So with England and their inexperienced football team now out of the World Cup in Brazil, will the UK’s manufacturing industry cancel their holidays and return to work? Or will they stay at home and continue scanning the BBC website for transfer news for their favourite teams?

Can you tell we’re football mad here and not just focused on plastic?

Apart from having lots of ABS being used for the fairings, this post has very little to do with plastics! I’ve just taken delivery of a very shiny new toy – the Suzuki GSX-R 1000cc –

I must admit to having multiple ‘discussions’ with the better-half but ultimately my passion for plastic showed through and the bike is sitting in the garage waiting for a sunny day!