Friday, Apr 23, 2010
ONE of Britain's oldest shoe stores has collapsed - putting nearly 1,750 jobs at risk.
The sun: Faith Shoes has collapsed
The collapse came as NORTHERN FOODS said it was closing a ready meals factory in Swansea - with the loss of 234 jobs.
Posted by mark @ 12:48 PM (1360 views) Add Comment
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1. quiet guy said...
Oh for Pete's sake! Are we going to be treated to a blow by blow account of every small to medium sized business failure?
2. mrflibble said...
Another one bites the dust...
3. mark said...
Sure thing quiet, as per your request the corner shop has just closed down with the loss of 2 jobs
4. Linuxgeek said...
Well, that's two in two days being blamed on Sainbury's renegotiating contracts.
5. Leicestersq said...
I hear that the police had paid upfront for a very large number of boots for officers patrolling the beat. These boots are now unlikely to be delivered.
Chief Constables have asked for urgent talks with the Home Office, as they are now unsure as to who is going to foot the bill.
6. titaniccaptain said...
Mark that was counterbalanced by my daughter just getting a job as a waitress on Sundays in the local pub. Whilst a friend of mine has done an extra shift per week packaging bits of fluff for people who like fluff.
7. titaniccaptain said...
So no real change in the unemployment figure.....
8. mark said...
Gordon Brown goes on a state visit to Israel . While he is on a tour of
> Jerusalem he suffers a heart attack and passes away. The undertaker
> tells the British Diplomats accompanying him, 'You can have him shipped
> home for £5,000,000, or you can bury him here, in the Holy Land , for
> just £100.'
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> The British Diplomats go into a corner and discuss for a minute. They
> come back to the undertaker and tell him they want Gordon shipped home.
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> The undertaker is puzzled and asks, 'Why would you spend £5,000,000 to
> ship him home, when it would be wonderful to be buried here and you
> would spend only £100? With the money you save you could help pay back
> some of the deficit, help pay for the Olympic Games or help the
> elderly'.
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> The British Diplomats replied, 'Long ago a man died here, was buried
> here, and three days later he rose from the dead. We just can't take
> the risk.'
9. alan_540 said...
Really? Oh, it's a joke...damn!
10. smugdog said...
"It's the reason I rise out of bed of a morning"
"Wake Up and Smell the Napalm...err...job losses"
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