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I am sorry to keep harping on about this, but please read the Meridian 2016 accounts. They are just not making money (actually, they are just positive in cashflow but they are reporting a loss). That is very different from 10 years ago I believe.

They are (as they say in the accounts) in a competitive and rapidly changing marketplace. Ten years ago they were in a leading position with a distinctive product range. No longer.

Unfortunately for customers, there is no rule in business that says good companies will always succeed (because there may be better ones or fashions may change) nor, indeed, that the leaders of businesses will not make serious errors leading to a downfall. I am not suggesting at all (as a newspaper editor might say) that Meridian are guilty of any of these things. They may well be doing the best they can in a challenging marketplace, but we cannot expect them to remain in the remarkable position they had in the past given the huge changes in technology, fashion and competition that have intervened.

As an enthusiast for Meridian (over the years I have spent many, many tens of thousands of pounds on their kit) I am very sorry about all this and I would be delighted if we enthusiasts could meet up somewhere personally (as opposed to through the forum). Actually, I have even thought of hiring an event room somewhere convenient and inviting people for lunch (you would have to pay for the lunch!!) but I am currently a bit busy on a building project. If anyone else wants to take a lead then count me in.