This country is getting worse and worse

[shaunbhoy]

Just had an email from my accountant that they take away any benefit from flat rate. That's about 2.4k a year less. Great.
Dividend tax increased. Again few k a year less
Pound tumbled ¬20%. Great. Iphones 100£ more expensive. Superb.
Absolutely massive competition when looking for contract. 30-50 per role in my area. Great
Want to build BTL empire? Think again.
Invest in properties? Risky
And now Brexit, rise of racism, massive uncertainty.

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The most astonishing thing is that a high rolling Bertie Big Potatoes like you has not simply taken your "talents" elsewhere.

[MrMarkyMark]

The most astonishing thing is that a high rolling Bertie Big Potatoes like you has not simply taken your "talents" elsewhere.

[DimPrawn]

Just had an email from my accountant that they take away any benefit from flat rate. That's about 2.4k a year less. Great.
Dividend tax increased. Again few k a year less
Pound tumbled ¬20%. Great. Iphones 100£ more expensive. Superb.
Absolutely massive competition when looking for contract. 30-50 per role in my area. Great
Want to build BTL empire? Think again.
Invest in properties? Risky
And now Brexit, rise of racism, massive uncertainty.
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Oh Dear™ Never Mind.

[diseasex]

Oh Dear™ Never Mind.

Boom just heard on the radio , the inflation jumped from projected 2.0% to 2.3% and economists say it might even be 3%. The radio speaker is laughing that he's seen 25% inflation and 3% is nothing so that's not an issue (another brexiteer).
So no issue right ?
Also petrol for 1.20
Boomed

[shaunbhoy]

Boom just heard on the radio , the inflation jumped from projected 2.0% to 2.3% and economists say it might even be 3%. The radio speaker is laughing that he's seen 25% inflation and 3% is nothing so that's not an issue (another brexiteer).
So no issue right ?
Also petrol for 1.20
Boomed

And yet still you are here, gurning and whining.
Can't be all that bad then.

[PurpleGorilla]

This country is getting worse and worse

Boom just heard on the radio , the inflation jumped from projected 2.0% to 2.3% and economists say it might even be 3%. The radio speaker is laughing that he's seen 25% inflation and 3% is nothing so that's not an issue (another brexiteer).
So no issue right ?
Also petrol for 1.20
Boomed

RPI and CPI are very different beasts.

RPI is currently 3.2%

Even when oil went ape tulip CPI was still low.

[The_Equalizer]

And yet still you are here, gurning and whining.
Can't be all that bad then.

And 600K turn up to the UK each year. I presume they don't think it too bad either.

[diseasex]

And 600K turn up to the UK each year. I presume they don't think it too bad either.

Well I stated it's still good , but it is getting worse.
Making less, spending more . Salaries are flat for like 15 years? Rates too

[The_Equalizer]

Well I stated it's still good , but it is getting worse.
Making less, spending more . Salaries are flat for like 15 years? Rates too

I presume you made very handsome money 15 years ago? Perhaps now it's only handsome. I remember back in 1997 someone getting £600/day (then) for basically MS Excel work. Then again I also remember having to cycle to school with my mum and sister when interest rates got to about 15% as we couldn't afford petrol. Save for totally daft cost of housing the UK is still a good place in many respects.

[tomtomagain]

Salaries are flat for like 15 years? Rates too

There are broad trends that have capped salaries and rates for the past decade.

* Management practices - outsourcing of jobs to from high-cost countries to low-cost countries.

* Technological development - rise of SAAS, PAAS, aka "The Cloud"

* Free movement of skilled resources from low-cost countries into high-cost countries.

* General market principals in which high-skilled roles command a high salary, which attracts thousands of people into that area, that eventually results in saturation of the market and thus results in the pushing down of salaries commanded by said role.


It's not a good/bad thing. It's just the way it is. Once upon a time bus drivers were the highest paid workers in the UK. Nowadays you wouldn't get more than £16k for driving a bus.

If you reflect on the trends you may realise that you have been a direct beneficiary of one or more of them.