Marloe Watches moves to Scotland to avoid post-Brexit England

[abraxas]

There was a small entry about this in the financial section of METRO the free London paper.


Marloe Watches moves to Perth to avoid post-Brexit England
https://www.thenational.scot/news/18...home-scotland/

[earlofsodbury]

Until Scottish independence, I suspect the real reason is the massively lower cost of business premises...

[maseman]

Until Scottish independence, I suspect the real reason is the massively lower cost of business premises...

And labour !!

[gerrudd]

And labour !!

And publicity!!

[rodia77]

And publicity!!

And weather!!

[dkpw]

And just read the tagline of the paper that this article appears in and all will become clear.

[lughugger]

Good for them. They have my utmost respect.


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[theancientmariner]

Good for them. They have my utmost respect[/url]

For....? They’ve not really done anything? No different to a Londoner moving to North Yorkshire on principle because London gets a bigger slice of the cake.
For what it’s worth, I’d rather be part of Europe than not but these things happen and we/they really don’t have a clue what a post Brexit UK will look like anyway.

[Plake]

And deep fried pizza!

*Had a nurse from Gourock who says it’s the most amazing thing ever. I mean she did. She died from an MI**

**this bit is a lie thankfully. Currently.

[Thewatchbloke]

So Marloe watches are based in Shiplake near Henley on Thames, which is near to co-founder Oliver Goffe's home town of Marlow and also happens to be one of the most expensive areas in the UK that they could choose to operate from. As far as I'm aware they rent their current premises (positioned in the most expensive/exclusive riverside road in Shiplake) from Swiss financier Urs Schwarzenbach which certainly won't be cheap to do. Incidentally Urs Schwarzenbach owns the land where Bremont's current headquarters is based and also the land that their new headquarters/factory is being built on.

A number of local people who work for and rent properties from Schwarzenbach are friends of ours (I grew up in Shiplake and have lived all my life in the area) and the talk is there has been a round of rent increases recently, although whether Marloe watches rental costs have increased or will increase is pure speculation of course.

Now they've decided to relocate to Perth in Scotland where the costs of running a business are going to be substantially less than they are currently. The other co-founder Gordon Fraser is a proud Scot and was born and bred on the East Coast of Scotland so in effect he'll be going back to his roots. Whilst I think I think the reasons they've given for the move (such as the company values are “much more in line with Scotland than the rest of Britain right now”) may well be true, I also think they are a being very disingenuous especially when you look a little deeper into the company.

[MarkR]

Good luck to them, I kickstarted one of their watches and found it perfectly nice for the money.

[Broussard]

Gordon always wanted to make watches in Scotland - in fact, his first venture, Fraser Timepiece Co, wanted to be the first modern Scottish watchmaker (although anOrdain might get there first).

[WatchIng]

To avoid post-Brexit Britain, eh? Not very bright, the management then - unless, perhaps they aim to use it as a step in a route taking them out of Britain, to Denmark perhaps?

I know that there are some idiots in the watch business, but this must take the cake!

[Pitfitter]

And deep fried pizza!
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Pizza crunch! Pizza dipped in batter and deep fried,Mmmmm, take that you artery bastards!*

I’m on statins for cholesterol anyway.

[amcneill]

If you are going to relocate because of Brexit then surely you would leave the uk and set up business in the EU or elsewhere.Does not make sense and I think earlier opinions about property costs are more relevant.Perhaps they hope to become the Scottish equivalent of Bremont...

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[Pilkboids]

Ye..don't think that's the reason, just a convenient excuse

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[sish101]

Just read this post, followed by the inevitable eBay search and found this Panda chronograph:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352973853921


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[amcneill]

Looks quite nice.Impressed as I didn't know about the company much before this post.Will the fact its made/sold in brexit/London affect its value versus Scotland/EU? Wouldnt want to support an inward looking separatist evil empire:)

Just read this post, followed by the inevitable eBay search and found this Panda chronograph:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352973853921


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[abraxas]

Just read this post, followed by the inevitable eBay search and found this Panda chronograph:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352973853921

There is only so far one can go with Russian movements.

