Not just a Recovery, an M&S Recovery...

Graham_Devon

lemonjelly wrote: »

Is that cos you've been rubbing your plums?

or

That's a new name for it...

I'll get me coat...

I'm rather keen on the idea of popping down to the cooking etc board and asking them about my hard plums

StevieJ

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8608661.stm



Nice to see consumers starting to spend again.

Over 3 times better growth than forecast.

M&S sales recovery very fragile, could be totally derailed by that 1% increase in NI as they have to lay off huge numbers of staff :eek:

fc123

StevieJ wrote: »

M&S sales recovery very fragile, could be totally derailed by that 1% increase in NI as they have to lay off huge numbers of staff :eek:

Loving the love-in between Hamish and Graham made me lol.
OK ancecdotal...consumers are deff on a consuming fest again.

The big floor I trade on was 25% up last week (on last year but, OK easter does affect figs, but not 25%) and other floors up 10-15% every week at the mo.
This is in an especially ''useless, pointless, needless'' sector (in Tin Foil Hat Terms0, so it may be a sign of 'good' news or signal a move away, for some of our population, from just essential spend to an increase in 'pointless, profligate, trivial ' spend?

fc123

StevieJ wrote: »

M&S sales recovery very fragile, could be totally derailed by that 1% increase in NI as they have to lay off huge numbers of staff :eek:

Watch out for more 'self serve' checkouts.

The whole Employers NI thing really winds me up TBH. Staff look at pay and take home but don't see that the employer has to add on a bit to give the Govt. just for employing them. Bluddy winds me up.
Do I sound like Mrs T?

Doh.....increase the costs of employing someone, chuck in some really dodgy rules that could end up at an expensive tribunal and what do you get? Small employers like me, working out ways to get the job done without employing directly. I have never, ever treated an employee of mine is a bad way or 'done them over' but one law affects all.

lemonjelly

fc123 wrote: »

Loving the love-in between Hamish and Graham made me lol.
OK ancecdotal...consumers are deff on a consuming fest again.

The big floor I trade on was 25% up last week (on last year but, OK easter does affect figs, but not 25%) and other floors up 10-15% every week at the mo.
This is in an especially ''useless, pointless, needless'' sector (in Tin Foil Hat Terms0, so it may be a sign of 'good' news or signal a move away, for some of our population, from just essential spend to an increase in 'pointless, profligate, trivial ' spend?[/QUOTE]

Interesting to compare this to the comments from some guy in the petrol industry on the news yesterday, reporting that forecourts are seeing reductions in incomes owing to people being a lot more careful about food expenditure.

Really2

lemonjelly wrote: »

Interesting to compare this to the comments from some guy in the petrol industry on the news yesterday, reporting that forecourts are seeing reductions in incomes owing to people being a lot more careful about food expenditure.

I know I only put a jam sandwich in the petrol tank this week.

lostinrates

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I'm rather keen on the idea of popping down to the cooking etc board a....

which board encompasses cooking? Old style? I wish we had an actual MSE cooking board. That would be useful.

StevieJ

fc123 wrote: »

Doh.....increase the costs of employing someone, chuck in some really dodgy rules that could end up at an expensive tribunal and what do you get? Small employers like me, working out ways to get the job done without employing directly. I have never, ever treated an employee of mine is a bad way or 'done them over' but one law affects all.

Interesting point from 'Dragon' James Caan on Newsnight, most of the 'captains of industry' that have come forward to support Georgie are in retail, most people in retail are paid less than 20k so most of their payroll is unaffected by the proposed NI increase.

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

which board encompasses cooking? Old style? I wish we had an actual MSE cooking board. That would be useful.

Loads of cooking advice, tips & recipes on old style lir. I've been on there quite a bit.

Very helpful community too.:)