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The Good (and not so bad) News Thread
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Monday 19/12/2011 - BAE awarded £40m contract for production of next generation aircrafts
Leading defence manufacturer British Aerospace systems (BAE) has been awarded at £40m contract to create the next generation of military aircraft technology by the Government. The move should help secure thousands of jobs held at the firm over the next 4 years.0 -
Wednesday 14/12/2011 - Morrisons to create 7,000 jobs in 2012
Retail giant Morrisons has announced today that it will create a further 7,000 jobs in 2012, citing aggressive growth plans at the FTSE 100 company.
The firm wants to open 25 new stores in the next year, creating a vast number of jobs and also plans to increase staff at its regional distribution centre in Bridgwater, which supplies South West England and South West Wales, by 300.
The news comes after the firm announced a 4.6% rise in sales over the quarter to 30th October.0 -
Tuesday 13/12/2011 - UK CPI and RPI Inflation fall in November
The UK measures of Inflation, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Retail Price Index (RPI) have both fallen. CPI fell to 4.8% from 5.0% and RPI fell to 5.2% from 5.4%, which is being accredited partly to a slowdown in the price rises of food and drink.
It is also expected that Inflation will fall sharply over the next few months as the VAT rise is factored out, closer to the Bank of England target rate of 2.0%.0 -
Well this thread is going to get precious few posts this year.
This threads been up for just over 2 hours, and we're north of 40,000 new jobs already.;)
But seriously, it's amazing how much good news there is out there that never gets posted on any of the boards here, let alone the doom mongering hotspots such as hpc.
No wonder so many of the bears suffer from 'confirmation bias'.:eek:“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Friday 09/12/2011 - Bellway order book grows by £18m
UK Housebuilder Bellway has revealed that its order book has grown to £458m in November, up from £440m last year. The FTSE 250 Constituent also stated that reservations were up by 14% compared to last year.0 -
Phew. That should be enough to get us started.
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Well done RM..... I suspect this will be a busy thread in 2012.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
RenovationMan wrote: »Phew. That should be enough to get us started.
Not enough to lift Devon from his gloom.Official MR B fan club,dont go............................0 -
Not enough to lift Devon from his gloom.
Are a few handpicked news articles enough for you to suggest the coast is now clear and the UK on the mend then?
Each to his own I guess.
Personally, I feel the weight of one single news article about the Euro is enough to outstrip any of these in terms of where they will send the overall economy. Call me a doom monger if you like. But that's just the way I see the weight of the articles.0 -
Its a start,it aint good out there,the Euro is out of our control.Official MR B fan club,dont go............................0
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