Unemployment down again.
22 January 2014, 05:11 PM
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my father in law was in Bury the other day went to get his hair cut - nice modern salon, friendly pleasant staff and received a good haircut (i.e. a reasonable amount of time spent) price £3.50 – the going price in Bury was about the £3.99 It is probably cheaper than a haircut in Delhi
22 January 2014, 05:49 PM
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I think your figure is a little out, looks like the BOE will be raising interest rates soon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25841570
22 January 2014, 05:58 PM
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I think your figure is a little out, looks like the BOE will be raising interest rates soon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25841570
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25841570
Reported on local radio this morning. Also the nugget about the local economy.
TBH, a BoE interest rate rise would be disaster for most of the country at the moment, and will need to be resisted by the Tories with only one year left before an election.
22 January 2014, 08:10 PM
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My mum saved all her life, never claimed anything and has seen her meagre standard of living drop through the floor because of low interest rates.
I hope Mark Carney is true to his word, but then, he's a banker....
22 January 2014, 08:32 PM
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This new housing boom - and the new debt being taken on - will make an interest rate rise even more painful if it happens. Just as private debt were being paid down the government introduces the HTB scheme to incite a new property bubble.
22 January 2014, 08:49 PM
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I don’tknow much about the fracking industry, but I sure it involves more than just a few drill crews. What about all the ancillary and facilitating jobs and services surrounding this potentiallygrowing industry? We'd need more drill crews for a start if this gets the go a head!
There's been drilling in the UK for tens of years onshore and offshore, Fracking is just drilling except at the end of the well water and sand is pumped into the hole at high pressure to frack the well.
It will use the same drill companies the same drilling crews and the same service companies. It's not like offshore where the rigs need maintained by Riggers, Platers, Pipefitters, Stewards blah blah. Once the hole is drilled and fracked a wellhead will be installed (I assume) and the gas will be piped to where it's going. That's it end of, onto the next well we go.
Unless there are hundreds or thousands of wells to be drilled I can't see where these tens of thousands of jobs are coming from.
22 January 2014, 10:14 PM
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It's not a growing industry.
There's been drilling in the UK for tens of years onshore and offshore, Fracking is just drilling except at the end of the well water and sand is pumped into the hole at high pressure to frack the well.
It will use the same drill companies the same drilling crews and the same service companies. It's not like offshore where the rigs need maintained by Riggers, Platers, Pipefitters, Stewards blah blah. Once the hole is drilled and fracked a wellhead will be installed (I assume) and the gas will be piped to where it's going. That's it end of, onto the next well we go.
Unless there are hundreds or thousands of wells to be drilled I can't see where these tens of thousands of jobs are coming from.
There's been drilling in the UK for tens of years onshore and offshore, Fracking is just drilling except at the end of the well water and sand is pumped into the hole at high pressure to frack the well.
It will use the same drill companies the same drilling crews and the same service companies. It's not like offshore where the rigs need maintained by Riggers, Platers, Pipefitters, Stewards blah blah. Once the hole is drilled and fracked a wellhead will be installed (I assume) and the gas will be piped to where it's going. That's it end of, onto the next well we go.
Unless there are hundreds or thousands of wells to be drilled I can't see where these tens of thousands of jobs are coming from.
22 January 2014, 10:19 PM
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22 January 2014, 10:36 PM
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Out of those 1.7 million jobs I wonder how many are directly dependant on Fracking, I would put money on it being a small percentage.
22 January 2014, 11:04 PM
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It's not their call
22 January 2014, 11:05 PM
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All these false employment figures could really mess up my plans this year, especially if it does result in interest rates climbing. Life has been very good these last few years.
22 January 2014, 11:10 PM
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22 January 2014, 11:12 PM
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I'm going to do my bit for lowering the number of unemployed in the next financial year. I'm thinking of taking on two or three staff.
They can learn English though, I'm not learning Bulgarian.
They can learn English though, I'm not learning Bulgarian.
23 January 2014, 08:18 AM
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23 January 2014, 09:17 AM
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23 January 2014, 10:36 AM
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The crime figures will be the same as every other figure, tweaked twisted and manipated to give the result thy want it to give.
Corrupt as ****!
Corrupt as ****!