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    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...09/bcnrics.xml

    The number of house sales has plummeted in the last three months, with estate agents in London failing to sell even one property a week, according to a survey.

    The figures show that London has suffered particularly badly, recording the lowest number of sales during this period, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) found.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...bcnjobs109.xml

    The number of companies intending to recruit more staff this year has fallen to a 16-year low, according to a new survey.

    The Manpower report found eight in ten companies are planning to keep staffing levels the same this quarter, with 7pc forecasting an increase in staff and 8pc predicting a reduction.

    Most of the 2,100 UK employers said they have reined in their intentions to hire more staff since this time last year, in the weakest fourth quarter for recruitment since 1992.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7552336.stm

    The CBI, the UK's largest employers' organisation, has warned that the UK economy is deteriorating faster than it previously thought.

    There was "no doubt that the mood has darkened in the last two or three months," its director general Richard Lambert warned members in a letter.

    #2
    Yawn
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

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      #3
      Confusion is a natural state of being

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        #4
        Originally posted by sasguru View Post
        Yawn
        Stick your permie head in the sand. How safe is your job?

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          #5
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          Stick your permie head in the sand. How safe is your job?

          People have got to eat. There will always be demand for shelf-stackers.
          Bored.

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            #6
            Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
            http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...09/bcnrics.xml

            The number of house sales has plummeted in the last three months, with estate agents in London failing to sell even one property a week, according to a survey.

            The figures show that London has suffered particularly badly, recording the lowest number of sales during this period, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) found.

            http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...bcnjobs109.xml

            The number of companies intending to recruit more staff this year has fallen to a 16-year low, according to a new survey.

            The Manpower report found eight in ten companies are planning to keep staffing levels the same this quarter, with 7pc forecasting an increase in staff and 8pc predicting a reduction.

            Most of the 2,100 UK employers said they have reined in their intentions to hire more staff since this time last year, in the weakest fourth quarter for recruitment since 1992.

            http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7552336.stm

            The CBI, the UK's largest employers' organisation, has warned that the UK economy is deteriorating faster than it previously thought.

            There was "no doubt that the mood has darkened in the last two or three months," its director general Richard Lambert warned members in a letter.
            It's OK, I'm feeling 'cautiously optimistic'...
            Older and ...well, just older!!

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              #7
              Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
              Stick your permie head in the sand. How safe is your job?

              Completely. I do the hiring and firing.
              HTH.

              Not that I need it, BTW. I'm thinking of retiring to do a PhD anyway.
              Hard Brexit now!
              #prayfornodeal

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                #8
                Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                I do the hiring and firing.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                  Completely. I do the hiring and firing.
                  HTH.

                  Not that I need it, BTW. I'm thinking of retiring to do a PhD anyway.
                  PHD - Post Hole Digging course?
                  Confusion is a natural state of being

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                    Stick your permie head in the sand. How safe is your job?
                    He'll be all right. Those janitors are needed during downturn too.

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