Well it’s pretty obvious Dannyy that everyone on here is quoting from the press as I don’t think we have any regular posters on here who are serious potential buyers of Norton (could be wrong however).
You raise a fair point though, we only have the word of the press re the prestige car fleet story, and as someone else has said, they may not even have belonged to Norton, so there could very well be another side to this part of the story.
In the scheme of things though, this part of the story is a sideshow quite frankly. The bigger topics of screwed customers, suppliers, investors, pensioners, employees, are all very well backed up by evidence...
Then people are not quoting "facts"...the are quoting things that are misleading...lots of people are talking about the "6 Aston Martins" the press claim to be in the report by BDO...show me the report and I will believe it...until I see it I do not believe it exists. If people are happy to quote this, which zero evidence exists of to my knowledge so far...then how much of the rest of what is being reported is also BS?...thats all I am trying to say...Why do people believe and quote the press who are renowned for talking rubbish?
You say "In the scheme of things though, this part of the story is a sideshow quite frankly. The bigger topics of screwed customers, suppliers, investors, pensioners, employees, are all very well backed up by evidence.."
1. Screwed Customers (of which you could class me as one if thats what you want to call it) ..If you pay any business for anything that you have not had and that business fails before delivery, you will be in this boat...Norton are not unique here...just a fact of business. Thats a risk you take when choosing to do that.
2. Suppliers ..same story as above...if you give a customer credit and that customers business fails...you are out of pocket...you should do your due diligence before offering credit...another simple fact of business...Norton are not unique here.
3. Investors...Who are the investors that have lost out?....Banks?...again same story as above...Banks should do their due diligence before offering credit...another simple fact of business...Norton are not unique here.
4.Pensions...the running of the Pension schemes is being looked in to by the Pensions Ombudsman..if there has been mismanagement or wrong doing this will come to light in due course.
5.Employees...If you work for a company that fails...unfortunately you are out of a job...again another simple fact of business...Norton are not unique here.
We on here are all supposedly Norton lovers...rather than reveling in them failing and sensationalizing it...and attacking the management shouldn't we just all be hoping a satisfactory solution to all this can be found?
Lots of negativity surrounding SG (For obvious reasons if people believe everything the read)
But lets not forget because of SG running Norton
the 961 Commando was brought to market
the 961 Domiracer was brought to market
the 961 Dominator was brought to Market
the V4SS was brought to market
Had the Atlas had chance to get there too....I don't think we would all be on here getting over excited about 6 Aston Martins which I still don't believe exist!!!