Malthus Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 friend works in shop there - victoria squarevery quiet 7/8 shops closed since opening. lots of flats for sale there............ went for a walk round there on a few weeks ago , lovely place but not many shoppers about. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/loc...t-14269906.html Northern Ireland’s credit card debt level has tipped over the £1bn mark. The alarming statistic — which has been derived from an overall UK figure revealed by the Credit Action charity — equates to around £1,600 for every household here. and VI's talk of green shoots , the pain has only begun imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malthus Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_irelan...est/8014531.stm Quinn Cement factories in Fermanagh and Cavan are to close for a month due to a drop in demand. 65 workers in Derrylin and Ballyconnell have been told not to return to work until mid-May. In a statement, Quinn Cement said the production of bulk cement was suspended because storage facilities at the plant had reached full capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malthus Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_irelan...est/8019154.stm County Fermanagh insurance magnate Sean Quinn has suffered one of the biggest losses in wealth on this year's Sunday Times Rich List. His family's fortune has dropped £1,435m (38%) to £2,295m, although they stay second on the overall Irish list. Bad year but not exactly skint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getdoon_weebobby Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Bad year but not exactly skint save that for next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talksalot81 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 A 5 hour trip... methinks somebody has forgotten that petrol also costs money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malthus Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8061522.stm Workers at County Antrim engineering firm FG Wilson are to be laid off without pay on a temporary basis.A spokesman said the lay offs were being made to avoid redundancies and would take effect on 1 June to match production time to demand. Imo this could be the start of the next wave of economic bad news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talksalot81 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Imo this could be the start of the next wave of economic bad news We have had all the bad news already. There are green shoots everywhere so people are kidding themselves waiting for housing to go down further. Buy now or lose out - fact. i just wanted to know what it was like to post a load of crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malthus Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 We have had all the bad news already. There are green shoots everywhere so people are kidding themselves waiting for housing to go down further. Buy now or lose out - fact.i just wanted to know what it was like to post a load of crap You had me going there , thought a bull had a gun to your head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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subby Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 We have had all the bad news already. There are green shoots everywhere so people are kidding themselves waiting for housing to go down further. Buy now or lose out - fact.i just wanted to know what it was like to post a load of crap I must say I was like..."Talks....wtf????" then I scrolled down a bit more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talksalot81 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Posting the latter statement on MSE could have made me feel like I was holidaying in Pamplona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul65 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/loc...4240.html?r=RSSConstruction outlook remains gloomy for northern ireland The full report form the RICS is here: http://www.rics.org/NR/rdonlyres/CE7DE632-...urveyQ12009.pdf Also as a side issue BBC Good Morning Ulster tomorrow will be coming from Mid-Ulster (Magherafelt) as a special programme related to the effect of the economic downturn on the construction and related sectors. Might be worth tuning in to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul65 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Foster's handling of slowdown over first year faces scrutiny - From yesterday's Irish Times BELFAST BRIEFING: Businesses in Northern Ireland are going bust faster than at any other period in the last decade, writes FRANCESS McDONNELL .THE NORTHERN Ireland Minister Arlene Foster is not someone who, as they say in the North, has her troubles to seek. Today she celebrates her first anniversary as the Minister with responsibility for enterprise, trade and investment – and what a year it has been for her. In the last 12 months, unemployment has soared to a high of 49,000 people. The rate of joblessness has accelerated from 4.6 per cent to the current rate of 6.1 per cent. According to recent figures from advisers PricewaterhouseCoopers, businesses are currently going bust in Northern Ireland at a faster pace than at any other period over the last decade. It is not, of course, Arlene Foster’s fault that she was handed the poison chalice of Economy Minister just as the global economy nosedived into a deep recession. There is nothing the Minister or her officials could have done to influence global macroeconomic issues. But there are a lot of questions about how well Foster and her team have managed the economic slowdown on home turf. The full article is here: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/financ...4248422450.