Are you worried yet.

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jasst

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Yes, good to hear you are on the mend.
I had it back in March and agree - nasty, thankfully for me the only lasting symptom is that I still don’t have the energy to help around the house ;)
That doesn't work for me, as I live on my own, oh well, will get cleaned one day :rolleyes:
 

RoaryRati

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Cough is still there and slowly getting worse, although the blood has gone, Test and trace are not worried about the cough, in fact they say I may have it for months, the advice from the Dr was to take Honey and Lemon to relieve the symptoms. Been on Paracetamol every four hours and keeping the fluid level up is about all you can do.
Try googling 'pep up tea' for a good recipe - but be careful with the cayenne pepper - it will get rid of most things!
 

CatmanV2

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Would be fascinated to see the maths behind that. The hospitalisations vs deaths seems somewhat out of kilter. Then next question would be 'how many deaths will there be because of lockdown'

Wonder if 'they' have genuinely started working it all out properly

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GeoffCapes

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The Arcadia collapse last night made the headlines this morning with 13,000 probably losing their jobs, Debenhams probably going the same way with another 12,000 out of work.

I heard a bit of news yesterday that hasn't made any headlines, which made me wonder how many more companies had done the same without issuing any press releases?

I work with Marriott Hotel Group and a few weeks ago they made almost 3,000 employees redundant. And didn't renew another 4,500 contracts. Effectively putting 7,500 out of work.
They've mothballed approximately 60% of their (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority owned) properties until April 2021, and don't expect their business to get back to 2019 levels before the end of 2022.

So along with 7,500 who have lost their jobs, there will be a huge supply chain who will be in serious trouble on the back of these closures. My contact reckons at least the same number of jobs will go, if not more.

In the hospitality industry I would expect the likes of Hilton, Accor, and a number of large hotel management groups to go down the same route.
Premier Inn made 15,000 redundant a couple of months ago and rumours are there will be more.

Sad times indeed. :(
 

Silvercat

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The Arcadia collapse last night made the headlines this morning with 13,000 probably losing their jobs, Debenhams probably going the same way with another 12,000 out of work.

I heard a bit of news yesterday that hasn't made any headlines, which made me wonder how many more companies had done the same without issuing any press releases?

I work with Marriott Hotel Group and a few weeks ago they made almost 3,000 employees redundant. And didn't renew another 4,500 contracts. Effectively putting 7,500 out of work.
They've mothballed approximately 60% of their (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority owned) properties until April 2021, and don't expect their business to get back to 2019 levels before the end of 2022.

So along with 7,500 who have lost their jobs, there will be a huge supply chain who will be in serious trouble on the back of these closures. My contact reckons at least the same number of jobs will go, if not more.

In the hospitality industry I would expect the likes of Hilton, Accor, and a number of large hotel management groups to go down the same route.
Premier Inn made 15,000 redundant a couple of months ago and rumours are there will be more.

Sad times indeed. :(
Yep this is very sad news indeed, a high street which many of us grew up with now disappearing for good. When I came out of University back in the day (1983) I hit the job market at the time of one of the worst recessions on record. Then unemployment rates were approaching 3.5m. Today we are or should I say were at 2.6m, but with the recent announcements plus continuing impact on hospitality, supply chains and elsewhere, I can see at least another 1m out of work by middle of next year. Hard times ahead for many I fear.
 

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Tony Blair, I think.

just found this on the interweb, :lol2: "for services to the retail industry" wonder how many palms were very well greased

"Green was made a Knight Bachelor by the Queen in 2006 as part of her Birthday Honours ‘For services to the Retail Industry’. This was the same Honours which saw EasyJet’s Stelios Haji-Ioannou and former HBOS Chief Exec James Robert Crosby knighted. That granted him the title sir, which he still uses to this day. He was recommended for the knighthood by Sir John Collins, former executive of Shell and chairman of Dixons. It’s also thought that Tony Blair put his name forward as well"

Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/26/who-gave-sir-philip-green-his-knighthood-8076763/?ito=cbshare
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/
 

D Walker

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ROP’s - Restrictionists of Privileges.....that’s what we had in the military..
Anyway, Labour can’t support the tiered system, but won’t oppose it,
Instead of telling us why it won’t work, tell us what will.
Because sure as eggs are eggs, left to their own devices the great British public will FO to the pub and hospitals will fill up.
Think that’s been proven once....
 

Scaf

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This has to be good news, but let’s not kid ourselves that Will can let our guard down, it will be months before enough of this huts the streets to make a difference.
But at least we will feel confident to start making plans for late spring 2021!
 
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