[stubbornforgey]

Same with the job market over here but we are surviving.
Its the big businesses that are closing up shop and moving offshore
or having thier products sent offshore to be built ..mainly to china cos the
labour there is cheap..BUT..in doing so ..the work is coming out cheaper.

An example...our biggest school shoe provider for intermediates and colleges
who sent all thier work to china
had to close thier doors a few months ago because..parents were buying
shoes that were broken after only a months worth of wear.
I ended up replacing my college students shoes 5 times in 2 months.
So parents no longer supported that shop and have moved to another brand.

Our government has also stopped funding to the 'buy newzealand made'
because all of our products now bear the made in NZ but at the bottom
of the tag it says..made in china that would tear in after a few wears.

Smaller companies now are taking advantage of the skilled labour that were made redundant...so there are jobs out..here in my country.