more bad news for the economy

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i just watched the news, they say the construction industry took another dip, when is this misery going to turn into good news :mad2: to many peeps just ticking over trying to stay afloat ,lets hope the Olympics gives the economy a boost, but i think people around the greater London area will benefit the most ,

 

[DHTiling]

Re: more bad new for the economy

All scare mongering by the media... IMO... 0.2% FFS...

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Re: more bad new for the economy

i agree Dave, but they should not attack there own country then , the media have so-much power ! but they don't always use it in the right way ,surly we should all try and talk the economy up ! it does work :hurray:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

what boosts the economy is spending. keep spending as you normally would, people who work in the shops where you spend your money then get paid, and in return they spend their wages on stuff too. win win situation. It's only a statistical recession as Mr Howe points out 0.2%

 

[Dan]

I must have missed the memo about us coming out of the recession then as I never saw that bit in the news.

The government need to buck up their ideas and sort out millionaires taxes, and sort out the immigration issues.

Then give some encouragement for manufacturing companies over here.

And perhaps give the construction industry (which fell 3% - perhaps a figure worth moaning a bit about) a bit of a kick up the bum and get that back in order.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Immigration seems to be more under control than ever. We adopted a points based system back in 2009 and closed certain entry routes and heavily reduced the quota of numbers allowed to claim visas. The unfortunate thing is, being part of the EU means our borders are open to the majority of EU countries and so there is a free movement of labour across Europe. No bad thing considering the huge chunk of dole dossers who don't wish to work for a living, yet the incoming foreign workers who come into the UK to fill our low-wage jobs surplus do so and keep our economy turning as they will have to pay tax and NI like the rest of us. Granted, the foreign workers send some of their earnings home, but some will spend money to live on whilst here, rent, food, transport.

 

[Andy Allen]

bet the car washers that seem to be on every street corner arent paying tax...

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i agree andy, i see you have loads in glostershire when i visit my Daughter i see them car washes everywhere ,there are so many i did wonder how they make money

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

the real problem here is when you run a company in the uk 54% of your turn over goes to the tax man left 46% to pay your staff buy your goods gas electric phone petrol and so on. you should try to make a proffit out of whats left .but we give billions to the euro debt which cant be paid off.built up by cheats liyers andwork shy countrys .20% of your cost of sirving goes in tax to the eu .nothing left to invest in the uk:mad2:

 

[kilty55]

there has been plenty opportunities for growth in the uk over the last few years and every time it appears they kill the growth with another stupid move.......the most recent one being the mortgage rates being put up by banks as they claim to be making no money,despite the bank of england base rate being so low the banks are now upping it so all the people coming of there fixed terms will now not be benefiting from the low rates yet another squeeze on the working man

short term gain for the banks and more long term pain for the country,

 

[kilty55]

infact the last 3 days i have had a lot of enquiries ,i thought hey this could be a turning point then they splatter the news with we are back in recession

 

[Andy Allen]

ive had loads enquiries and done loads of quotes jamie, but when customers are only interested in the bottom line, the real tradesmen don't stand a chance..

 

[Dan]

It's really unfortunate and these websites that promote getting the best quote are contributing to that price war thinking.