A thumbs up to british tile manufacturing.

[Dave]

Nice to see a british company fighting back at importing and the recession.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_oB59CtlHU]YouTube - 29 01 2009 12 41 53 BBC2 Working Lunch British Ceramic Tile Co[/ame]

[diamondtiling]

Recession, what recession?????? well done to that company.

[cass]

If the raw materials are there use them,keeps people in jobs as well.

[pete f]

BCT do some nice tiles also johnsons of stoke as well long may they stay in buisness

[Matt]

BCT have been bringing out some really nice tiles. We have just got a few new ranges in that are nice. Good prices too

[Colour Republic]

It's a shame we don't have the industry we had. I'd like to see glazed edges as standard back on the market

[arthurdaley]

It is good to see British manufacturing, but 3 people to run that site!! not exactly a boost for the local economy, l know the materials are supplied locally which in turn helps employment, but its sad to see the demise of human labour to automation, long gone are the days of mass employment which would keep local communities thriving. Local skills lost forever.

[user123]

Oh, that is just heartwarming and encouraging and inspirational! It may just need 3 people in that particular hall but over 300 jobs in total isn't bad, is it, and I admire the bravery and planning that must go into such a huge outfit! Much nicer to buy British, especially when cheaper imports usually mean slave labour type conditions. I hope the tile shops will be supportive and put a notice up for the customers to see that these tiles are 'made in Britain'.

[arthurdaley]

Don't get me wrong, l think its great having our own manufacturing, lm all for it, but lm at an age where l can remember this country being one of the largest manufacturers of goods in the world, our engineering was the envy of the world, apprenticeships in skilled labour were readily available, when l look in our local paper your lucky if you see one advertised, but slowly and surely the government of the day sold our industries off, the point l was trying to make is how things have changed and the impact it has on local communities.

[mikethetile]

It's a shame we don't have the industry we had. I'd like to see glazed edges as standard back on the market

im with you on that one mate

you then have a choice wether to use trim or not

[whitebeam]

Don't get me wrong, l think its great having our own manufacturing, lm all for it, but lm at an age where l can remember this country being one of the largest manufacturers of goods in the world, our engineering was the envy of the world, apprenticeships in skilled labour were readily available, when l look in our local paper your lucky if you see one advertised, but slowly and surely the government of the day sold our industries off, the point l was trying to make is how things have changed and the impact it has on local communities.

I tend to agree mate, I remember when you left one job and your'd be working a couple of days later. Redundancy was'nt a word that was heard to often.
The talk was when computers started to appear we would have more spare time to enjoy ourselves, spare time was right, enjoy it is another matter.