Are Estate Agencies Safer Businesses Now Than They Were In 2008? By: Martin Pocock | - The sub prime mortgage crisis that precipitated the 2008 global recession led to plummeting property prices, very limited mortgage lending, repossessions and to a dramatic slump in the housing and commercial property markets.
Among the first businesses to feel the effects of the crisis were estate agencies and by December 2008 an estimated 40,000 employees had lost their jobs while around 4,000 estate agency offices -approximately one in four - had closed, according to research unde ... Tags:Business rescue, estate agency, housing market, business models
Cannot Sell Your Home, Then Raise The Price. By: fiona davies | - Some people who have put their homes on the market this year have raised their asking price to attract more buyers. Agents say that the rise in demand and confidence has caused property prices to rise. New figures out show that in eight out of ten regions in England and Wales average asking prices actually went up in February compared to January sales and in some of these areas the price rises was as much as 7%. The only area that saw a drop in house prices was the East and West Midlands. Pr ... Tags:land for sale wales, land for sale, land for sale UK
What Is A Key Worker Mortgage Scheme? By: Neil Stevenson | - In 2004, a program was launched by the British government to assist hard-working public sector employees obtain affordable housing near where they work. Due to rapidly increasing home prices, many of these public servants found themselves priced out of the market, requiring either unacceptably long commutes or job relocation to less expensive areas. Central to this arrangement is the key worker mortgage scheme.
The Best Ways To Find Administrative Jobs In East Anglia By: Dominic Donaldson | - Finding a job in the current economic turmoil is difficult enough wherever you are - and it certainly challenging in East Anglia. In this article though, we're not going to focus on jobs in general, we're going to look at how to find administrative jobs in East Anglia. In the UK, we have a lot of offices and many of our businesses are office based, service focussed. With this in mind administrative jobs are more easy to come across than factory or engineering jobs, for example.
Administrative Jobs In East Anglia On The Rise By: Dominic Donaldson | - Unless you have been living under a rock for the last two years then you will be more than aware of the state of the current economic situation within the country and indeed throughout the entire world. Companies have been forced to re-evaluate their entire economic structure and whether they require every individual that they have currently employed.
Because of this a number of individuals have been forced out of their jobs and have been compelled to join the massive queue of ind ... Tags:administrative jobs in East Anglia
More Jobs In May By: Martin Hofschroer | - There was encouraging news for people looking for new media jobs as a recruitment agency revealed there were more employment opportunities in May.
The Reed Job Index found that the demand for new employees increased by one point in May to give a reading of 103, which is measured against a baseline score of 100 set in December.
Job seekers attracted to new media jobs may be interested to know that employment opportunities in sectors such as marketing were improving durin ... Tags:new media jobs
What Kind Of East Anglia Jobs Are Available? By: Anna Stenning | - With London being so close, it might seem that the economy of East Anglia gets a little overshadowed. But in this article we're going to look at the industries you find in this part of the UK, and what you can expect to find if you are seeking East Anglia jobs.
The counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk are commonly thought to be predominantly agricultural, however this is not entirely true. There are indeed big food-related firms such as Bernhard Mathews, but also many s ... Tags:East Anglia jobs
Good And Bad News For Jobs Within East Anglia By: Dominic Donaldson | - The jobs market is slowly but surely starting to pick up. However, to say that it is thriving at the moment would be a lie. There have been a number of false starts and setbacks in the recovery process of the country's economy, but the new coalition government is attempting to put plans in motion that will hopefully stimulate growth and provide jobs in the long term.
There was a brief scare in the jobs market in the eastern region just recently as local firm, Bernard Matthews, mad ... Tags:jobs East Anglia
General Election Results And How They Will Effect East Anglia Jobs By: Dominic Donaldson | - So the 2010 General Election results are in and it appears as though we have been stuck with a hung parliament. What that means for the long term future is that there will probably be another election and the public will have to venture out again to decide on the future of the country.
