Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

I see your play G/F -):

Max special offer on Twitter.

Go on you know you want it.

lol gf, special offer for a limited time, then you'll find you have signed up for a year.

Probably yep.

stan - it was a freebie on my flight from aberdeen ..... what a load of junk it is :-)

Stan,

Very good.

My bones felt warm again.

Another 6 weeks and will be back there.


Max,

You seem to enjoy France.

Did you write you have a camper van?

If so, there is a good Camping site Bois de Boulogne Paris.

Transport from site to Metro stations Place Porte de la Maillot or La Defense and walk down the Champ etc.

Carnets sold on site.

Easy walking distance for most.

Also, it has a decent restaurant on site. (Never eaten at it, but others say it is good.)

Good site for short stays in Paris!

OK Alf, accepted -):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27791749


Interesting figures.

Interest rates up?

Pound up?

Exports?


The number of people out of work in the UK fell by 161,000 to 2.16 million in three months to April, official figures show.

This has brought the unemployment rate down to 6.6%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

The number of people in work rose by a record 345,000, to 30.5 million, most of which are in full-time employment.

The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in June fell by 27,400 to 1.09 million, the ONS said.

But the quarterly rate of earnings growth, including bonuses, slowed sharply to 0.7% from 1.9% the previous month. This was largely due to delayed bonus payments, the ONS said.

The total number of people out of work is now at its lowest level for more than five years.

The continuing improvement in the jobs market in the three months to April was due mainly to jobs created in the private sector.

The number of jobs lost in the public sector was 100,000, but much of this this was down to the reclassification of employees of Lloyds bank from the public to the private sector. Taking out the Lloyds workers, 11,000 jobs were lost in the public sector.

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Why does McVey irritate me so much?

Much more than the Hazyone!


Unless she is the Hazyone in disguise!

What I can't put together are the following.

Passports application demands are up!

Disposable incomes are down!

EZJ, IAG, TUI, and TCG down!

Value of Sterling up.

Borrowing rates?

Unless, passports means some ---- leaving a sinking ship?

Odd world.

Simplistic explanation from Manuel will be accepted!

no bleedin' idea :-)

9-)

I would suppose it is down to the M.E. stirrings and doubts about forward bookings and cancellations.

Oh, that'll be it then. And silly little me though it was because employment data was ahead of expectations and punters want to buy sterling because the UK economy is booming. But wtfdik?

btw, an interesting article i just read about strong recovery in the more northerly parts of the country .... sorry, but can't now find it, but recollect it was a sensible! on-line article from Telegraph

You mean the scavengers are looking for jobs at long last?

don't be a silly girl :-) .... note that i said it was a sensible article!

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One in 11 Britons has less than £10 a month disposable income

One in 11 people, or 4.5 million British adults, have less than £10 a month left over once they have paid their essential bills, new research from thinkmoney has found.

With many households struggling to make ends meet, the findings from budgeting account provider thinkmoney reveal the worryingly small amounts of disposable income people have left once they've met all their financial commitments.

Of the 2,149 people polled, one in four said they had less than £50 a month to spend after bills.

Across the UK, the average monthly disposable income was £224.50. However, there was a wide gender difference with men reporting having disposable incomes averaging £272.50, almost twice as much as women (£190.20).

Young people reported having the least disposable income, with 18-24 year-olds averaging £174.20 – some 22% below the overall UK average. Almost one in three people in this age group have less than £50 a month to spend after bills.

By contrast, the wealthiest in terms of post-bills spending money are people over 65, with an average of £269.50 a month available to spend.

The amount of disposable income also varies depending on where people live. It is highest in London, at an average of £261, and the South East, at £244. People in the North East and Wales have the lowest disposable incomes, at £199 and £181 respectively.

Worryingly, one in six people questioned in Wales said they had less than £10 a month to spend after bills.

“It’s stressful not knowing if you will have enough money to pay the bills and afford added extras each month,” said Ian Williams, director of communications at thinkmoney.

Use our Budget planner to work out how much money you have coming in and what you're spending it on

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One in 11 Britons has less than £10 a month disposable income

One in 11 people, or 4.5 million British adults, have less than £10 a month left over once they have paid their essential bills, new research from thinkmoney has found.

With many households struggling to make ends meet, the findings from budgeting account provider thinkmoney reveal the worryingly small amounts of disposable income people have left once they've met all their financial commitments.

Of the 2,149 people polled, one in four said they had less than £50 a month to spend after bills.

Across the UK, the average monthly disposable income was £224.50. However, there was a wide gender difference with men reporting having disposable incomes averaging £272.50, almost twice as much as women (£190.20).

Young people reported having the least disposable income, with 18-24 year-olds averaging £174.20 – some 22% below the overall UK average. Almost one in three people in this age group have less than £50 a month to spend after bills.

By contrast, the wealthiest in terms of post-bills spending money are people over 65, with an average of £269.50 a month available to spend.

The amount of disposable income also varies depending on where people live. It is highest in London, at an average of £261, and the South East, at £244. People in the North East and Wales have the lowest disposable incomes, at £199 and £181 respectively.

Worryingly, one in six people questioned in Wales said they had less than £10 a month to spend after bills.

“It’s stressful not knowing if you will have enough money to pay the bills and afford added extras each month,” said Ian Williams, director of communications at thinkmoney.

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MP’s Scrounging Is Out Of Control: Cap Esther McVey’s Housing Benefit
Posted on June 10, 2014 by johnny void

Generation-rentMPs are being handed huge subsidies to rent second homes in London whilst thousands of the capital’s poorest residents are being socially cleansed due to slashed benefits and soaring rents.

Unemployment Minister Esther McVey claimed a whopping £17,227 last year to rent a swanky central London pad whilst invisible Housing Minster Kris Hopkins trousered £18,045.

The total bill for MPs languishing in luxury properties at our expense came to over £5 million says pressure group Generation Rent who compiled the figures.

The maximum Housing Benefit available in London is just over £250 a week for a single person, around £100 a week less than McVey scrounges. This benefit goes to people in and out of work alike and was capped shortly after the current government weren’t elected. Soaring rents in London have meant that many new housing benefit claimants are working full time but still cannot afford the eye-watering cost of living in the capital.

Previously ministers, including Iain Duncan Smith, have claimed that there are plenty of properties still available in London to those affected by the cap. So why can’t McVey live in one of those instead of living on hand outs?

McVey earns far too much already to be eligible for housing benefit and in any case it is not payable for second homes, even if you claim you need them for work. She can easily afford to pay her own rent and if not then any state support she receives should be capped at the same level she expects everyone else to survive on. It’s about making the system fair after all, and it might even incentivise McVey to get a real job for once in her miserable life.

Jobs jobs LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

JOB these days means 6 MONTH TRAINING COURSE's resulting in nothing.

Explain how GDP is back to pre recession levels BUT the majority of middle class people in this country face a Cost Of Living Crisis.

Could it just be that the top 1% of the population have found that their as been a transfer/redistribution of wealth into their hands!!!!!!!!!!!