Discounts fail to lift July sales

lostinrates

South west....:)

Generali

Just a quick point on the inflation numbers again.

From June - July 2007, we had 'deflation' (a one off statistical oddity) which will have added to the latest YoY figures. July-Aug 2007 we had a rise in the price level of 0.6% which will have to be matched next month for inflation to stay at the same level.

Now utility bills rising were calculated to be likely to add 1% to inflation over the course of the next 12 months according to a research note from one of the big Investment Banks. An awful lot of that rise has to come this month to keep inflation at its current rate.

ManAtHome

But there was another "one-off" blip august to september 07, so maybe a "flation go down, flation go up" autumny kinda thing..?

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

Did try and reply to this before...but...

I live in a farming community, mainly livestck, but in this little pocket of mainly livestock farming there is a predominance bucking the local trend and my.....................

thanks for that, I learn something new very day on here.

If I could upturn my life tomorrow, I would plonk it down in Dorset, near Chesil Beach.......but no way possible for a few years.

moanymoany

On the 'Mother Earth' site they said that buckwheat is an easy crop, easy to harvest and to use. Must say I don't fancy grinding enough for four loaves - out in the backyard with my querns - building up Mario muscles!

It is eaten more in Continental Europe than here. Usually made into pancakes - the ones that aren't crepes!!!!

Generali

!!!!!!? wrote: »

No ****** way am I going to be a good little prole and show 'restraint' for the so-called greater good when I've been shafted all the way down the line to bail out the greedy financiers and incompetent over-spending government. Thanks to those money grabbing gits taxing my savings, the interest on the cash that I've already earned and paid tax on won't even compensate for the chronically under-estimated official **CPI** figure!

Why on earth should I accept also being made poorer by sapping the earning power of my monthly wages?

You may have little choice. Average incomes are now falling in real terms.

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=10

If wages aren't rising it makes it terribly difficult to push through price rises as you will quickly find your customers can't afford what you're selling.