Tiesto
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire
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Bored at work with nothing to do 
Design residential estates and basically house builders have just stopped building , laying off staff etc. Not good
Anyone else struggling under the current climate?
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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Small noticeable change in reduction of new connections but otherwise no
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Got an email about a supplier increasing prices due to the cost of steal. Some racking has gone up 22% 
But apart from that, the racking/warehouse/logistics industry doesn't seem too bad. We're as busy as ever at work.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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*steel
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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Yeh I work for an investment bank, lots of lay offs etc, luckily I work for one of the areas that's still making money.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
*steel
I fear I may be getting layed off now
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Not yet, but I doubt next years uptake will be brilliant with the increased cost of living. I work for a private school.
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
Location: Plymouth
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work in mobile phone industry. i have found work has quietened down a bit but just means i have to work harder to get the sales. all good though
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
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Originally posted by Robbo
*steel
I fear I may be getting layed off now
*laid
If the criteria for laying off staff is spelling then you're fucked 
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Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Stafford
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Yep. Not majorly though yet, still, won't be long until there is nothing to do. Work for DHL btw, on behalf of Argos, so if more and more people stop buying, the more chance there is of people being laid off..
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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My spelling is shocking today
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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Almost as bad as my typing usually is
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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All the governments fault 
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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I work for a massive retail chain, so no 
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Tiesto
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire
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All started across the pond in the good ol' USA, just unbelievable how reliant our economy is on theirs and doom mongering has fired the flames even more!
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Tiesto
All started across the pond in the good ol' USA, just unbelievable how reliant our economy is on theirs and doom mongering has fired the flames even more!
Thats a very one dimensional view of events
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Tiesto
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
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Originally posted by Tiesto
All started across the pond in the good ol' USA, just unbelievable how reliant our economy is on theirs and doom mongering has fired the flames even more!
Thats a very one dimensional view of events
Yes it is, but i want someone to blame
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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Meh, I can't think of anyone better to blame than George Bush
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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I'm an Estate Agent 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
Location: south wales Drives: astra sri ecoflex
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work in retail
still getting steady year on year growth in sales and making plenty of profit on the lines we push
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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dont think we are affected quite busyish at the moment.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
I'm an Estate Agent
*hugzzz*
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Rob E
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Registered: 1st Jan 06
Location: Madeley, Stafford....I want to live back in Wales!
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Before I left work for my op we had slowed down considerably. We had been silly busy for the year up until then. It might have picked up in the past couple of weeks though
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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My dad is hugely affected being a bricklayer. He has had to lower rates for the men that work for him and everything. Not good times. He is pricing up a whole site very very keenly, then being asked to drop it 9%. It then works out he has done all the brick and block work of the site for less than what 1 house retails at
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Tiesto
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
My dad is hugely affected being a bricklayer. He has had to lower rates for the men that work for him and everything. Not good times. He is pricing up a whole site very very keenly, then being asked to drop it 9%. It then works out he has done all the brick and block work of the site for less than what 1 house retails at
Yea my mate is a roofer and he's actually not had any work come through for about a month now
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