frugalstar

There is some seasonal inflation this time of year. Employees will normally want to wait until after Christmas to move roles. This means less people about and also employers, like myself, will get desperate if they absolutely have to fill a role and pay a little extra. Having said that I filled a role at my previous company for an Internet Manager no problem last November for £30k and I am struggling to get the same calibre of candidate at the moment at that price, I have been recruiting for about 4 weeks. £35k is looking like a more realistic figure. Junior Web developers are looking at £25k rather than £20-22k a year ago and all the Head's of IT and IT Manager roles I look for myself are certainly paying more than they were a year ago, £50-£65k roles are far more common than they were 12 months ago.

Who is this stupid bint? Pauline who? I thought the presenter was quite bearish.

Good article. I like this ..."watching a consumerist circus that has precious little to do with you"

Why the negativity??? I love France. Both Normandy and Brittany will be lovely. I disagree about the weather as well. I personally think they have slightly crisper winters and longer sunnier hotter summers. It'll be lovely. The point about the airlines is a good one. You should never have any problems with the nuber of boats foing accross.

The corresponding comments are overwhelmingly bearish... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml.../ublview128.xml "I say bring it on. The sooner it happens, the sooner these obscene house prices will come down to levels that the average time buyer can afford. I am 25, an above average earner, and am simply not prepared to sign my life away to purchase a Beirut shoebox for the next 25 years. Fortunately, I have an Economics degree and I can see through the all the hype that this debt fuelled madness has created. Most people don't have this benefit, but then again, why should they need it just to save themselves from this insanity? Lets have the recession, flush out the materialism, footballers wife aspirations and rediscover our values of prudence and thrift."

Watch him get squeezed and squeezed and eventually thrown out of the party, like Clare Short. WHy don't MP's have any balls anymore?

Hi Jason, This is the story that was number 2 yesterday. And in the economy section as well... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6068316.stm Restricted time is a nonsense article when this shit was up there. This is a nothing story (compared to the other).

I think Jason said yesterday that this story did not make it on the BBC website. I checked yesterday and it was not there. What was there however (the second story on the Your Money and Economy sections of the Business area) was that Scottish House prices were rising at twice the rate of English house prices. Now what is, or should be more important to the British people? If ever there was evidence that the SCOTTISH FAT GAY *****'S brother was manipulating strings at the BBC this is it.

Just saw a bit on the BBC news about a life prolonging cance drug that has been rejected by NICE. Get this though...they have it in Scotland! Of course they do.

I love RB. Leave him alone. Keep at it RB.

If Brown appoints 4, and "the Queen" aka Brown another three, who appoints the other two?

It's weird that the 36-45 group want ot leave more than the early 20's I tell you the 20's generation has given up hope of ever having any sort of life. The late 30/early 40 group are the ones sitting pretty (generally) and the ones doing all the moaning.

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I would have thought that most people aspire to move out of Slough. When people aspire to live in Slough, you know everything is CRAZY!

Hi Risk, Can you elaborate on this, please? Thanks

Of course when the Bulls say you can't compare the US and the UK they are right. The UK housing market is 10 times more ridiculous. Thanks to Kris who just showed us all what you can get for $250,000 in Liverpool (not even centre): http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-526...=1&tr_t=buy It's a bargain.

Without doubt, these things never fail to make me crack up. They are always my favourite threads. The toilet, the shed, the numerous caravans. What is the world coming to indeed. This is a garage.

What is the current annualized rate and what is the best source to look at this information? Thanks.

Why do people have to use anecdotal information based on people they know to generalize about a whole generation NOT having financial responsibility?

Why will there be a drop in stamp next year? Have I missed something? Are boundaries being moved? Or do you mean if there is a HPC?

Anecdotally unfortunately...I always buy sub £1000 cars and there are more around that are better quality than ever. I can't tell yoiu about better cars though, which is what most MEWers buy (ie. brand new).

You need a graph of population.

I was thinking the other day that I am sure Channel 4 have less property shows on now, maybe some repeats. Channel 4 seems far more in touch with the people on the ground, and seems to lead the way over other TV channels. Where Channel 4 created property porn, BBC followed. The BBC still has property shows on in the morning, are they behind again? Have channel 4 noted the change in sentiment??? BTW anecdote I was in a massive DFS and Harveys this afternoon and I was the only customer in there. Great discounts as well. Has everyone run out of money?

this article is just another subliminal message to those that dont have any property that there is a shortage. Quick, quick buy buy. Do not trust anything in the Times. It always has a (not so) hidden agenda.

Sorry this bit made me laugh. I regularly go mental at my parents for equally stupid comments and irrationally go crazy. I think they think I'm crazy. They say, "calm down, it's only a house. Your so angry." GGGggggrrrr. Thanks for the laugh. Looks like I'm not alone.