Now, thats a question which I am pretty sure I could answer----but on a public forum for anyone and everyone to read,--- that might be a bit dodgy. However, I will, in a vague sort of way, say what I THINK, and no doubt others ma
y think differently. Reds was a very old firm going back to at least the 1920's. Respectable, conservative ( not politically, but you will get the gist) not subject to follow fashions. Really a bit similar to Rootes which Red was a part of. Jump forward sixty years, put in a new boss, born into the ruling family, Manchester business school educated, lots of business theories. Business times were hard, very competitive, times had changed, the old gentlemens business world had long gone, and decisions were made which might, just possibly, been o.k.in theory, but in practice
It takes years and years to build up a solid business, but not long to destroy it. Mike