RPI falls to 3.9%

MrRee_2

Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation - including mortgage interest payments - fell to 3.9% from 4.8%.

What a staggering drop - in just 1 month!

CPI down, also .... but Hamish has reported on that.

REJOICE - this is just the start 2012 needed to fire off what will be a brilliant year for the winners amongst us!!

We'll get the usual negative losers posting their doom and gloom - but we shall shine through their dismal attitudes ..... ON AND UPWARDS!!

Generali

If nothing else your unremitting positivity is refreshing.

paulmapp8306

Um - still double wage rises though (and many get no rises) so were still all getting poorer.

Oh well.

MrRee_2

I'm going to bottle it and give it away.

There are some on here who really need something to cheer them up - they are so miserable, I can only shudder at how sad their little lives must be

MrRee_2

paulmapp8306 wrote: »

Um - still double wage rises though (and many get no rises) so were still all getting poorer.

Oh well.

That's a sweeping statement which certainly does not apply to everyone.

In my business we cannot get people to join us, just not the skills out there .... so, we pay big increases year on year just to keep what we have. It's desperate.

nicko33

MrRee wrote: »

In my business we cannot get people to join us, just not the skills out there ....

What skills are you looking for?
Sitting around spamming internet forums?
You do have a certain skill in that area, but I'm sure you're not the only one.

MrRee_2

Nuclear Physics .... and Nuclear Engineering and Science .... if you can fulfil these duties please get in touch with me.

The starting pay is low, I'm afraid, at around £50k - but it soon grows into something worth talking about.

paulmapp8306

Granted - BUT for more than 50% of the population - and therfore the majority (and why my statement is valid), wage raises are below 2% if anything at all.

Ill be looking for a new job soon - well 12-18 months, so hope i find a company like yours.

paulmapp8306

Had to laugh Mr Ree. thats a very specialised area - no wonder you struggle to find new people.

id love to work in that area, but unfortuntely my lowly electrionics background isnt going to cut it.

ILW

MrRee wrote: »

Nuclear Physics .... and Nuclear Engineering and Science .... if you can fulfil these duties please get in touch with me.

The starting pay is low, I'm afraid, at around £50k - but it soon grows into something worth talking about.

I could do that, and happy to come in on a 12 month trial contract. When can I start?

ILW

I suppose BoE should be pleased with themselves at only being around 100% over target. Bonuses all round.