This has been a welcome long break over Christmas and New Year.
The changing face of the UK economy seems not to have dampened the spirits of those who went shopping after Christmas. There was, apparently, a 12% increase in retail footfall in the last week of December and on the few occasions I ventured out you could see this was the case. But what now?
The press predict doom and gloom and yet people I speak to have taken the attitude that they will continue pretty much as normal and keep their heads down. One of the most interesting aspects of the recession will be how our economy and employment is affected in comparison with previous recessions. Our economy has changed beyond recognition since the 20’s as we have moved from a manufacturing based economy to on e that operates in services and one cannot but wonder whether this might have an affect upon the way this recession is played out. The recession has come faster than other recessions and will it, as the Government hopes, recover faster? How will real peoples spending habits be affected – who knows!
Still, my new year is going to restart on Monday when I return to work. When I last looked I had 400 emails to deal with – an little junk!
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