Well finally, we are seeing some confidence returning.
Enquiry ratios are up again and the machines are working, hallelujah!
We can only get ourselves out of this mess. Buy from the UK whenever you can and keep the UK economy going, it can only get better ( we hope ).
Will small businesses such as ours survive the current economic climate!
I wish I knew the answer, it is however out of our hands.
We can offer deals, tighten our belts (a bit difficult after christmas), downsize - at the end of the day we just need to be lucky. I’m sure lots of businesses will fail on the back of bigger companies closing down, who would have thought businesses like HBOS, Woolworths, Adam, Zavvi would be closing down (or selling out).
All we can do is hope that people stop reading the tabloids and start climbing the ladder again, our economy can improve if we the workers unite, buy locally, work hard, be positive. I know it’s a bit hard with this government in place, but we have to try.
I think a starting point has to be looking after number one, we have to buy from our own country and cut down on imports. Yes it may be cheaper to buy something in from China or some other country, but at what cost! You may save a few pence per item, but you are indirectly responsible for crippling our economy. We also need to use our own people, it’s a disgrace to be ringing a British company and talking to people in India!!! We should ALL stop using these companies, until they bring the employment back home.
We all need to work together.