The true cost of the economic crisis

Credit streams were harder to access and the tax man came knocking; and from a highly visible and successful company with a multi million pound turnover to administration in a few months.

… “How to Get a Job in a Recession” (Denise Taylor) I heard the striking post workers comapred to the miners the other day, and a postal worker talking of how his job has been downgraded and if the Royal Mail management get their way there will be more part time workers and the wage will not support a family. … Yes they have attempted to modernise their industry but its liek modernising a horse when everyone is using those new fangled auto mobiles (motor cars). So the many of the people who worked at my old company are looking for work, the worry, the anxiety, the fear is what this crisis is all about. No political Party can promise us more than Blood Toil and Sweat, I will be voting for the one that best allays the fears and the tears.

The Economy : “I’m not interested in politics”

This is not just the biggest economic meltdown of modern times, but also a political one. So there am I on the train into work and this couple opposite me
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Getting home after a few drinks

On Saturday night, my wife and I went back to the country house hotel where we were married, because there had been a small mix up over food at the
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Fear of the Future

In northern europe as fuel bills rise to astronomical levels, the average weekly shopping trip has risen in price by around 35%, house prices fall, interest rates stay at medium
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SURVIVORS – BBC Tv series of the 1970s

I read somewhere that the BBC were going to remake SURVIVORS as they had been in negotiation with the estate of Terry Nation who wrote the original idea and some
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