{"id":726,"date":"2013-01-15T18:59:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T18:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2013-01-15T18:59:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T18:59:36","slug":"buy-british-because-its-british-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=726","title":{"rendered":"Buy British because it&#8217;s British ? #business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=726\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=726\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\/britishflag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"185\" \/>There has been some debate in the Media recently about buying British products as a way of reducing the impact of the recession &amp; preserving British jobs; so is this a good idea ?<\/p>\n<p>We live in a Capitalist society (whether we like that or not) based on competition. The consumer has a free choice of which products to buy or not to buy &amp; we tend to seek good value for money, regardless of origin. As a consequence we are pretty good at identifying products which deliver most &#8220;bang for the buck&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1970&#8217;s most of our Electronic products originated in Japan. Some people complained this wasn&#8217;t fair to British manufacturers but consumers continued to buy Japanese products because they were better quality and hence better value for money.<\/p>\n<p>Now most of our electronic products are manufactured in China or Korea &amp; people buy them because they are cheaper &amp; better quality than their Japanese counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Jaguar Land Rover has been in the News recently because sales are up over 30% compared to last year, is this because these products are manufactured in Britain or because they are of exceptional quality and, though expensive, represent good value for money.<\/p>\n<p>Over time products evolve and the companies which make them either grow &#8211; &amp; their shareholders get richer or, if their products deteriorate the company shrinks, the shareholders lose money &amp; eventually the company is bust.<\/p>\n<p>So, in the long run, is the best way to preserve British jobs to buy inferior goods just because they are British or to buy the best value products whatever their origin &amp; ensure quality increases &amp; the fittest survive ?<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"mailto:chris@projectsguru.co.uk\">chris@projectsguru.co.uk<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\">www.projectsguru.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/projectsguru\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com\/follow_bird_us-a.png\" alt=\"Follow projectsguru on Twitter\" width=\"100\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/img\/webpromo\/btn_viewmy_120x33.png\" alt=\"View Chris Robinson's profile on LinkedIn\" width=\"120\" height=\"33\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Facebook Badge START --><a style=\"font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Projectsguru.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Projectsgurucouk\/179845275377478\" target=\"_TOP\">Projectsguru.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Projectsguru.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Projectsgurucouk\/179845275377478\" target=\"_TOP\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/badge.facebook.com\/badge\/179845275377478.2524.1626262894.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Make your own badge!\" href=\"https:\/\/en-gb.facebook.com\/advertising\" target=\"_TOP\">Promote your Page too<\/a><!-- Facebook Badge END --><\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar addthis_pub = '';\nvar addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more';\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', 'https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amberhill.biz%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D726', 'Buy+British+because+it%26%238217%3Bs+British+%3F+%23business')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/200\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been some debate in the Media recently about buying British products as a way of reducing the impact of the recession &amp; preserving British jobs; so is this a good idea ? 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