Deepinvet:
I don’t know about Hanson shutting factories down, but I do know they have or did have a massive recruitment drive on for class 1 drivers, which is now nearlly finished, and they’re still using subbies and franschies to deliver because the demand is still there.
They did shut down the block plant at St Ives, but they openend a brand new bigger one at Whittlesey, so read into that what you want.
There is a huge construction project getting bigger by the day down in sw london…Olympics.
New shopping centers being built, one at Bradford, one near the dog track in London(can’t think of the name at the moment) they are by just one company Westfield They have just built the HUGE shopping center in Derby.
Can’t beleive some people still blame Thatcher, they probably don’t remember the ■■■ the country was in before she brought in the Iron Fist to sort out the mess we were in…Oh dear I think this thread might now get political sorry guys.
We could do with a recession to bring house prices down a bit, the younger generation today don’t stand a chance to buy their own homes.
It’s all to do with economics, we (the country) need to bring things down to a more realistic level, it was a bit like this in the late 80s, my mortgage went from 3% to 15% in a very short space of time, a real bummer but we survived…Just. My interest rate now is…0%…no mortgage.
Just got to get rid of the kids now, one down one to go…
Things are hard at the moment but they WILL get better…sooner or later
I agree, it will get better, but, not just yet…
Hanson still need their trucks to be driven, the subbies will feel the pinch first.
The block plant has been replaced by a bigger and better one, saving money in the long run, if you read other comments, the Tarmac silo job has gone quiet aswell.
Ive seen a number of sites [houses] stop work, there is
nt the demand at the moment, your point about Westfield, is correct, but, they build shopping centres, not houses.
House building is a barometer, there are other signs to look out for, like car sales, these have been on their arse for a while aswell.
The big “projects” will still be built, for the moment, when they stop, then we are in big trouble.
The Olympics is a bit of a red herring regarding the economy, it will be built come what may
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