Jobs at Naim (-:

Interesting, but my wife wants me to be paid with money not more black boxes.

WORK...Just the thought of it brings me out in a nasty rash. But good luck to those that like the idea!!

Mista h

Not too sure about all of UK being in the doldrums

Linn reported a 21% rise in pre-tax profits to £2.19 m in its last financial year. (Scottish Herald)

Cars also seem to be doing OK - UK car industry produced 22% more cars in July 2012  than July 2011 (Guardian)

Some of these are for the UK market indicating that (maybe) there is more disposable income around than the doom & gloom news we get - new UK car registrations are up 8.2% Sept/Sept.(Telegraph)

Both these auto-industry figures fly in the face of the EU auto-industry which is all negative.  

How about unemployment, business confidence, business investment, debt, the finance/banking industry, GDP growth, labour productivity and trade statistics?

Engelbert

I guess it depends on how you look at all this & life in general - glass half full or half empty

My point is its not all doldrums, the auto-industry does seem to be buoyant than most in both UK & EU, as does both our home grown high-end hifi mnfts & I have to add many science/technical/research based companies.

I would not say we have the infamous green shoots yet,  but personally I see most all of it as heading in the right direction albeit with a sore arse from bouncing along the bottom.  

I would exclude the banking industry who I believe are shameful in their denial or inability to see the big picture in a timely manner.  

Also trade stats - too much imports as a result of all the governments over too many years making poor/bad decisions. It can never be right in the future until we are able to compete with the low cost areas on an equal footing.  

I think their are still people who have money to spend in Great Britain PLC,but also a lot who dont have a pot to p_ _ _ in.  I was i the 99P shop in Croydon last week,woman in front of me in her 40s bought 2 items(£1.98) goes to pay with a card,card was rejected and as she did not have even £2.00 on her she left the shop with nowt. That to me is the real world at present and its not only sad but a real worry.

Mista H

Hi Mike,

I trained as an economist - so I try to look at things as objectively as I can. But I try to be a bit compassionate as well.

Aside from the list of concerns I posted above, there is the whole issue of poverty in Britain. The proportion of people living under the poverty-line is staggering - and a large proportion of these are children. 

You and I probably don't have to worry too much about the electricity account and our next meal - so it's easy for us to adopt a "glass half full" mind-set. But there are many others who are much less fortunate.

Engelbert

PS Every now and again - while I listen to my 555/552/300 system - I pause to think about those who couldn't even afford to purchase the cartons it came in. I worked hard to be able to afford my Naim kit and it's the only real "luxury" in my private life. But many in Britain will never have the chance of getting a well enough paying job to afford any luxury at all.

My standard answer to the "glass half full or half empty" conundrum is "I think the glass is half full, but it's leaking like a mother!"

Seems we might sing from the same hymn sheet Engelbert

But not necessarily in the same order  

DrMark,  my standard answer is that the glass has failed to meet its design intent.

The jobs don't seem to be at the coal face though, sales, marketing and I.T. feature most , with one for a service eng.

Surley Naim must need people that bolt the kit together on the shop floor I would have thought too?

Haven't got vinyl records or CDs by any of them .... what would you recommend?  

I think GDP Growth is a great name for a grindcore outfit. 

All the best, Guy