Brexit, the economy and house prices (Part 3)

System

Conrad wrote: »

Need to know best way to approach the manufacture of quality, durable self-adhesive labels that can be stuck on / next to things like the kitchen bin and on the back of say a TV remote. Probably start with about 25 differently worded labels.

The first place to start is to think about the quantity. If its low then you'll struggle to find a commercial printer - there are dramatic price breaks as the volume increases but if you can't make a basic minimum order quantity you won't get in the door. If, say, the MOQ is 3000 that would usually imply 3000 of each design so if you had 25 different stickers your stock would be 3000 x 25. If the substrate is special in some way you might also have to underwrite it.

At the other end of the scale you've got the Vistaprint type of arrangement. No underwriting, minimal MOQ but very expensive per unit. There's probably something in the middle.

If all stickers are the same basic design/ size then you could print a generic sticker which helps you get to an MOQ and then put them through your own printer to add the unique words. Think of the pound shop sweets in plastic bags - identical except for the product name 'cough candy', 'herbal drops' and the ingredients list. Can look a bit crap if you're not careful.

A_Medium_Size_Jock

ilovehouses wrote: »

Can't have both ways. 20% of staff is a lot to lose or it isn't.

It isn't.
The jobs have not been "lost".
Read again.
Then understand.

these roles were quickly filled.

System

A_Medium_Size_Jock wrote: »

Ah.
Now I understand.
You do not think that the broadest-possible range of reading increases both learning and understanding, or that it may provide an ability to question; my tutors would have been ......... (being polite) ........... apoplectic at the mere suggestion.

I don't think reading needs to be a broad as possible - there isn't enough time. It's not as if you're a shining example - how many times have you stated a conclusion and then been forced on a google-fest to justify it. It should be the other way around.

A_Medium_Size_Jock wrote: »

Sticking to a few sources only and attempting to opinionate from such a position is what is leading to your erroneous responses.
In plain English: reading more means you might be correct more often which in your case may be beneficial.

Again, your're over-egging this. Please explain just what makes the works of Rigby and Islam just so valuable.

You and I could pick up the Guardian, Telegraph, Express et al and we'd be able to take a reasonable guess as to their position based on the subject. That doesn't make them a valuable source - it makes them a repository of opinion which they believe, or more importantly, want you to believe. The flowery narrative supplied by the journo should, IMO, be filtered out where possible.

The source would be a speech transcribed or the facts about an event. I'm confident enough to draw a conclusion based on source material and don't really need a journo to help me come to the 'correct' conclusion

gfplux

ilovehouses wrote: »

Brexit department in chaos?



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-department-more-than-20-per-cent-civil-servants-david-davis-staff-left-14-months-permanent-a7967156.html#commentsDiv

It's amazing the lengths us cunning Brits will go to give the impression of not being entirely on top of brexit.

I spoke with a long time medium level British civil servant today who said sometimes senior CS might move on quickly but normal level CS stay in a department on average for four years or much longer.

This level of personnel churn signifies people getting out before they are tarred with the brush of failure.

Just one persons opinion.

Do other posters know any civil servants?

buglawton

Conrad wrote: »

...I am looking at a side line business I can run from my existing business (I have tons of time lol)....

I make my own using one of these

Brother P-Touch PT-80 Handheld Labelling Machine
http://amzn.eu/dmpSmb8

Every new build flat needs one for it's mystery switches like ceiling fans & bath rails, the white labels seem invisible against white switch housings. Though no black...

I always found the old Dymo machines a bit of a faff and the labels wear.

System

A_Medium_Size_Jock wrote: »

It isn't.
The jobs have not been "lost".
Read again.
Then understand.

I don't believe that. DExEU had that many staff around June and were recruiting at speed - a few months later the numbers are broadly the same and still short of their target.

At best they've been running to stand still.

If it was a decent place to work 20% of staff wouldn't have left.

Thrugelmir

gfplux wrote: »

Do other posters know any civil servants?

Yes. The new high flyers do tend to get transfered around fairly frequently.

A_Medium_Size_Jock

gfplux wrote: »

I spoke with a long time medium level British civil servant today who said sometimes senior CS might move on quickly but normal level CS stay in a department on average for four years or much longer.

This level of personnel churn signifies people getting out before they are tarred with the brush of failure.

Just one persons opinion.

Do other posters know any civil servants?

Yes.
Plenty.
And your summation is incorrect.

A_Medium_Size_Jock

Do we have a return to normality now?

In which case here's the official release following May's meeting with Tusk.
Right at the end is this:

At the end of the meeting, the PM said her Florence speech had been intended to create momentum in the ongoing talks. She said it was important for EU negotiators to now respond in the same spirit.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-meeting-with-donald-tusk-26-september-2017

A_Medium_Size_Jock

"UK inventor James Dyson to launch electric car by 2020"

Dyson said a 400-strong team of engineers had already spent 2-1/2 years working on the secret project in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, developing the batteries that will power the in-house designed electric motor for the car.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-dyson/uk-inventor-james-dyson-to-launch-electric-car-by-2020-idUKKCN1C126W

The motor is designed and ready to go, he said, but the firm is still designing the car.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41399497

The car will count as a British export, he said, although it is likely to be assembled in the Far East. While the UK was “one frontrunner” for the production base, he added: “We’ll choose the best place to make it and that’s where we’ll make it … Wherever we make the battery, that’s where we will make the car.

“We see a very large market for this car in the far east … We want to be near where our markets are and I believe the far east has reacted [to electric] more quickly than the UK or Europe.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/james-dyson-electric-car-2020