Has the economy started to turn a corner?
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Has the economy started to turn a corner?
Business confidence is up
Mortgage lending is up
New staff hiring is up
Have we turned a corner or are we still massively dependent on what happens in the rest of Europe?
Mortgage lending is up
New staff hiring is up
Have we turned a corner or are we still massively dependent on what happens in the rest of Europe?
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Yes, we have just turned a left hand corner, just like all the othr corners are left and we will continue to go round and round in circle as we have always done before. HTH's
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No need for the sarcasm.
There has been so much doom and gloom for the last 5 years, it is a refreshing change to hear some positive news. Considering the markets just seem to react to what ever is reported in the news anyway, may be, just may be, 2012 will be a good year.
There has been so much doom and gloom for the last 5 years, it is a refreshing change to hear some positive news. Considering the markets just seem to react to what ever is reported in the news anyway, may be, just may be, 2012 will be a good year.
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intrest rates are up, things are slowing down on the housing Market in north london.
it's make or break time now, things are very tight at the moment.
it's make or break time now, things are very tight at the moment.
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Spain and or portugal on the other hand !!!!!!!.
Back in blighty however we are just starting to negotiate uplifts in leases for some of our larger tennants.
We also have very few voids and our private rentals are VERY healthy
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We are not doing as well as the USA where thay have had a good dose of Keynesian economics.........The austerity here in the UK hasn't made me go out and spend on goods / services that will keep UK PLC afloat.
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I work for a small (15 staff) IT / Telecommunications company. On the IT side, we can't get kit out the door fast enough at present. Some of it is end of tax year related but I've got customers queued up for new servers.
The majority of our customers are SME sized (wide variety of sectors) and quite a few I've spoken to seem to have confidence in spending money on upgrading and improving infrastructure.
The majority of our customers are SME sized (wide variety of sectors) and quite a few I've spoken to seem to have confidence in spending money on upgrading and improving infrastructure.
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No it's OK, unemployment still rising, French Connection the latest retailer in trouble... normal service has been resumed and the Tory plan to shatter the economy completely after NL wounded it almost fatally is on track
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At least some companies are bucking the tread and actually creating jobs.
French Connection is a company that offers over-priced luxery clothing, so no wonder they are struggling.
Game/Gamestation are also in trouble, but what do you expect when they were selling MW3 for £45 whereas Tescos had it on sale for £25. If was head of helm at Game, I would have got rid of the highstreet stores years ago and concentrated on becoming an online only company to get there costs down. That was the only way for them to compete with Tescos/Asda etc.
French Connection is a company that offers over-priced luxery clothing, so no wonder they are struggling.
Game/Gamestation are also in trouble, but what do you expect when they were selling MW3 for £45 whereas Tescos had it on sale for £25. If was head of helm at Game, I would have got rid of the highstreet stores years ago and concentrated on becoming an online only company to get there costs down. That was the only way for them to compete with Tescos/Asda etc.
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Game/Gamestation are also in trouble, but what do you expect when they were selling MW3 for £45 whereas Tescos had it on sale for £25. If was head of helm at Game, I would have got rid of the highstreet stores years ago and concentrated on becoming an online only company to get there costs down. That was the only way for them to compete with Tescos/Asda etc.
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That being said I still think we are flatlining right now!
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Once game goes the only excuse I will have to go into town will to be accosted by the mobile phone salesmen, personal injury parasites and charity muggers that line the streets.
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Even leaving aside the obvious stupidity of what he said the idiot didn't even realise that the city centres are not just competing with places like The Trafford Centre but also the supermarkets and the Internet.... how narrow minded can these people be?
Or is he proposing an online parking charge too - you visited the Amazon site for 1.5 hours that will be £5.90 please
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Genius move isn't it? LOL! Heard some council dimwit on the radio a few months ago suggesting that the government should make it law for out of town shopping centres to charge for parking so the town and city centres are on a level playing field.
Even leaving aside the obvious stupidity of what he said the idiot didn't even realise that the city centres are not just competing with places like The Trafford Centre but also the supermarkets and the Internet.... how narrow minded can these people be? ...
Even leaving aside the obvious stupidity of what he said the idiot didn't even realise that the city centres are not just competing with places like The Trafford Centre but also the supermarkets and the Internet.... how narrow minded can these people be? ...
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