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Some good news..........some businesses are doing very well in the current climate
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21047652
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20992125
Looks like Deloitte and PWC is the place to be at the moment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20992125
Looks like Deloitte and PWC is the place to be at the moment.
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shortchanged wrote: »http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21047652
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20992125
Looks like Deloitte and PWC is the place to be at the moment.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
PDL not doing so bad either followed by bailiffs4u."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
Another three years of the coalition, god help the high street.0
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Another three years of the coalition, god help the high street.
Why should He? The recent explosive growth in the High street was based on consumer debt.
It should have been blinking obvoius back in 2008 that the high street was done for.
Its hardly a productive part of our economy anyway imho.0 -
I wonder what percentage of consumer spending has moved from the High Street to the internet over this past few years.
During this time I have purchased most of my white goods on the internet because of the price difference plus they get delivered to my door.0 -
Another three years of the coalition, god help the high street.
In what specific way is the coalition responsible for companies folding, having failed to adapt their business models sufficiently in the face of changing consumer trends ?No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0 -
GeorgeHowell wrote: »In what specific way is the coalition responsible for companies folding, having failed to adapt their business models sufficiently in the face of changing consumer trends ?
In the specific way that the "coalition" doesn't support the posters political affiliation or, possibly, favourite colour?0 -
I wonder what percentage of consumer spending has moved from the High Street to the internet over this past few years.
During this time I have purchased most of my white goods on the internet because of the price difference plus they get delivered to my door.
the internet still only accounts for about 10% of retail spending0
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