Job losses in Leicester

[Rincewind]

I don't drive or I would. If you can drive it makes things a lot easier especially if the job is shift or weekend work.

Nothing wrong with a driving job. No foreman behind you with a whip to make you go faster or stuck behind the counter at McDonalds or in some office posting on Foxestalk/logging on porn soites.

[davieG]

27 - Jessops http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Leicestershire-workers-Jessops-Waitrose-county/story-17829533-detail/story.html

420 - Kuehne & Nagel / Waitrose Bardon - http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Waitrose-jobs-facing-axe-distribution-centre/story-17829518-detail/story.html

1000+ next 4 years on top of the 750 already gone Leicestershire CC - http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Leicestershire-County-Council-s-pound-30m-budget/story-17829532-detail/story.html

[Rincewind]

No. It's all rumours put around by the lefties. British industries are booming and looking to employ millions at a fantastic £6.20 PH 60 hours.

[MooseBreath]

No. It's all rumours put around by the lefties.

Not really. Even the guardian recognises that employment is at its highest level ever.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/dec/12/uk-unemployment-falls-private-sector-jobs

I think even you would admit that this thread only tells half the story.

[Jon the Hat]

Not every company can survive. It is a tough world out there.

[leicsmac]

Not every company can survive. It is a tough world out there.

Yep - Social Darwinism in action.

Sometimes humanity is really fantastic. Especially to each other.

[Jon the Hat]

Yep - Social Darwinism in action.

Sometimes humanity is really fantastic. Especially to each other.

What? People reward good companies with their money. It is very simple.

[leicsmac]

What? People reward good companies with their money. It is very simple.

Sorry, perhaps I should have been less obtuse.

It just ticks me off that people - real human people - get laid off jobs and end up on the unemployment scrapheap through no fault of their own. Especially now when getting another is about as difficult as juggling 3 chainsaws and a live cat.

But as for your point...I agree with you that good companies that provide good service should be rewarded with customers and income. However often there then comes the point where that good company dominates the market and has the money (and therefore political power) to influence government policy to continue that domination. Amazon, for instance have killed off a lot of smaller business by undercutting them through economies of scale (oh and using every tax loophole they could find, perhaps even with government aid). It's legitimate business practice, but it puts people out of work. And who cares about them eh? Not when you can get that book/DVD/electronic product for cheaper, and with reliable service. For now,

Monopoly is often the natural result of free market economics nowadays - often not from one company, but several working in a cabal. Take the energy supplier situation in this country as an example. Cosy little cabal, toothless regulator, charge what they like.

I'll always believe that too much power (be it monetary, corporate or political) should not be concentrated in the hands of one or just a few people/companies.