New franchise breaks the record
Let me give you some facts about a franchise launch from 247 Professional Health. Business created mid November 2008. Started to trade December 2008. These are the results: Hours booked Turnover Margin December 2008 197 £2,364 £1,087 January 2009 486 £5,823 £2,452 February 2009 998 £11,976 £5,105 March 2009 1789 £21,468 £8,857 April 2009 2249 [...]
These people need to come and have a chat..
UNBELIEVABLE Yes it has finally happened, although I thought it would be a while yet before these ‘dramatic’ measures started! In conversation with a company this morning, he made me aware that several household name high street retailers have been recently approached by multiple professional level job seekers offering their services for free. They offer to [...]
Take cover my friends
Feeling gloomy this morning. That budget – oh dear… The last time interest rates were closest to where they are now and incidentally that was before living memory, two years later the interest rate was 25%. The last time they were at 5% (not to long ago), two years later they were at 15%… The general election is next [...]
Job Seeker’s Allowance – review
A review of arguments for and against raising the value of Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA). With unemployment rising steadily for the first time since the early 1990s, the adequacy of JSA (the social security benefit paid to people who are unemployed and looking for work) is a matter of acute importance. Taking account of inflation, [...]
Pirate Bay Verdict – films are off the menu chaps..
Four men behind the Swedish-based file-sharing website The Pirate Bay have been found guilty of breaking copyright law. Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde were each sentenced to a year in jail. They were also ordered to pay 30m kronor (£2.4m) in damages. The Pirate Bay founders have said they will [...]
I’m not sure if I have mentioned that I am on TWITTER . But I just thought I would create a post dedicated to it. I signed up for twitter about 2 months ago, and now use it everyday. I have installed WITTY on my PC which is great if you want to use a service that you can minimise in [...]
VAT ‘boosts sales’
Cut in VAT ‘boosts retail sales’ The government’s much-criticised cut in VAT is working and has led to a big boost in consumer spending, according to a leading economics consultancy. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) says that the cut, which took effect on 1 December 2008, has led to £2.1bn of extra [...]
