The two tradesmen I had in this year complained that potential new customers were calling them to do jobs like mine e.g. small patch up jobs not large ones since interest rates had gone up. (I was a returning customer.)
And retail sales tell their own story....
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BBC News - Andrew Tate and his brother to be released but under house arrest immediately
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65144651...
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Isn't this suppose to go in the B<cough> forum?
Anyway Rish! says this is a B<cough> benefit, while Ms Badenoch says it is nothing to do with B<cough>.
Doesn't Rish! talk to his ministers? Or is he too busy not answering questions about his pool and flying...
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Plenty of jobs are linked to property sales from tradesmen to retailers and manufacturers of sofas and beds.
When people aren't buying property they aren't getting work done and buying new things....
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Conference and concert goers who stay overnight from the UK and abroad perhaps?...
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House Prices Fall
I suppose we need a thread.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property...ll-since-2009/
ouse prices have fallen by 3.1pc in the biggest annual decline since July 2009.
Property values recorded a monthly decline of...
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Trump Again
He just won't go away.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...stormy-daniels
Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury in New York over a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. Daniels claims she had an affair with the former US president in 2006. Trump denies the...
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I wonder if they pay their Head of cybersecurity £57,000 as well......
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It's fine to use the word 'job' when you have an idea of what your status is but the starter of this thread clearly doesn't as they are asking basic questions about HMRC and overlapping start dates .
northernladuk NotAllThere won't pull up regular posters who use the incorrect terminology...
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Knowing this:
Have you spoken directly to the client not the agency about not being available for 5 days?
As I bet you haven't.
One thing you need to know as a contractor is that while your contract may be with one legal entity e.g. agency, you may need...
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Metro Job of the day
Job link if you wish to apply - https://www.cwjobs.co.uk/job/head-of...y-job100150820
Seems the Metro (and others) are copying some of this forums esteemed posters....
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/30/hm-tr...lary-18529270/
The Treasury is...
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Currently watching a video on rice cookers.
People pay over £100 for one.
The rice takes twice as long to cook than in a saucepan....
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skunk spotted in north London suburb
No the animal.
Don't know why you want one as a pet.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65122718
The RSPCA says skunks should not be kept as pets after one was spotted at a suburban north London bus stop.
The creature was filmed running...
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It's actually more negative for the company.
For example if you pursued a company for something like unlawful deduction of wages, then anyone who did a search for them on that website saw the information and then had dealings with the company would be careful to ensure that they got paid/their...
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Not a morning...
cow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-65123453
A cow has attracted sympathy from across the globe for "pretending" to be asleep to get out of being milked.
Doris - part of a 200-strong herd on an Isle of Wight dairy farm - has featured...
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Yep.
Keep your contact details the same for over a decade and someone may send you a relevant email/call you at the right time....
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