[Matt8500]

Arghh!!! Please use the numerous BP threads, where you can shout into a vacuum to your heart’s content, for Brexit blathering.

[Andyg]

Arghh!!! Please use the numerous BP threads, where you can shout into a vacuum to your heart’s content, for Brexit blathering.

Well said.

So we have a company who prides itself on its “British designed” watches (using Japanese movements and assembled in China ??) relocating from one part of Britain to another.

Whoopee do!

Whatever next, Roll Royce relocating from Crewe to Goodwood

[David_D]

Arghh!!! Please use the numerous BP threads, where you can shout into a vacuum to your heart’s content, for Brexit blathering.

Well said.

So we have a company who prides itself on its “British designed” watches (using Japanese movements and assembled in China ??) relocating from one part of Britain to another.

Whoopee do!

Whatever next, Roll Royce relocating from Crewe to Goodwood

The thread was titled "Marloe Watches moves to Scotland to avoid post-Brexit England" so seemed to be inviting some "political" comment. Possibly shouldn't have been on Watch Talk in the first place.

[Saint-Just]

The thread was titled "Marloe Watches moves to Scotland to avoid post-Brexit England" so seemed to be inviting some "political" comment. Possibly shouldn't have been on Watch Talk in the first place.

I hear what you're saying.

And I've said earlier that there was a business decision (relocating to cheaper premises with possible grants) and a PR communication which decided to put a political spin to it. As I type, the thread has received 2,169 individual visits (not different visitors). How many of those had ever heard of Marloe before?

[David_D]

I hear what you're saying.

And I've said earlier that there was a business decision (relocating to cheaper premises with possible grants) and a PR communication which decided to put a political spin to it. As I type, the thread has received 2,169 individual visits (not different visitors). How many of those had ever heard of Marloe before?

I hadn't and having read their guff, I wouldn't buy from them!

As I said, keep business as business and everyone's happy. Take "sides" and you risk turning some people off.

[David_D]

The article says "influenced by Scotland’s support for the EU" and 'the company’s values are “much more in line with Scotland than the rest of Britain right now”'.

That, to me, just sounds like virtue signalling drivel. Like Scotland has particular "values" when it comes to very expensive (for the average person in the street) watches!!

I note that they took the company name "from the town of Marlow ... where Oliver grew up (sic)". Presumably they'll be changing that too in order to distance themsleves from the awful English - who presumably make up a big chunk of their clientele.

I wish businesses would stick to business.

[Neil.C]

The article says "influenced by Scotland’s support for the EU" and 'the company’s values are “much more in line with Scotland than the rest of Britain right now”'.

That, to me, just sounds like virtue signalling drivel. Like Scotland has particular "values" when it comes to very expensive (for the average person in the street) watches!!

I note that they took the company name "from the town of Marlow ... where Oliver grew up (sic)". Presumably they'll be changing that too in order to distance themsleves from the awful English - who presumably make up a big chunk of their clientele.

I wish businesses would stick to business.

Hear hear!

Moving to a much cheaper place and getting some grants to do so. Good business sense.

But please don't dress it up as "company values".

[Tetlee]

The article says "influenced by Scotland’s support for the EU" and 'the company’s values are “much more in line with Scotland than the rest of Britain right now”'.

That, to me, just sounds like virtue signalling drivel. Like Scotland has particular "values" when it comes to very expensive (for the average person in the street) watches!!

I note that they took the company name "from the town of Marlow ... where Oliver grew up (sic)". Presumably they'll be changing that too in order to distance themsleves from the awful English - who presumably make up a big chunk of their clientele.

I wish businesses would stick to business.

Agree completely, if anything this type of publicity can put me off a company.

[Ruggertech]

Maybe Nicola Sturgeon will buy a watch off them, there's a good endorsement.....not.

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