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[tidla]

Viewing the recently posted piccies of a 2007 meet got me thinking of how times have changed over these recent times financially and otherwise.

Work situation for most being the main change, your experiences??

[cem_devecioglu]

food prices , especially veggies and fruits increased more than double and weekly shopping costs really considerable amount.. so we start to check refrigerator before shopping and make an initial list..
or we loose control

[doz]

Work's still steady I'm one of the lucky ones. My mates business is struggerling, another friend lost his job but did manage to find another without to much difficulty (pretty specialist field) and friends Dad got taken for a lot of money when a firm went under without paying him. He may now lose his pub as he's seen takings drop as well. So yep it's pretty pants out there if you want a job

[Nickbat]

Funnily enough, I was clearing out my email inbox yesterday. I keep business ones for years, but need to have a clear out occasionally.

I came across this:

This is your petrol prices update from www.petrolprices.com.  Your current
settings are to receive e-mail updates .


5 cheapest stations within 2 miles of "XXX XX" for Unleaded...
---------------------------------------------
Station : Shell Mill Hill, Barnet Way, Mill Hill, London
Brand   : Shell
Distance: 0.74 miles
Price   : 87.9p
Updated : 11-03-2007

 

[paul.lovejoy]

main change for me is work its been very slow and the prices are well down . in honesty earning now what i did 15 years ago but things seem to be picking up. I do think the building trades have been breaked over the years with so many regulations, H&S issues and gen standard of apprenterships etc

The foriegn workers have not helped sure credit to them they work hard for little money but uk residents can not work for that sort of money the bills would not get paid

fortunatley i have a good name and some regular clients that have kept me going but seen so many good trades men leave the industry

anyway if i say anymore it will be an Albs party political braodcast

[Elite Pete]

Viewing the recently posted piccies of a 2007 meet got me thinking of how times have changed over these recent times financially and otherwise.

Work situation for most being the main change, your experiences??

Couldn't agree more. At the time of the 2007 meet I was earning a very good wage, I was married and had no worries. Now i'm on the bones of my arse and divorced  but the only way is up as they say, just wish it would hurry up

[belldarr]

My monthly fuel bill is nearly as much as my mortgage!

Darren,

[albitz]

Was earning almost double what Im earning now.Now earning the same as I was earning 20 years ago,with a very noticeable fuel bill for commuting,which I never had before.
On the bright side - I used to feel phsically sick when I got up to go to work in the morning.Now I dont mind it at all. Just feel sick when I feel brave enough to look at the bank balance.

[paul.lovejoy]

Was earning almost double what Im earning now.Now earning the same as I was earning 20 years ago,with a very noticeable fuel bill for commuting,which I never had before.
On the bright side - I used to feel phsically sick when I got up to go to work in the morning.Now I dont mind it at all. Just feel sick when I feel brave enough to look at the bank balance.

or the mirror

[albitz]

Far cough fat bloke.

[tunnie]

Was a student at Uni then, now doing rather well in a well known TV broadcasting company, learnt to snowboard, ride a motorbike, travelled to some fantastic destinations abroad, bought a flat in London, met MrsT!

So quite a few changes 

[paul.lovejoy]

Far cough fat bloke.

pmsl you do make i laugh lover

[Rods2]

main change for me is work its been very slow and the prices are well down . in honesty earning now what i did 15 years ago but things seem to be picking up. I do think the building trades have been breaked over the years with so many regulations, H&S issues and gen standard of apprenterships etc

The foriegn workers have not helped sure credit to them they work hard for little money but uk residents can not work for that sort of money the bills would not get paid

fortunatley i have a good name and some regular clients that have kept me going but seen so many good trades men leave the industry

anyway if i say anymore it will be an Albs party political braodcast

Good luck when this kicks in:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/9150760/Health-and-safety-inspectors-to-charge-256-an-hour-to-tell-companies-what-theyre-doing-wrong.html

[cem_devecioglu]

Was earning almost double what Im earning now.Now earning the same as I was earning 20 years ago,with a very noticeable fuel bill for commuting,which I never had before.
On the bright side - I used to feel phsically sick when I got up to go to work in the morning.Now I dont mind it at all. Just feel sick when I feel brave enough to look at the bank balance.

not different here.. fuel costs not that huge (I dont drive miggy everyday) but weekly shopping costs doubled open a big hole in budget.. I must eat less  

[Rods2]

Been a big struggle since the recession, but things are very slowly improving.

This country is facing ever increasing cheap competition from abroad with software development as code can be developed and uploaded to a server from anywhere in the world. More and more companies are realizing they can save development costs by doing this.

There are several major global project / developer matching websites, where going rates are $10-20 per hour, with money being safely held in escrow accounts, until the customer accepts the milestone or the completed software. These sites are dominated by Indian, South American and East European developers as they can afford to work for these hourly rates.

In 20 years time I think UK software development will be as common as UK shipyards building merchant vessels. There will still be small niche suppliers like their are for boats, but that's all.

This is also reflected that the UK's global percentage of computer games developed here, has been and is continuing to decline. The main countries benefiting from this are France and Canada due to large tax breaks and new studios (many owned or part owned by the big publishers) in Eastern Europe, South America and some Asian countries.