Did they announce the end of recession yet?

Tim and myself both work in a small town where it was reported that something like one third of the business' in the

town centre were charity shops. If you take into account that one third are fast food and cheap (not so visitable (new word))

cafes and one third are no win no fee PPI claims companies, there's nowt decent in the town.

All this from an highly industrial town which at one time could report a large number of working factories and mills.

The world changes for the better? I remember when everybody round here either worked in a factory or worked in a mill.

The pressures of parenting were near zero as all kids had the same, nowt. There was no pressure to 'keep up wi' joneses'

as they had nowt too. Lulz..........

-- Edited by Spamkebab on Friday 23rd of November 2012 02:52:14 PM

I hope so, it has been great for us so far. Really reduced the figure we had to hit on a Monday morning just to pay overheads.

Now we don't start work 'til 10:30 am on Mondays lol.

Damn and blast!

Back to an early start...............

You and your flippin typo's

Same story here matey although different industry.

thirty years ago it was a thriving mining community with at least seven local pits... And we all know what happened to that industry.

We also had Armitage shanks which was bigger than the village that the factory was in (that went to Germany).

And a huge powerstation (That followed the pits into oblivion.

In the last year we have seen an upsurge of small shops pushing the charities out but it's all one big game of kerplunk out there. One wrong move and it all comes tumbling down.

Business rates will be a wrong move as would an increase in interest rates.

There needs to be a change of mentality that supports rather than punishes entrepeneurial spirit.

The Government make all the right noises but somewhere between their words and actions things get lost.

As for claims companies I would love to see a no win no fee service appearing for employers where those sueing at the drop of a hat are put at real risk of ending up losing their houses on the back of frivelous claims.

It was on the radio the other day about a Business in Brum that was eternally being sued but rather than just pay up they fought and won ever case brought against them.

The claims companies are not geared for that as they just expect companies to pay up without a fight on the grounds that court costs may cost more than the claim.

Unfortunately the business that won every case has now been closed by its owners as whilst no case had any merit the costs could not be brought against those making the claims.

On the back of that almost 300 people lost their jobs.

Just hope that they all popped around to the people making the claims and took it in turn to beat the living s**t out of them... That would give them something to claim for.

note that I'm not against legitimate claims made for genuine bad / dangerous management that puts peoples lives / health / sanity at risk. However I feel that such is a tiny fraction of the actual claims made.

Yep Neil, all that wealth gone.  I read somewhere that in 1900 Oldham had more millionnaires than anywhere in the country - prob something to do with why Churchill was the MP.

Oldham has more ten bob millionaires than anywhere else in the country lol.