotiating heroes the very last choice will be British. It will be the cheapest. They are hardcore extreme free marketeers. If you never realised this before then you're naive in the extreme. No they are not, behave. The type of people you're thinking of believe for instance that we don't need a navy as we know it, it could be left to privateers to defend the country and so on, which is clearly nonsense and you won't here David Davies and Liam Fox advocating that. Edited August 2, 2016 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) You are being silly now. This is supposed to be a serious conversation not a dummy spitting contest. I've just had a look at the company you are talking about. From their website it looks as though they only deal with non hazardous dry waste not hazardous chemicals. They wouldn't deal with the regs for TFS of hazardous waste abroad for recovery although they could use TFS for RDF/SRF. Right I get it now. Your company CTS Environmental Services having a net worth of £37.3k, setup in 2009, is so much bigger and knows so much more than Powerday PLC with a net worth of £45.9 million which has been running for over 35 years I also made made no mention of hazardous waste, so I don't know where you got that from. I mentioned paper and plastic in regards to a massive recycling company in London. Not hazardous waste. Edited August 3, 2016 by Berberis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez2 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Right I get it now. Your company CTS Environmental Services having a net worth of £37.3k, setup in 2009, is so much bigger and knows so much more than Powerday PLC with a net worth of £45.9 million which has been running for over 35 years I also made made no mention of hazardous waste, so I don't know where you got that from. I mentioned paper and plastic in regards to a massive recycling company in London. Not hazardous waste. Oh dear, you don't get it do you. Your comparison is like trying to compare a ferry with a small luxury yacht. You jumped to conclusions based on the only waste company you know. If you were so knowledgeable you wouldn't have made yourself look a fool with your comments. The thread is about Brexit. If you were so knowledgeable you wouldn't need to be told we are discussing EU waste shipment regulations. China isn't in the EU so it doesn't apply to waste shipments there. If you have any sensible questions about the waste industry I am happy to answer them. We are a business to business waste removal and consultancy company but not a general waste skip company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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