taxi ray 170 Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Its just been announced that Courtaulds have gone into administration. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Flip!! I thought a company like that would be doing well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted May 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Apparently, they made a lot of clothes for BHS, so this will be the knock on effect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 It's amazing any British textile companies still exist other than at the high end. I didn't think any could still compete with Far Eastern imports on price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted May 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Most of the high end clothing firms, still have most of the stuff made abroad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Apparently, they made a lot of clothes for BHS, so this will be the knock on effect. And I blame this capitalist bastard. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 True. I remember Christian Dior shirts coming in from Hong Kong in the 80's. That's why I find it incredible that any textile companies have survived this long. The prices in China, Taiwan etc are so low, how are British companies making money unless they are high margin manufacturers. So many went to the wall in the 80's I assumed they'd all gone now. And chains like BHS were the worst to make money our of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 There were five textile factories within ten minuets walk of my house now all closed The hosiery & knitwear union had a branch office here(in Loughborough). too The factories still remain but are used for other purposes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Was courtaulds on Haydon road? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 The factory shop is on Haydn Road.......and will continue to be there. http://www.nottinghampost.com/Jobs-safe-Courtaulds-Factory-Shop/story-29323315-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 When think how big Courtauld's used to be. The Courtauld's Building (its official name) on Hayden Road was the head office. They took over Bairns Wear on Perry Road and High Fields Knitting in Hucknall amongst others. Was Pretty Polly one of theirs too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Marks and Spencer use to have all there knitwear from above factories if any garment had a stich 1mm away they used to send the whole batch back. Now I ask you where do the garments come from now days? Every thing had to be perfect for them, till they stopped buying British goods, then guess what I tried 3 skirts on all same size and each one differed on the waist. Ask the sale lady why!!!! so much different as all skirts same size. Did not get an answer. No more to say Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 I have several pairs of M+S trousers all the same size & all the same fit. Still top quality & feel great to wear. Not sure where they are made though. A few years ago a mate of mine used to drive an artic full of pork pies to M+S food distribution depot up north, Barnsley I think Before they unloaded his wagon sample temperate readings where taken from random pies in his refrigereated trailer. Any readings out of range meant the whole consignment were rejected ! M+S have very high standards. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Marks and Spencer use to have all there knitwear from above factories if any garment had a stich 1mm away they used to send the whole batch back. Now I ask you where do the garments come from now days? Every thing had to be perfect for them, till they stopped buying British goods, then guess what I tried 3 skirts on all same size and each one differed on the waist. Ask the sale lady why!!!! so much different as all skirts same size. Did not get an answer. No more to say Hmm. Look at that from the other side; it's all very well having high standards (and I'm not saying that we shouldn't) but it comes at a price, and it's a price that British consumers became both unwilling and to an extent unable to pay. If you as a company adhere to those standards, that British supplier of yours ends up having to sell a lot of its products off as rejects, at a lower price, if it fails to maintain the required quality control standards. Profits tumble, economies of scale are made; and those latter rarely if ever involve improvements. Jobs are lost, and that means people have less money to buy those high-quality products. Retail companies therefore source their products from countries where labour and raw materials are cheaper, so as to be able to sell their goods at a competitive rate in order to survive. Cycle continues till we reach the bottom. The cop-out from the left is normally to blame Thatcher, who happened to be PM at the time. Realistically it's far bigger than that, and if we're honest has been going on for a lot longer. When I was a kid in the 1960's, "Made in Japan" was a by-word for cheap tat. Nowadays it's more or less desirable if you're going to get a quality product, and it certainly isn't cheap. It's also worth noting that whilst we did indeed make a lot of very good things in the UK we also produced our fair share of crap, particularly in the immediate years before the Thatcher government. Again,Japanese cars were derided as being cheap and cheerful whereas in reality they were at least as well made as British ones, no worse in terms of rusting and always far better equipped.Today they're pretty much the benchmark which other manufacturers strive towards. We can moan about all these "historic" factories closing as much as we like, but as a nation we have to consider how much of the decline is in fact self-inflicted. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 skriv I hear what your saying but do we really have a choice? are we not told what to do? We are only the workers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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