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Will the government allow Manganese Bronze to go under?
Methinks a 'loan' is about to be made...


That would be difficult to justify considering that the company's intentions seem to be to move production to China.
Perhaps the Chinese government will save them?

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48p now.

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48p now.

And still further down to go IMO.

I wonder if LTI's main problem now isn't the quality of the vehicles, nor the price of the vehicles, but maybe the inability of drivers being able to get finance to buy the vehicles. :?

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48p now.

And still further down to go IMO.

I wonder if LTI's main problem now isn't the quality of the vehicles, nor the price of the vehicles, but maybe the inability of drivers being able to get finance to buy the vehicles. :?


Probably a bit of all the above.
Also LTI will be finding credit a bit hard to come by, like everyone else.
Suppliers won't be keen on supplying a company that may not be around later to pay them :roll:

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The US government are bailing out Ford,Chrysler and GM.
The British will do the same for Land Rover and Jaguar.
Man.Bronze will play the 'icon' card and will pass GO and collect £200.

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Sussex wrote:
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48p now.

And still further down to go IMO.

I wonder if LTI's main problem now isn't the quality of the vehicles, nor the price of the vehicles, but maybe the inability of drivers being able to get finance to buy the vehicles. :?


Drivers in London can easily afford the finance on a new or recent Taxi, even in our leaner times.

I'd say it was more the recent events with the TX4, the fires being most prominent in folks minds, but the rads, and gearboxes are now common stories on the ranks and shelters.
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Drivers in London can easily afford the finance on a new or recent Taxi, even in our leaner times.

I understand that but many banks aren't giving loans full stop.

A timely article from the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7793035.stm

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Drivers in London can easily afford the finance on a new or recent Taxi, even in our leaner times.

I understand that but many banks aren't giving loans full stop.

A timely article from the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7793035.stm


True, but Black Horse Taxi finance has an endless supply? :D

This whole 'recession' still isn't a patch on the early 1990's, I think things will be very quiet for the first 4 months next year, but like the last time there will still be people waiting for a Taxi at 3 in the morning.
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This whole 'recession' still isn't a patch on the early 1990's,

I agree, it's currently nowhere near as dire as then, but even then the banks still lent to folks they are not lending to at present. :shock:

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BT pension scheme have bought 4 million manganese bronce shares and now have 16% interest in the company.

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BT pension scheme have bought 4 million manganese bronce shares and now have 16% interest in the company.

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FFS TF Im with vodafone.
Have BT lost the plot waisting the pension money on a hair braind scheme????????????
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BT pension scheme have bought 4 million manganese bronce shares and now have 16% interest in the company.

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They could have bought that with the price of my last phone bill :lol:

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