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Archive for July 2010Amazing What Some Can Do With Just The Threat of Strike Action11/07/2010 by TonyM.
BT and the Communication Workers Union have reached a deal whereby workers will receive a 9.3 per cent pay rise over 39 months. This is a 3 per cent rise per year. Most workers in this country at the moment are being layed off or having to accept a 3 per cent reduction in wages. It’s amazing what you can do collectively with just the threat of strike action. Come on David, wheel out Margaret to sort out these greedy unions. Posted in Finance | 2 Comments » House Prices - Who do You Believe? - Part 208/07/2010 by Dandy.
Nationwide Building Society said that house prices rose by 0.1% in June, but now the Halifax says that UK house prices have fallen slightly in the early summer compared with the start of the year . . . what does this all mean??? Posted in Finance | 1 Comment » More Strikes?05/07/2010 by JohnBuck.
Here we go again, more disgruntled workers not happy with just having a job. I thought this strike thing ended with Thatcherism. Apparently BT could face strike action from 50,000 employees over a pay dispute when the result of a ballot is known later today. With recent strikes from The Post Office and British Airways I feel like we have gone back to the eighties! Posted in Finance | 3 Comments » Green Energy Jobs04/07/2010 by JohnB.
Obama is about to give two US solar energy companies nearly $2 billion in loan guarantees, when will this Coalition government do the same or similar. In April this year, before the election, Nick Cleg said that ’creating jobs by making Britain greener’ was one of the party’s four key campaign themes. The Lib Dem manifesto promised a green stimulus plan that would create 100,000 jobs, among other things. There has been no talk of this at all by the Coalition so far, will it be forgotten? Posted in Finance | 2 Comments » Kwik-Fit Insurance goes to Belgium02/07/2010 by admin.
Kwik-Fit has just agreed a deal to sell its insurance arm to Belgian insurer Ageas for £215m. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, should be completed in the next three months. It will give Ageas 600,000 more customers in the United Kingdom, on top of the one million it already has. Kwik-Fit is currently owned by French private equity group PAI Partners. Posted in Finance | 2 Comments » |
