Horizon hobbies uk ?

[nobby]

Just seen a post on Facebook by Dave Spashett reference horizon hobbies uk.
Have they closed there uk business? Or have they gone bust?
Has anyone heard anything?

[bomber]

I believe its just the warehouse that has closed, they are probably moving the distribution to Europe like other companies have done.

[def12007]

i think its just the warehouse side of the business and goods will be despatched direct from germany to shops so maybe a day longer on deliveries so no real change ,but people in the warehouse may loose there jobs which is a shame and i hope they all find some thing soon

[nobby]

Yeah but as you say staff will loose there jobs.
Shame on horizon hobbies.

[Dudders]

Maybe they need to cut costs to survive? Shame on people's jobs in any case.

[racingdwarf]

fantastic, lets hope its not another kyosho with no parts in uk apart from whats in the shops:thumb down: great shame for anyone losing there jobs

[Tony G]

as quoted in an email from Horizon to us this morning



The ‘news’ is that our warehouse in the UK will be closing, no date has been given yet, and all goods will then be despatched from Horizon in Germany. This is the only change and everything else will remain the same. Hopefully a letter will be sent out shortly explaining the details to all of our customers.

[RogerM]

Originally Posted by racingdwarf

fantastic, lets hope its not another kyosho with no parts in uk apart from whats in the shops:thumb down: great shame for anyone losing there jobs

In fairness does that really cause any issues? I've never been left unable to race due to no parts availability in the 7 years or so I've been running Kyosho.
You just have to be organised enough to order a couple of working days ahead, no biggy.