Off the top of my head, Jensen phones, Pinnacle/Roku N Radio, Seimens phones, Bose Wave Radio, iRobot vacuum cleaner (actually a glorified carpet sweeper) the superb Apple iMac, the near useless Toshiba/ Windows laptop (just had the 'Blue screen of death' yet again and have finally ditched useless Norton) Dyson vacuum cleaner (good but over

Hmmmmm.......... 'The Beomater.' Is this the way forward for B&O ????? Can it iron???????????? (With apologies to anyone who is not familiar with Wedthreds.)

No offence taken! Nearer 90 miles to Leeds for me, plus the Mersey Tunnel. So that's four hours total driving time there and back before we start. (About 2.5-2.75 hours by train to London, inc local tube/underground each end!) Andy's comments above about how other events have or haven't been supported give a good idea as to the likely turn

The 'North' is not as small as suggested here, and travelling to London by plane or train can be a lot easier than say Liverpool or Newcastle to Sheffield. I'm inclined to think that you will tend to get a mostly 'local' crowd for most venues outside London unless the event coincides with something else like a jazz or music festival

[quote user="TripEnglish"] Please understand that I'm not applying a value judgement to this move upscale, but I'm also not a wish-thinker. The material reality is such that developing local relationships with architects and designers and cultivating a strong referral network in these trades is a 100% necessity to staying profitable

B&O sales down 27% in the UK, whilst at the same time B&O is perceived as the 5th coolest brand (4th if you wrap the Apple products together). Discuss. Graham

Statement link Presentation link Webcast link Share price link Graham

[quote user="Daniel"] Extra! Extra! Read all about it! ;-) http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/p/29040/296019.aspx#296019 [/quote] OK, this is the late edition! Graham

The wonders of modern electronics! Unplug it, let it rest for a few seconds or minutes, and everything is (sometimes) OK. Seems to apply to phones computers, WiFi routers modems, Sat Nav....................... Graham

[quote user="9 LEE"] The image name rather gave it away didn't it.. Silly me... [/quote]