useless facts and figures

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Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

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Original Poster
Thursday 16th February 2012

There are 29 million people of working age in the uk of which:-

4 million are self employed   (thats you and me that is)

7 million are in part time work (thats increasingly becoming us too...lol)

6 million in the public sector

2.7 million unemployed (hmmm...maybe we’re in here ?)

1.8 million of working age claiming disability allowance

And there are 476,000 job vacancies in the UK!!!

The average household wage is 26K...take out the top 10% who earn shedloads and that figure comes down to just over 12k (per household remember)

And there’s more.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16545898

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16690607

Diamond Arrow

22
Thursday 16th February 2012

Bit of an eye-opener that...

On the plus side, I suddenly don't feel as poor as I did a few minutes ago!

Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

10314
Original Poster
Thursday 16th February 2012

yeh kinda had that affect on me too!!!

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