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.

will be in the middle of desert

you'ld better hope IS or the local equivalent don't come chasing after you then
they're quite partial to attacking foreign compounds in the desert

SSSSSSH

Wheelie bin given parking ticket in Carmarthen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-30913291

Just as well it wasn't on a motorway since we have all these new disguised speed cameras in operation now!

LOL LOL LOL LOL Hays, your wearing blinkers again, keep off the crack.

Andrew Neal reveled some excelent figures on the the true state of employment this lunchtime.

4.5 million more unemployed now than when Labour were in government, and have you noticed how the Tories always use the number of people in work.........what they dont tell you is that the number of people living in this country as risen way ahead of the relevant % increase in employment.

Actual hours worked is the first question?

Overall production figure the second?

Hourly pay rates for manual and unskilled work would be the third?

Total Hours worked in manual or unskilled work?

Total benefit payments would be the fourth?

Fred just out SKY NEWS...........THATCHER actualy saw the file on the peados responsible for the childrens home scandal and did nothing about it. It still exists and will be handed over to the enquiry.

She apparently told one of her cabinet to calm down.

i was interested to watch a snippet on tv yesterday when a driver from hermes was interviewed and also a senior manager from the company

hermes pay 45/50p per drop and this guy was working all hours to make £80/100 pd gross

hermes rationalised that being self-employed gave their drivers lots of flexibility - eg could work hours to suit (believe that and you'll believe anything!) - and gave it some fancy tarted-up name

of course the real truth, as we all know, is that these companies and others like them, force self-employment to avoid all the admin and costs and liability for benefits that would accrue were these people on their books

Key Points for September to November 2014

There were 9.09 million people aged from 16 to 64 who were out of work and not seeking or available to work (known as economically inactive). This was 66,000 more than for June to August 2014 and 41,000 more than for a year earlier.

There were 1.91 million unemployed people. This was 58,000 fewer than for June to August 2014, the smallest quarterly fall since July to September 2013. Comparing September to November 2014 with a year earlier, there were 418,000 fewer unemployed people.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/january-2015/statistical-bulletin.html

Talking of Peados GF have you ever read this https://thecolemanexperience.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/the-mysterious-death-of-bbc-dj-mike-smith/ too much coincidence I think.

Shortie,

Thanks for the link.

My daughter worked at ONS for a number of years.

A very useful site.

i've heard of peashoots and pedalos and pedicures and even paediatricians

The number of people out of work in the UK fell by 58,000 to 1.91 million, its lowest level for more than six years, in the three months to November, official figures indicate.

I just posted a link to the official figures on the official website, written by the official officials that write these figures!!

And the official figures are good news for the Conservatives.

These figures are great for the Conservatives, it shows there leadership for exactly what it is.!

There were 9.09 million people aged from 16 to 64 who were out of work and not seeking or available to work (known as economically inactive). This was 66,000 more than for June to August 2014 and 41,000 more than for a year earlier.

I presume this includes the apprentices and training progs that Andrew Neal was talking about this lunch time.

How on earth can you claim to have anywhere near FULL EMPLOYMENT with that figure.


9 million, for christ sake.