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Not just any mega corp though, this one could lead to a pretty interesting expansion of UK manufacturing. Can't wait to see where this goes. Perhaps he wants to buy my shop 😆
[url= http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/liberty-house-expands-bike-portfolio-with-purchase-of-shand-cycles ]BikeBiz Liberty House Shand Cycles[/url]
It could be exciting times , good uk produced stuff that's affordable
I'm guessing you haven't been reading any of the articles about Shand and Trillion on this site. Certainly exciting news if you like UK made bikes
I'm guessing you haven't been reading any of the articles about Shand and Trillion on this site. Certainly exciting news if you like UK made bikes
Slightly different, Shand building Trillion is old news, this is Trillion's billionaire owner buying Shand.
Yes, but the megacorp owner of Trillion was mentioned along with the potential for scottish steel tubes in the future
This is the article I'm on about
[url= http://singletrackmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/trillion-and-shand-the-future-of-british-steel/ ]http://singletrackmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/trillion-and-shand-the-future-of-british-steel/[/url]
to quote part
More details will follow shortly but the broad structure is that Trillion and Shand both sit within the Liberty Cycles Division.
Sometimes I even read the magazine 🙂
There's a magazine?
Is there the still the capability to produce steel tubes suitable for bikes in Scotland / UK? Similarly, is there the capacity to affordably build bike frames in the UK, or are we going to see volume production off-shored?
Is there the still the capability to produce steel tubes suitable for bikes in Scotland / UK?
Reynolds do, so I can't see any reason why a competitor couldn't set up too. Remember it's not just bike tubes, Reynolds are heavily involved in motorsport and probably other things too so it's not such a small market.
Gupta's in the [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41524046 ]Shyte[/url]
Gupta is a common indian surname.
No obvious connection between Zuma's controllers and Liberty House.
Liberty already owns Accles & Pollock in Oldbury, West Midlands, which began making steel tubes for bicycle frames over 100 years ago.
This is from the bike biz article
double post
Gupta's in the Shyte
Yeah and Stan Smith is too :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41547471
Might want to read more than the first line in a news article @Davesport otherwise you end up looking like a right idiot.
[url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gupta#List_of_people_with_the_name_Gupta ]List_of_people_with_the_name_Gupta[/url]
I think this is really exciting for Shand, look forward to seeing them progress and I'm sure they'll keep it all top notch stuff.