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UK inflation rate falls to 1.7%

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  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    prowla wrote: »
    They're French owned now, aren't they?

    Naim Audio, I presume that's the one, merged with some French speaker manufacturer called Focal a couple of years back. No idea as to who owns what in terms of shareholdings, but I think Naim kit is still made in Wiltshire.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,343 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    antrobus wrote: »
    Naim Audio, I presume that's the one, merged with some French speaker manufacturer called Focal a couple of years back. No idea as to who owns what in terms of shareholdings, but I think Naim kit is still made in Wiltshire.
    Yup - Salisbury.
  • BillJones
    BillJones Posts: 2,187 Forumite
    antrobus wrote: »
    Alternatively, the 'little tax havens', being often tiny little countries without much in the way of natural resources or other economic assets, have found a way of scooping up a few crumbs from the big boys tables.

    That's not really "alternatively", though, it's exactly what a tick does.
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