[Merged]Brexit stuff

[CretinWatcher]

Retail sales beat expectations - CBI

35% of retailers said that sales volumes were up in August on a year ago, whilst 26% said they were down, giving a balance of +9%. This was above expectations (-12%), and a marked improvement on the previous month’s balance (-14%)25% of respondents expect sales volumes to increase next month, with 22% expecting a decrease, giving a balance of +3%

22% of businesses reported that their volume of sales for the time of year were good, whilst 14% said they were poor, giving a balance of +8%

Growth in internet sales volumes accelerated in the year to August (+42%) up from the previous month (+23%)

Sales volumes grew in clothing (+39%) and non-store goods (+66%) among others. Sales volumes for grocers were relatively flat (+3%)

Investment intentions for the next year strengthened (+15%). The business situation was expected to improve further (+7%).

Must have been a bit like that in the Phoney War.

[The_Equalizer]

Must have been a bit like that in the Phoney War.

Didn't Britain win the real one too?

[CretinWatcher]

Didn't Britain win the real one too?

With a tiny bit of help from Russia and the US.
Don't think they're on our side this time.

[sal]

Retail sales beat expectations - CBI

35% of retailers said that sales volumes were up in August on a year ago, whilst 26% said they were down, giving a balance of +9%. This was above expectations (-12%), and a marked improvement on the previous month’s balance (-14%)25% of respondents expect sales volumes to increase next month, with 22% expecting a decrease, giving a balance of +3%

22% of businesses reported that their volume of sales for the time of year were good, whilst 14% said they were poor, giving a balance of +8%

Growth in internet sales volumes accelerated in the year to August (+42%) up from the previous month (+23%)

Sales volumes grew in clothing (+39%) and non-store goods (+66%) among others. Sales volumes for grocers were relatively flat (+3%)

Investment intentions for the next year strengthened (+15%). The business situation was expected to improve further (+7%).

The entire article is a joke and meaningless stats

The survey of 131 firms, of which 58 were retailers, showed that the volume of sales grew modestly over the year, beating expectations for a further fall this month. However, sales volumes look set to be broadly flat over the next month.

The volume of orders placed upon suppliers fell for a fifth consecutive month although retailers expect them to grow somewhat in the year to September.

Small sample, no mention of the ££ total volume of sales. The number of retailer with increased sales doesn't matter, what matters is the ££ volume of sales.

[NigelJK]

Must have been the BHS sell off.

[scooterscot]

‘You, too, can destroy your own country,’ Farage tells US

Telling it like it us. Thanks to the Mash.

‘You, too, can destroy your own country,’ Farage tells US

NIGEL Farage has told an audience of Trump supporters that the power to completely devastate their own nation is in their hands.

The former politician told a Trump rally in Mississippi that they too could wipe away decades of stable economic growth on nothing more than a petulant whim.

Farage continued: “In the UK, which is in London where the Queen lives, we too had politicians, economists and experts preaching from on high about the absolute disaster we faced if people voted for their petty and small-minded prejudices.

“We ignored them, they were right, and now I’m here to urge you to forget the polls, vote for a permanently tanned man with a long record of ****-ups, and plunge your nation into depression.

“You too can balls up your nation in a single stroke. Plus you all have guns, so I can’t imagine how much more exciting your societal breakdown will be.

During his US trip, Farage also has a meeting about playing a butler in a new Adam Sandler film.

[Lockhouse]

Enough already.

[SueEllen]

[original PM]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...rice-of-bacon/


Now things are getting serious!

[sal]

Emma Warrington, a senior food buyer, said...

OMG this is a real job?