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@ Ringo, a customer (haulage contractor) told me that peat sales had doubled. Ireland is exporting more peat than it has in the ground.
Any company run by a Tory MP
Most of these I understand, but why car sales? ‘Cos people don’t want to use public transport? Or ‘cos some folk have spare cash around as they haven’t been on holiday?
I think it’s people treating themselves. For the new market. But I heard that small Used petrol cars were in demand here in Bristol Which is probably commuters not wanting to use public transport.
The bad:
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Breweries
One thing that hadn't occurred to me, I was in a pub at the weekend and they'd no ale on. The landlord told me, they aren't allowed enough customers into the premises to be able to sell it. Wasn't a small pub either.
Picture framing. Never been so busy. Stopped taking orders for four days last week due to lack of storage space.
It seems that during lockdown everyone was redecorating and buying prints.
I need it to end soon. That staff are starting to seriously wilt.
Companies selling shit masks with pretty logos on to mugs who think they’re some kind of fashion statement.
We were selling compost by the Arctic, never seen anything like it.
My former employer, manufacturer of industrial perfumes used in hand soap and sanitiser gel. They've got £5.1m on the books for October shipment.
I’m a designer & signmaker, ticking over during lockdown with essential stuff but now very busy again. A lot of Covid related stuff obviously but normal work starting to come back now too.
it wouldn’t occur to you because it’s absolute nonsense! Something else going on.One thing that hadn’t occurred to me, I was in a pub at the weekend and they’d no ale on. The landlord told me, they aren’t allowed enough customers into the premises to be able to sell it.
Only the leasing companies, well the supermarket I do work for just extended the lease life. So not bought more vehicles this year so far just extending the life of current fleet.
Following being made redundant due to Covid, I found new employment as a line mechanic in a beverage can plant.
Not a bad business to be in with everyone drinking more beer at home.
Apple seem to be doing alright .
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-apple-market-value-tops-2trn-for-the-first-time-12052542
Golf courses have been turning prospective new members away becuase they are full.
Golf courses have been turning prospective new members away becuase they are full.
Is golf the new cycling?
Pharmaceutical Contract Research Organisations ........
Can’t think why but they are rushed off their feet for some reason 🤔
Waste companies - at work we are collecting 8x as much litter from the countryside sites that people love so much.
Basic food manufacturing like Oilseed crushing, Soya & Flour Milling which I work in.
Never been as busy, make 400 Tonnes a day at our site but sales are close to 450 Tonnes a day.
I've held interviews for 6 new posts since March and the capitol investment for the next 5 years is x10 what I've seen in the last 25 years,
It might not be a sexy industry but we are still going strong
As previously mentioned , Computer Gaming is doing very well - we’ve just had our 2 best quarters ever.
My wife has been mega busy throughout lockdown, so much so she hasn't been able to talk holiday. Although we've got next week off.
She is a HR consultant, but its been tough going. Lots of redundancy processes but also lots of recruitment. She helps a packaging company and they have expanded very quickly and cannot keep up with demand. A small It company has been run ragged that she helps.
A big casualty though has been a private school. Only a handful of parents signed up, so they've had to make a raft of redundancies. I think they were already in the red though due to massive investment that didn't pay off. Plus many parents pulling their kids out.
Gymshark sportswear company have been doing very well as their clothes can be worn for exercising outside and are great quality investment pieces.ceo is a very young guy who built it from nothing.
We had our best month ever in August, September looks to be beating that.
Last quarter to date is over 300% up year on year.
Big change in our offering now we are doing denim but biggest seller is Action Blankets. Mad.
we are doing well. we are specialist health, safety and environmental consultants who work a lot with clinical waste companies, nhs, msw sites etc... another part of our group cant take guys on quick enough for their niche market.
a lot our competitors are letting folks go as they have a less diverse range of services so if manufacturing slows or decides to reduce spending they're in trouble.
not breweries
we are dead in the water
most pubs empty post eat out to help out
75% down across trade and retail sales
brewery up for sale and i am potentially unemployed next month
Online Outplacement supporting redundancies, online IT and tech support and language teaching for international pharma companies...
My mate owns the LBS, he says it’s the first time in 15 years he’s had all his accounts up to date.
Another mate has a local cafe in the centre of a medium sized town, her takings are still less than half compared to pre lockdown.
On-line wine sales.
Packaging manufacturers/suppliers
Dog breeders seem to be doing OK. My brother is selling golden labs for £3k each and has a waiting list. Before covid they were selling for £650 each.
We are looking to buy at the moment. People are asking and getting silly money at the moment. £1800 for mongrels ( Cavachon / Cockerpoo cross)
Bonkers
Lady in our office spent £3500 on a cockerpoo
Then got the redundancy letter the nect week
And she thinks ks it acceptedable to bring it in to work and piss all over the office floor, making a paisly print pattern our of a pale blue carpets
Blankets. Mad.
He ain’t lyin
The funeral director in my town has a very nice new Porsche 911 turbo S. In white, not black.
