Yep start buying the sale items that will come up on Chain Reaction site, it will be cheaper for Wiggle to sell them off rather than ship them over the water.There is one clear course of action open to all of us here.
Boycott?There is one clear course of action open to all of us here.
...claims an MP who doesn't know what asset-stripping is (it's taking control of a company and then selling it in bits). He also rather undermines his claims by pointing out that CRC's most valuable asset was its list of customers, which wiggle still owns.
Save your ink. It's all on their website.FFS.
I've submitted a FOI request to the CMA to ask why they approved the merger. Will report back in due course.
Of course. But if your main concern is saving jobs in a deprived part of the UK, then any decision not to buy from wiggle will contribute towards putting at risk jobs in Wolverhampton.There is one clear course of action open to all of us here.
It hasn't "come to this". The owners of CRC made a conscious decision that they knew would, in all likelihood, result in the closure of the local warehouse.I live 1/4 mile away from the CRC warehouse in Doagh and whilst this will certainly ease some of the traffic issues of our village, it will be catastrophic for the local community financially. CRC are amongst the biggest employers in the county and I remember their earliest days in a tiny narrow bike shop in the main street of Ballyclare. They were a real local success story and an inspiration. It is terrible that it has come to this.
All of the above. Can't fault the watsons for taking their £ and splitting though, good move for them at what must have been the right time.I live 1/4 mile away from the CRC warehouse in Doagh and whilst this will certainly ease some of the traffic issues of our village, it will be catastrophic for the local community financially. CRC are amongst the biggest employers in the county and I remember their earliest days in a tiny narrow bike shop in the main street of Ballyclare. They were a real local success story and an inspiration. It is terrible that it has come to this.
All of the above. Can't fault the watsons for taking their £ and splitting though, good move for them at what must have been the right time.
They were a real local success story and an inspiration. It is terrible that it has come to this.
Not really. Why should they not sell their business?Hold on a moment. That's a bizarre attitude. The closure of the warehouse is directly because of the decision of the previous owners to take their £ millions. If they'd decided to keep ownership, or had sold to someone else, it wouldn't have happened.
I think you need to understand a bit more about how business, and life, works. You can bet your bottom dollar that the NI closure was part of the business plan discussed between wiggle and CRC during the takeover. Wiggle could not have bought without a willing seller.Not really. Why should they not sell their business?
Wiggle could keep operations here going but they aren't, that is the cause of job losses.