The Good News thread, local jobs, economy etc

[Smudge]

i might just do that   

I must admit I haven't looked at the business as a whole until you brought it up. On further research I see that it's 64% government owned and has been since 2007. Oh the irony Zingy 

[Zingari]

I must admit I haven't looked at the business as a whole until you brought it up. On further research I see that it's 64% government owned and has been since 2007. Oh the irony Zingy 

yes it is but RBS was rescued from total collapse by the government. in 2007 .

you might need to explain the irony , i've thought about and still don't get it 

Edited 27 February 2014 by Zingari

[Smudge]

yes it is but RBS was rescued from total collapse by the government. in 2007 . 

I know I'm just messing witcha.

 

I see that Ross McEwan has only been in charge since August. If he's anything like most career executives he'll be throwing the kitchen sink into the costs to make sure his tenure shows improvement. 

Edited 27 February 2014 by Smudge

[MooseBreath]

In fairness when it comes to RBS I think the tax payer has the right to a bit more transparency on the bonuses. I'd like to see exactly what these people have done to earn such sums and maybe some evidence showing that the market for their talents is as competitive as they say. The concern as soon as the public sector becomes involved, as it has with RBS, is that the tax payer could be being taken for a ride.

[Zingari]

In fairness when it comes to RBS I think the tax payer has the right to a bit more transparency on the bonuses. I'd like to see exactly what these people have done to earn such sums and maybe some evidence showing that the market for their talents is as competitive as they say. The concern as soon as the public sector becomes involved, as it has with RBS, is that the tax payer could be being taken for a ride.

Wow Moosey !!  that's quite something coming from you , I'm  proud of you lad , there's a little tear just rolling down my cheek as i type . 

Edited 27 February 2014 by Zingari

[Rincewind]

Actually it's a successful New treatment for cancer. Perhaps we don't have the right to be happy about while IDS is deliberately murdering people with the bedroom tax but I thought it was good news.

 

 

Sorry I never looked at the link. It is good news then. I was making assumptions but I was in a hurry so never checked first. Well done the Mail on it.

[MooseBreath]

Wow Moosey !! that's quite something coming from you , I'm proud of you lad , there's a little tear just rolling down my cheek as i type .

Only because it's tax payer funded, you understand. And I reckon it would be all above board. But since I've paid some of those bonuses I want to know more details.

Edited 27 February 2014 by MooseBreath

[MooseBreath]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26383528

Interesting one for leicsmac, apparently the demand for aerospace engineers is ramping up and they're going to struggle to fill the vacancies..

[Zingari]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26383528

Interesting one for leicsmac, apparently the demand for aerospace engineers is ramping up and they're going to struggle to fill the vacancies..

i think we've got plenty of space cadets already .

[sphericalfox]

[Strokes]

I'm on 3g and I can't get the bid to work, can you give me a brief pls?

[sphericalfox]

I'm on 3g and I can't get the bid to work, can you give me a brief pls?

It's a video about the fine work our politicians have envisioned for our future and future of our children - sponsored by Sky. 

[Rincewind]

Sky? Enough said.

[sphericalfox]

Sky? Enough said.

 

It's a viral paid for by Sky to advertise its coverage of the upcoming budget. It actually doesn't lean on either side of the political fence.

[MooseBreath]

Sky? Enough said.

What's your issue with sky again?

[purpleronnie]

What's your issue with sky again?

It's blue like Tories.

[bovril]

I'd like to think any right-thinking football fan has an issue with Sky.

[MooseBreath]

I'd like to think any right-thinking football fan has an issue with Sky.

Yet they keep feeding the machine. Hypocrits.

[bovril]

Yet they keep feeding the machine. Hypocrits.

 

Quite true. But almost any principled person is likely to be hypocritcal in some way.

[Guest MattP]

http://news.sky.com/story/1213427/inflation-drops-below-bank-of-england-target

 

Inflation falls, a continuation of this throughout 2014 would see wages go ahead of inflation.

 

Ed and Ed will be getting twitchy soon, "cost of living crisis" could soon be in the bin with "Austerity doesn't work", "mass unemployment" and "triple dip recession"

[Alf Bentley]

http://news.sky.com/story/1213427/inflation-drops-below-bank-of-england-target

 

Inflation falls, a continuation of this throughout 2014 would see wages go ahead of inflation.

 

Ed and Ed will be getting twitchy soon, "cost of living crisis" could soon be in the bin with "Austerity doesn't work", "mass unemployment" and "triple dip recession"

 

[Rincewind]

All is well in Surbiton so no worries.

[MooseBreath]

Too right kenby inflation barely affects the poor at all

[Webbo]

If I do not like a subject in a thread I do not open it or make snide remarks in it. We all have that choice.

 

 

All is well in Surbiton so no worries.

[Rincewind]

Thought that was a reasonable comment. Unless things are not OK.