Car sales, New and Used I know businesses who sell both and their biggest issues is they can’t get stock at the moment. We bought a new car for my Wife, the dealer sold her old car 3yrs old and 20k miles for £5 less than we bought it new.
Dealer I bought my new (14 months old) car from isn’t selling much in new cars, but quite a demand for used. We’re very busy with ex-lease vans and cars from Arval and to an extent Motability, but we repair and refurbish them, plus we repair, refurbish and decommission British Gas vehicles, and AA/BSM cars, installing dual-controls and applying graphics to new cars for them; we’ve had three transporter loads of Ford Pumas in the last week, with more to come, 100 in total, which means plenty of work - the business as a whole has taken on fifty new staff across the five sites around the country.
All of which really has nothing to do with Covid, we’re just very lucky to have won three new contracts around the time that Covid hit, and are in the position to take advantage of them.
Banks are busy, lending money at cost and making nothing. Before anyone far left loses their sht.
Serco. Making millions out of failing to provide their contracted services.
They're pretty much making nothing and the government don't have the ability to mobilise at scale. Not sure what the solution is tbh.
robowns
Local public health had the expertise to do track and trace which could have easily been scaled up and because they had the expertise would have been cheaper and more effective
Brexit - so many things being 'sorted' without any awareness for the public and getting passed without due diligence stuff being made public...
We are looking to buy at the moment. People are asking and getting silly money at the moment. £1800 for mongrels ( Cavachon / Cockerpoo cross)
Bonkers
Bargain, friends just paid £3200 for a cavapoochon (it's not a breed, its a very nice mongrel).
Banks are busy, lending money at cost and making nothing. Before anyone far left loses their sht.
On the other hand card transactions are up by around 300% (in retail at least) and cash withdrawals are down about the same. So the banks have more money staying in the bank than ever before and are taking fees from more transactions than ever before.....
Id bet the vast majority of banks still makes a healthy profit in their 20/21 figures.
Id bet the vast majority of banks still makes a healthy profit in their 20/21 figures.
Even if they make a profit I don't think employees will see it. I work for a bank and pretty much expect zero bonus next year but to be honest im not that fussed a bonus is exactly that a bonus. im just happy to have a job these days.
But on the subject of businesses doing well im the 6th hire in my department since the whole lockdown thing started.
I suspect anyone doing holiday accommodation in the South West is having a good year, lost early season bookings but massive demand even now and hiked prices I suspect will end a good year. And based on the price I just paid for a Cornish pasty on holiday down there, the baker who makes them.
I'm a Decorator and work is silly busy for me, has been since lockdown ended TBH. Same goes for all the other trades I know
One of my customers in Oldham (Engineering) got large orders for B&Q (Sanitiser Units) Greggs, Wetherspoons and Subway (Screens).
Car sales, New and Used I know businesses who sell both and their biggest issues is they can’t get stock at the moment. We bought a new car for my Wife, the dealer sold her old car 3yrs old and 20k miles for £5 less than we bought it new.
Dealer I bought my new (14 months old) car from isn’t selling much in new cars, but quite a demand for used. We’re very busy with ex-lease vans and cars from Arval and to an extent Motability, but we repair and refurbish them, plus we repair, refurbish and decommission British Gas vehicles, and AA/BSM cars, installing dual-controls and applying graphics to new cars for them; we’ve had three transporter loads of Ford Pumas in the last week, with more to come, 100 in total, which means plenty of work – the business as a whole has taken on fifty new staff across the five sites around the country.
All of which really has nothing to do with Covid, we’re just very lucky to have won three new contracts around the time that Covid hit, and are in the position to take advantage of them.
Little update on the Car Supermarket I know.
Did little or nothing during lockdown, had a huge boom, now there are tumbleweeds blowing through the showroom again. They don't know if it's the normal end of summer lull, because they're in a local lockdown area or signs of Covid economic slump.
They still think it will be a good year overall for them, and the fact they could furlough stuff during the quiet times has certainly helped the bottom line, even though they topped up wages. They were very grateful to be able to trade through their normal peak months.
Most of the other businesses I know are 'business as usual' now, things are sort of rolling on as they ever did, but then we don't work with anyone in the Pub/Resturant/Cinema trade etc.
Wife works for Kia Uk, selling cars like hotcakes since lockdown ended....
Bargain, friends just paid £3200 for a cavapoochon (it’s not a breed, its a very nice mongrel).
All breeds start somewhere, a couple of hundred years ago Bedlington/Rothbury Terriers were a Whippet/Otterhound/Terrier bastard mix.
Cockerpoos are usually good dogs as well, if bred well they usually come with a poodlish coat but the affableness of a cocker. Charging higher prices for KC standard dogs is partly what has driven some of the issues with many breeds - so I find it silly to turn your nose up at charging 3k for a healthy cockerpoo when pugs are fetching even more.
I work on Mobile Telecom networks on the infrastructure system cooling/fabric/electrical systems etc.
And it never dips
Recessions or viruses
People never ditch their phones.
C19 hasn't made any difference to us apart from the risk of attack from Covid-19 conspiracy loons.