Business Today

Dear Reader,

How are we today? Now, I am going to discuss something a little 'off the cuff' for me. I want to talk about the 'recession' and how it is affecting everyone. Why do I? Well quite simply because I find it hard to believe that most did not see it coming! I have only been in business for 6 years now and I am sure some would say I have quite an advantage on seeing what is going on before most as I answer the phones for such a diversity of companies. Even so, time has proven that for every boom there has to be a bust. Same as logic telling us that what goes up, must come down. The climate is not unsurprising at all as we have all been cohersed into becoming a nation of creditors. The banks gave away credit cards like they were sweets in a candy store even supplying them to people as young as 16! The suppliers of home furnishings gave the 'buy now pay 2010' and petrol and oil started to become a comodity worthy of fighting for, literally! While I am not a financial wizard by any means, I could see this 'accident' slowly happening before my very eyes and I am sure there are alot of others who could to. Then why did it not stop before it got to this point?

120 families loosing their homes every week, thousands of Polish immagrants sleeping on the streets, SME business' going bust as the fat cats drain any resources from our financial support systems and many families with parents unemployed over Xmas. Does this make you as angry as I am? I am sure it does. Can we do anything about it? Probably not. My business is slowly diminishing in size and profit but will the banks give me financial support to keep going, to keep providing an excellent service to industries who need our help to grow? Well I think we all know the answer to that one. Will they help out the banks and bigger organisations who need them, yes of course they will. I understand they need to keep the people employed and that is all good, but they need to trickle some of this 'help' to the smaller business who are just as much a back bone to this country as the larger ones.

And I haven't even touched on the other poor countries affected by this situation such as China, America, Germany, Iceland, Spain....the list is endless. All because the people who should have, didn't see it coming, when I did! Did you?

Shelley x

The Flu Strikes Again

Dear Reader,

I hope this finds you well and not suffering from this god awful flu that has hit nearly everyone I know including myself. In my last blog i spoke about the addiction of So.Me and certain platforms but when you don't feel well, they don't seem so important or even accessible. I stayed well clear for some of the 'bad days' whilst being invaded by the alien virus and am still here to tell the tale! See you can survive without socialising on the internet, but feeling like crap helps take your mind off it LOL!

I managed to feel better for my birthday which was yesterday but have for as many years I can remember been ill just before, on or after this occassion. What is that all about! Seriously thinking of changing my birth-day to a day in June, wonder what would happen then?

I would like to wish everyone who is not feeling 100% all the best and hope they recover to enjoy their Xmas. After all, it is just around the corner and personally I can't wait!

Shelley x