Yes the leaders of the public-sector are in ‘summer recess’ – thank gawd for that! As a result I only noticed one ‘crisis’ reference somewhere this morning! That was about their deficit.
But there’s still a few giggles about if you glean the screen well.
The beeb wannabe’s are up in arms about a move from London to Salford (which is not Manchester really – it’s Salford). The poor dears. Most of ‘em are worried about the effects of the move on their children.
Hey, don’t worry! We’ve nearly got rickets licked up here and 60% of my kids have jobs – Private Sector mind-you so don’t expect too much in the way of income from yours.
And, despite world-record rainfall we’ve got a hose-pipe ban in force and they’ve shut the canal.
They had a local referendum about ‘Congestion Charging’ and the populace, en masse, said ‘Jacqui Smith!’ So Deansgate, where your offices are situated, is always gridlocked.
Just bear in mind that £877,000,000.00p would probably run Salford for six months let alone fund a move for a few folk!
Deficits, are made of this.
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Some of the ‘banks’ that required tax-payer funding last year are finally getting back into a profit situation. It has only taken about six-months and the cash is piling-up nicely.
Meanwhile The Deficit goes on…and on…and….
….Milliband calls for a ‘Mansion Tax’……..and several folk on Housing Benefit ask for smaller pads! In their case though the council would have to pay it.
I told you there were a few giggles about – if you look for ‘em!
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At the beeb ‘business’ page(s) four very busy businessmen are featured, each with a woe-tale about trying to borrow from a bank.
Sadly, after really carefull reading of their stories, I fear borrowing will not solve their problems (it never does) but rather that they read some of my stuff!
Ask for ‘Letter Four’ – It’s expensive, but exactly what’s needed.
Here’s a link to the beeb page:
Business Feature
OK, so what’s the problem? Surely the banks are at fault?
No. I too would be reticent in making any loans in these cases. In each case the business-owner is very experienced in his/her trade but is really up against it from a business point of view.
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