House Building, Breakfast Cereal And Football

摘要

Summertime - but the living is far from easy. You cant pick up a newspaper or click online without reading stories of economic doom and gloom.rnEarly July was particularly stark, with bad news in the house-building market; Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Bovis and Redrow all announcing significant job losses. Housing starts and completions are expected to continue to fall this year and perhaps into 2009. The knock-on effect is, of course, to the many contractors and material suppliers.rnThe British Chambers of Commerce, which surveyed around 5000 businesses recently on the economy, has been the first organisation to use the 'R' word. While UK growth is undoubtedly slowing, a recession can still be avoided with careful management.