"Keith G" wrote in message
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Every business on the planet depends on the same thing for its success -
getting the supply and demand equation right. Should be simple enough but,
unfortunately, there's a lot can go wrong and many more businesses fail
than succeed. Offhand, I'd say the demand for repair work is on the
decline (for any number of reasons) and anybody that had been looking to
make a living from it should be thinking of supplementing his income with
other work....


Agreed. Here in ScandiLand we recycle almost everything. One often
sees five year old TVs, VCRs and CD players in the skips.

One good area seems to be guitar amp servicing and repair. I
share a workshop with two guys who do this, and are up to their
necks in work. Jobs range from new valves and re-bias and
cap changes to full rebuilds.

Iain