Thomson Local gone bust!

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 528

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  15/08/13 - 19:11 #2

  No not surprised either. Must be some years since I ever used a paper directory. Tend to Google or use Yell.

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• BellaRosa Posts: 36,544

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  15/08/13 - 19:12 #3

  Their directory was getting smaller so not surprised.

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• Philip Wales Posts: 6,373

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  15/08/13 - 19:20 #4

  They've moved on to other things like websites, bus advertising etc, lets hope it wasn't one big company.

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• exlordlucan Posts: 35,375

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  15/08/13 - 19:51 #5

  I've not long had the latest one delivered, best I stick it on ebay before the rush

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• Zizu58 Posts: 3,658

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  15/08/13 - 19:53 #6

  egghead1 wrote: »

  http://www.business-sale.com/news/article/thomson-directories-in-administration-37281.html
  
  Not surprising,the days of paper directories is long gone.I guess their internet arm(web advertising) didnt work out?

  
  Exactly. - ours went straight into the bin .

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• chrisjr Posts: 33,282

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  15/08/13 - 20:03 #7

  Contrasts somewhat with this on the Thompson Local website
  
  http://www.thomsonlocal.com/businesshub/business-news/news/corporate-media-partners-ltd-to-build-upon-thomsonlocal-heritage

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• pothuthic Posts: 47,102

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  15/08/13 - 21:00 #8

  LOL thought you meant the travel company.

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• swingaleg Posts: 103,095

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  15/08/13 - 21:06 #9

  Coincidentally I had a call from BT last week.........and the lady asked me whether I'd had a telephone directory delivered
  
  I suppose they were ding a random check to see if the delivery company had actually delivered them or just chucked them in the recycling bin
  
  I told her that I had indeed had one delivered but I chucked it straight in the bin............and I told her that no one uses paper directories these days
  
  You'd have thought that Thompsons would have seen this coming and gone big into online directories as Yellow Pages did a few years ago

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• bryemycaz Posts: 11,737

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  15/08/13 - 21:20 #10

  I see they called all the staff to a meeting miles from home and left them there.
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2393954/Sacked-left-stranded-phone-book-staff-called-HQ-fired-told-hand-company-cars.html
  
  They had company cars which they had to hand over there and then. Some people have commented and said because the Insurance was invalid. Thing is was it not invalid when they drove to the meeting. Say one had been in an accident would they not then be driving with no insurance and could have been charged accordingly?

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• VastGirth Posts: 47

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  15/08/13 - 21:23 #11

  I went for a job with them a few year back at the Head Office in Farnborough (Caste GreySkull). 2 interviews including giving a 45 min presentation which took a day to prepare and was the only candidate left by this stage. I was very annoyed when i didn't get the job, but in hindsight it was probably quite a good thing....

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• omnidirectional Posts: 18,816

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  15/08/13 - 21:25 #12

  According to the BBC the firm has now been bought and will continue to operate, including the printed directories. Sadly there will still be 170 job losses.
  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23710958

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• zoepaulpenny Posts: 15,951

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  15/08/13 - 21:30 #13

  never had one for some time... but have never missed it..

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• Andrue Posts: 23,360

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  15/08/13 - 21:34 #14

  egghead1 wrote: »

  http://www.business-sale.com/news/article/thomson-directories-in-administration-37281.html
  
  Not surprising,the days of paper directories is long gone.I guess their internet arm(web advertising) didnt work out?

  I could never really see the point. I just reached for the Yellow Pages. These days of course there's no point in either.

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• SnowdoniaDonut Posts: 22

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  15/08/13 - 21:46 #15

  pothuthic wrote: »

  LOL thought you meant the travel company.

  So did I!

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• habby Posts: 10,027

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  15/08/13 - 22:16 #16

  I've recently received a new Thomson Local directory but have never even looked at it, or previous ones, for any phone numbers.
  
  As with millions of others I just search on the internet for any local businesses. Or the first site I think of is www.yell.com

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• hollieberry Posts: 414

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  15/11/13 - 23:59 #17

  Thomson Local Directories must still be going as I have just had the pleasure of delivering 1700 of them!! However, having just read this I am wondering if I will get paid or will the new company shut up shop owing money to hundreds of distributers.

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• Lyricalis Posts: 57,958

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  16/11/13 - 00:07 #18

  The only time I've used a paper phone directory in the last 15 years was when I first moved into my flat and needed something to stack my DVD player and games console on until I could afford a cabinet for them.

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