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 Foster's handling of slowdown over first year faces scrutiny - From yesterday's Irish Times This demonstrates the pointless waste of money the assembly is. MLAs are like fleas on a dogs back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talksalot81 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I'm looking for jobs at the moment and I have to say I have given up on NI. We just do not have any real industry. There are the odd few technical type jobs but they are typically underpaid, lacking in security and almost exclusively without any real longer term career. I knew in my heart that NI wasn't in great shape but the economy lacks any real external income - we spend on importing items, we spend making jobs for ourselves but there is no money coming in. We are just going ever deeper into a hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock-n-Roll Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business...r-14340252.html"Bloodbath looms in Northern Ireland's public sector Not a lot of sympathy in the comments. feck doccy you got me rantin again! visited a local gov dept yesterday to try and sort out some mind numbing red tape walked through security where 2 officers were so engrossed in their crosswords if i had been bin laden with an AK+RPG i doubted they would have batted an eyelid there were 3 receptionists 2 were so busy discusing their mammies problems i didnt even register with them! the third just managed to lift her finger to point me at a book to sign in without distracting her from her book! the dpt had been open 3 hours i was the 3rd name in the book! overworked or what? finally found who i was looking for who was actually very helpfull though i was distracting her from her facebook she could not answer my question but was able to phone someone who could so a better result than usual! why does this annoy the hell out of me? well my family and i for our sins are heavily involved with a very well known charity who provide palliative care for terminally ill patients in their own home the nurses pay comes 50% from the charity and 50% from the health board which is very fair i think as it frees up a lot of hospital beds for the board the board has just cut its budget for this service in half for this year! need i say more? rock on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/loc...8229.html?r=RSS4 restaurants in Victoria Square close this week The elephant is turning whiter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talksalot81 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/loc...8229.html?r=RSS4 restaurants in Victoria Square close this week VS is a flagship project and the confidence displayed by those with a stake in it is demonstrative of why NI will weather the financial storm without any real loss. ps. that is what i was told some months ago.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock-n-Roll Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 VS is a flagship project and the confidence displayed by those with a stake in it is demonstrative of why NI will weather the financial storm without any real loss.ps. that is what i was told some months ago.... and just looook at the architecture you philistines! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8114977.stm rock on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malthus Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 and just looook at the architecture you philistines!http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8114977.stm rock on! all very nice , but what's it good for , VS reminds me of the Millenium Dome in London fantastic design but useless for it's original purpose , anyone got any good ideas what to turn VS into ? I'll start the ball rolling , how about a new college campus instead of wasting money building one in TQ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Use it to store rubbish instead of digging more landfill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 ... how about a new college campus instead of wasting money building one in TQ ? Nice suggestion, however it looks like there is going to be no need of more campus space anytime soon... Belfast Telegraph - Queen’s to confirm over 100 redundancies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talksalot81 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Nice suggestion, however it looks like there is going to be no need of more campus space anytime soon...Belfast Telegraph - Queen’s to confirm over 100 redundancies Could have been worse though... I will be interested to see who gets the 'kick'... Only moderately related, jobs general. NI is one thing and UK is another. I have been applying into the energy sector - the jobs have been advertised until relatively recently but the most recent 'drive' has led to a lot of 'posts on hold'. Given this is a strong growth area, I am a bit fearful... not least since i cant find another job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasian Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8115683.stm 100 jobs probably to go in Newry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock-n-Roll Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 i have watched the main street of a local town over the years it always seem to do pretty good business in the good old days there was numerous factories surrounding it now none that i am aware of ! but that was more than made up by the construction boom it laid claim to be the fastest growing town in the north for a few years the council now said it had become a great dormitory town to live in and to satisfy the new consumers the council bent over backwards to accomodate a brash new tesco last couple of years i have watched numerous shops on the high st shut some to be replaced by charity shops now i have seen something that i would never have dreamt of a brand new pawn shop!!!!!!!!!! progress???? yes i know name that town! BallyNOmoney!!!!!!!!!!!! rockon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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