UK Recovery Watch

**Aldo** · 11-03-2011, 05:46 AM

Microsoft promises 4,000 new UK jobs | News | PC Pro

John Lewis to create 4,300 jobs and pay 18% staff bonus - mirror.co.uk

News: Recruitment industry reports upturn in new placements - UK Net Guide

A long road ahead but news like this is always welcome and lifts every-ones spirits.

**Aldo** · 11-03-2011, 06:08 AM

Asda gets go-ahead for £778m takeover of Netto - Business News - Yorkshire Post

Plans for new Morrisons warehouse in Bridgwater approved (From This is The West Country)

Manchester greener homes scheme to create construction jobs :: North West News :: CareerStructure News

**RobWilliams** · 11-03-2011, 06:14 AM

Glad things are looking up for the UK. Can't understand sometimes when people seek to knock the country of their birth / where they grew up etc just because they've moved overseas. At the end of the day we all still have family friends back in the UK, so why wouldn't we want it to thrive, regardless of where we are now.

**Aldo** · 11-03-2011, 06:19 AM

Same here, I don't live in the UK but when i see the resilience and intuitive by the British people in these tough times it give me hope for the future of the country.
Sometimes it takes hard times to how great a country really is.
The knockers are just that (knockers) (*)(*)

**chris955** · 12-03-2011, 01:14 AM

That is all good news and there is in fact lots of good news, why some want to just fixate on the bad stuff to almost justify their move I really don't know.

**purple** · 12-03-2011, 02:21 AM

Originally Posted by RobWilliams

Glad things are looking up for the UK. Can't understand sometimes when people seek to knock the country of their birth / where they grew up etc just because they've moved overseas. At the end of the day we all still have family friends back in the UK, so why wouldn't we want it to thrive, regardless of where we are now.

I'll second that :)

**Aldo** · 16-03-2011, 07:21 AM

The report found that of the companies surveyed, roughly 44 per cent have reported an increase in revenue from 2009. Additionally, 36 per cent said that revenues stayed the same over the year.
"2010 was certainly a challenging year for many UK businesses, and the fact that 44 per cent of SMBs managed to grow their revenue in that climate is testament to the heroic mentality of many smaller businesses," the company said

Read more: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/20343...#ixzz1Gjyi8pwF

IMO the UK will pull through soon. There are no one like the Brits and their ‘true grit’ when they are down on there luck

Its one of the things that made the country so great.

**chris955** · 16-03-2011, 08:34 AM

Isn't it funny just how much good positive news there is out there if you care to look. Seems so much better to focus on the positives, not ignore the negatives but not dwell on them totally.