Anyone seen a recession yet?

[rootsnall]

No. They keep going on about 1997(?) too but can't say I had any prob getting work then. I do recall nightly news about places closing though.

92 maybe ? 97 was UBER BOOMED for contract rates in my game, surfing the wave and all that.

I agree things don't seem too bad at the moment but I know a few people in my game currently benched and not getting a sniff, it was a different story only a month or so back. One of them is really struggling, caught out with two mortgages and no income and appears to have pi**ed the boom years money up against the wall.

[Lockhouse]

Went to a local Michelin restaurant a couple of weeks ago and we were the only ones in there. Apparently it's been very quiet for a couple of months.

Two other nearby restaurants that are normally fully booked on Saturday night we've been able to get tables for on the same day and they have only been half full.

People are definitely staying in more (apart from me).

[Spacecadet]

So far 2009 has the potential to be my busiest year ever... possibly going to have to hire extra staff for plan B

[voodooflux]

ClientCo (a large manufacturing organisation) have just this week announced a round of redundancies.

The builder who constructed our recent loft conversion said he doesn't have any more work lined up, and another company who did a loft nearby have just had to let some of their staff go. I presume this is due to difficulty in getting mortgage extensions to fund the work.

[voodooflux]

Went to a local Michelin restaurant a couple of weeks ago and we were the only ones in there. Apparently it's been very quiet for a couple of months.

Two other nearby restaurants that are normally fully booked on Saturday night we've been able to get tables for on the same day and they have only been half full.

People are definitely staying in more (apart from me).

I thought (although I was a little hazy) I heard on a report on Radio 4 this morning saying that, in London anyway, more people were eating out than ever.

[rootsnall]

ClientCo (a large manufacturing organisation) have just this week announced a round of redundancies.

Small/Medium manufacturing organisation here and they got rid of 80 recently and I heard the permies talking about redundancy deals yesterday so I suspect there is more looming.

[Bagpuss]

I thought (although I was a little hazy) I heard on a report on Radio 4 this morning saying that, in London anyway, more people were eating out than ever.

McDonalds doesn't count

[voodooflux]

McDonalds doesn't count

KFC?

[ThomasSoerensen]

I thought (although I was a little hazy) I heard on a report on Radio 4 this morning saying that, in London anyway, more people were eating out than ever.

you trust the news to speak the truth?

[voodooflux]

you trust the news to speak the truth?

But it was Radio 4 - the last bastion of truth and...ok, point taken.