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Some of you will have noticed that Wifey has been away for most of this week.
Naga has been filming something for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two - it might be Eastenders, it might be a new property show; I wasn't really listening. We'll find out what it is on Monday. Entirely selfishly, it's a terrible combination: I'm working harder than I expected, and the programme isn't as much fun without her.
I might have cut a lonely figure on the sofa, but it would be wrong to say that I've been left alone. We presenters are merely a small part of the Working Lunch team, and everyone has been at their sparkling best this week.
Part of our job is to help you save money. Both Dominic and Gillian had plenty of tips - Dom on the cheapest way to get foreign money for your holidays, Gillian on how to cut hundreds of pounds off your gas and electricity bills. Producer Ben helped both gather the facts and figures.
We also like showing you how small businesses are beating the recession. We know many of you find it helpful to see how others are dealing with the problems you are facing too.
Simon went to a Portsmouth fish restaurant that's offering tasty treats to lure in new customers, while Rob was at a toy shop in Long Eaton that's puzzling out the threat and the opportunity presented by e-commerce. Our colleague Carolyn helped both with the stories, and our camera operators Eddie and Hume captured the moment.
On the side of hard-pressed savers, Simon discovered a new way to make your money earn more. The trick is - you don't put your cash in the bank, you SELL it to the bank instead.
And the Lord taketh away, the Lord giveth - wasn't it great to see Paddy O'Connell back on the programme? He had some splendid stories about people who've used redundancy as the springboard to revive their lives and start a new career. There's a lot of optimism and determination amid the economic doom and gloom, and we sometimes miss it in the media. Producer Ian found the uplifting tales.
There's also web producer Zoe who tirelessly tweets all the news from Working Lunch on every day.
And I read some words out loud.
If you missed any of this, don't forget our programmes are on the iPlayer for 7 days after transmission. Some of you can also see them on the replay service on your Virgin cable TV or on BT Vision.
Comment number 1.
At 8th May 2009, JamesStGeorge wrote:Oh dear! Why oh why do the prissy meddling do gooders mess about conning people with 'fair trade'. It is disgusting that chocolate brand selling us out, and letting foreign farmers own OUR share of the business chain, that feeds and keeps OUR people.
Here we have precious little basic raw materials, we live by the next part of the chain business, buying in raw materials and living on the added value in OUR markets of things we make from them.
So called 'fair trade' is just a biased middle rich class con game. Don't believe me? Well try finding 'fair trade' products to UK farmers! 'fair trade' Cereal, or bread, or sausages, from UK farmers who get a share of the up line processors profits. Fat chance. 'Fair trade' is a gimmick prejudicial against UK people whose work and added value they are stealing away to foreign people who already have all the raw material markets.
Never ever buy anything labelled 'fair trade'. It is damaging your job, or your people's job, or company profits, that would pay our pensions and the like that are misdirected abroad.
Drive the price of the beans down, I want my chocolate cheaper. Not more expensive just so foreign workers can get more able through better education etc. to compete with us for OUR livings.
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Comment number 2.
At 11th May 2009, Sue_Aitch wrote:He, DC, please get Ceefax page 227 updated soon!
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Comment number 3.
At 11th May 2009, JamesStGeorge wrote:The greed of that painter! What does he think he is an MP!
Sad such a greedy 'rights' exploiter just like the music and film industry, wanting paying endlessly for the same odd few hours work even gets any coverage. With the reported money he can get, not earn, seems we are still on the greed is good attitude. It appears the only reason for the piece was so a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ person got to meet someone they think famous.
Trailing the property new programme all over. How stupid are the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ that they seem to think the idea people do not want ever higher house prices is some new discovery? ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ news and the like has always arrogantly propagandised the idea low interest rates are 'good' and house price rises 'good'. When in the real world it is the complete opposite. ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ sites like Have Your Say keep displaying this to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ but the in house arrogance continues on blithely. 'Good news' rates have dropped, house prices may rise again soon, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ news presentation selfish interest?
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Comment number 4.
At 15th May 2009, JamesStGeorge wrote:Another week and no new blog entry!
Endowments, were obvious cons when they came out, so no real sympathy for those coming up short. Places were so keen to sell them obviously for the commission nothing else.
I suspect most of the modern fancy mortgages are designed to exploit people too. There should as of old be no choice on a mortgage, simple repayment ones as of old only. Pay more and shorten the term whenever you like. No interest only, no cheap start, no endowment, no nonsense stuff.
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Comment number 5.
At 2nd Jun 2009, JamesStGeorge wrote:Soon be a month and we may get an anniversary Blog post if you can tear yourselves away from Twrivita!
Paying children to stay at school? Why? They have no need of any money at all. They are their parent's responsibility to feed and clothe. Not ours. They have No need whatever for such vast sums being mentioned every week.
As for means testing basis considering 30k a year as in any way whatever suitable to get free hand outs is farcical. If stuck with such a disgusting hand out of our taxes to freeloaders the top earnings limit should be 5k a year at maximum.
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