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Dairy Farmers are not 'milking it'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33844317 It's clearly tough times for many dairy farmers. It's actually been tough for quite a while. Stories of economic struggles like this will come and go, but there is a deeper process of change going on (info courtesy of The Eye). Dairy farming has been going through a process of…
Statistics
https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/hadoken-24.jpg
Fergus Wilson Genius or a Couple of Sandwiches short of a Picnic You Decide
Just stumbled upon this little gem of a thread on Property Tribes and though it deserved to be shared :grin: http://www.propertytribes.com/fergus-wilson-what-will-do-get-your-property-t-12377.html It provides an interesting insight into the mind of the Legendary Fergus Wilson. So is this guy a genius that deserves his…
Shipping Containers homes really an affordable means of housing?
Thought of building a shipping container home using reasonable containers available at E&S.
Hello, I will be your servant :D
hmmm http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Business/IHG-trials-robot-server-at-Crowne-Plaza I guess if you cannot import cheap labour from other countries, there are always other solution before employing the local youngsters! Given that speedy checkin is already here... Would you mind?
Concrete over the greenbelt. Generation Rent is at breaking point
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/05/generation-rent-concrete-over-green-belt-renting Not popular with these guys. Who are 7000% more likely to care about butterflies in Bletchley and cat charities than desperate young renters Not popular with Rupert and Camilla, for whom the countryside is a giant tax…
where have all those threads gone?
ONS Statistics
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-analysis/housing-statistics-portal/housing-summary-measures/rpt.html The above may be of interest to those interested in housing statistics. I have not seen it mentioned on the site, apologies if it has.
A new dawn - the post bail-out Greece thread.
The only way is up http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33754005 So the Greek stockmarket opens today, with shares expected to drop 20% on opening admist fears about Greeces economy. A buying opportunity or stay well away?
Savings buffer - makes sense but how to incentivise?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33791140 Loads of debt sob stories start with 'the car broke down' or 'my boiler broke'. Obviously those who have the foresight to have a small savings pot manage, those who don't can easily end up in a spiral of pay day loans and even food banks. What can be done to incentivise savings…
Immigration
Corbyn promises 'radical reboot' of council house building to tackle housing crisis
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jeremy-corbyn-promises-radical-reboot-6202338 … and some Tories are cynically joining Labour and voting for Corbyn in the cynical view he's unelectable. Could they end up kicking themselves. If Corbyn is unelectable it's only because of the mass media propaganda against him, and that's…
Britain needs more slums - Adam Smith Institute
I have a horrible feeling some people on here might actually agree with this. I thought the headline was from the Mash or Thump to start with. Obviously designed to get noticed. http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/planning-transport/britain-needs-more-slums/ Obviously it's beyond the Adam Smith's conception that the housing…
Nationwide July 2015 +0.4% MoM +3.5% YoY
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/~/media/MainSite/documents/about/house-price-index/Jul_2015.pdf Good news all around I'd say. No longer the silly HPI we saw in the first half of 2014, but now stabilising in line with earnings. :)
In other Sovereign Default News
Puerto Rico’s Governor Says Island’s Debts Are ‘Not Payable' The problem Puerto Rico (which means Prostitute Rice in Spanish I think even if Wikipedia reckons it means Rich Port. As if!) has is that their constitution states that they must pay their debts before paying any other costs. That means that if they try to…
Greedy baby boomers lead rise in fraud against vulnerable parents
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article4516442.ece I would imagine many 'boomers' have done quite nicely without having to resort to stealing from their elderly parents. I hope these offenders get the same treatment from their children :mad:
Corbyn vs The Donald, who is the most toxic to their party?
Tata steel going under
Strong pound doesn't help, cheap imports from China don't either but biggest hindrance is electricity costs as a result of the carbon floor (green) tariff A case of nationalisation? A case for tracking and cheap energy? A case for abolishing silly green energy taxes? What say yee socialists? 30000 jobs to go What would the…
Majority of houses more affordable than in 1997
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/11779093/Affordable-homes-crisis-What-affordable-homes-crisis.html Needless to say, this hasn't gone down well on another 'certain' website!
The Economics of Star Trek and Scarce Scarcity
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-03/star-trek-economy-and-life-after-the-dismal-science Well worth a read as if we can get renewable energy right, a lack of scarcity is a very real prospect.

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