February 6th, 2009

I know I’m not the only one who thinks that the Financial Media are loving this economic situation but it’s getting beyond a joke. Honda’s Swindon plant was all over the news last week when they reported that the factory was ceasing production for 4 months. However I know that some engineers will still be going into work to make sure it’s ticking over for when full production starts again. Even if they aren’t actually going to work they are still being paid; and in fact far from sitting at home watching Trisha they are giving their time and engineering skills to support local community projects, such as renovating Wiltshire schools. Why not report this to show that there can a positive out of a negative? We need to see more balanced reporting as there is some good news out there, and I think people might just start responding positively to hearing it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/4395743/Hondas-UK-workers-face-4-month-layoff-as-profits-tumble.html