For the short term future many members of the general public who find themselves unemployed especially in the Eastern region will be looking at the television with interest as they try to figure out ... Tags:East Anglia jobs
How The Political Parties Stack Up On Jobs In East Anglia By: Dominic Donaldson | - We are now just under 2 weeks away from the 2010 UK general election and after the latest debate in the polls it appears as though the race from number 10 is still wide open, with neither Labour, the Conservatives or the Liberal Democrats able to rack up an impressive majority.
With that in mind it looks like it will be a fraught couple of weeks as each of the parties try to convince the electorate that they are the party to lead the country into this new decade. At the end of the ... Tags:jobs in East Anglia
Why East Anglia Jobs Prospects Are Looking Up By: Dominic Donaldson | - Everywhere we go, every news item we read, the story runs the same: the recovery is on its way. We've turned the corner and the good times are here again. However many people are not seeing this on the ground, especially in rural areas. As such the landscape for East Anglia jobs is incredibly difficult to assess. While one area may be thriving another may still be in the doll drums. The result - ongoing fear and doubt regarding the true strength of the economic recovery.
Finding Jobs In East Anglia By: Dominic Donaldson | - If you believe the latest figures that have been released by the government then apparently we have come out of recession which will be good news for the thousands of workers who will all be looking for jobs in East Anglia. The recession hit the whole world extremely hard with jobs being cut from China to America, Scotland to South Africa it was a truly global recession and no-one was immune.
Having said that the technological corridor, that exist between London and Cambridge was ... Tags:jobs in East Anglia
Finding Jobs In East Anglia Is Becoming Slightly Easier By: Dominic Donaldson | - The United Kingdom has just recovered from one of the biggest recessions in its history, with record numbers of people turning out to the job centre to sign on and look for work and even more not signing on it has been a difficult period for companies and the government as everyone searches for not the ideal job, but any jobs. East Anglia has taken a large hit when it comes to the levels of unemployment, but thanks to the schemes employed by the government it has managed to turn things around.< ... Tags:jobs East Anglia
The Successful History Of Essex Jobs By: Dominic Donaldson | - Essex has a rich and interesting history, due to its proximity to the capital but also because it has become its own place of agriculture and industry. One important industry that it was prevalent in was the wool industry, or known as the Bay and Say trade. This name was given by Flemish settlers from the very beginning of the 14th century. This article will be looking at the full history of Essex jobs and how the wool industry changed.
How Farming, Fishing And Fighting Have All Affected Jobs In East Anglia By: Dominic Donaldson | - With its history stretching back over 1000 years to the ancient Kingdom of the East Angles, East Anglia has a rich and colorful past and has been at the heart of political, historical and cultural changes for centuries.
East Anglia has a long tradition of farming and horticulture due to its fertile land and it has always provided the local economy with important revenue. Cereals, sugar beet, fruit and vegetables are all grown in the region and form an important part of the local ... Tags:Jobs in East Anglia, Recruitment in East Anglia, Jobs, Recruitment
Are It Jobs In East Anglia Really Like The Comedy Parody On C4? By: Dominic Donaldson | - East Anglia is known historically for it's agricultural background; arable farming, dairy farming and fishing industries. For years, these were the main industries in the region and there is still a thriving industry in all these sectors, but by no means are they the major employment structure keeping the local economy going. In recent years, the jobs in East Anglia have taken a turn toward the more computer based industries.
Jobs In Peterbourgh Are Plentiful Thanks To Redevelopment By: Dominic Donaldson | - Peterborough is situated in Cambridgeshire in the east of England and historically has been associated with an industrial workforce. Like the rest of the country however, there has been a shift from industrial employment to jobs in the service industry, tourism and finance. Peterborough is often associated with last minute trips to the passport office for those that live in the east or as a stopping point for rail services between London and York. In fact, it was the introduction of this rai ... Tags:jobs in Peterborough, Peterborough jobs, recruitment east anglia,
A Comprehensive History Of Essex Jobs By: Shaun Parker | - Have you ever looked out into one of the many empty but picturesque fields that sprawl across the county that is Essex? Flying through the Constablian scenery on your way to an urgent business appointment, have you ever pondered the rich heritage that Essex oozes? This article examines the history of Essex jobs and specific sites of employment which are embedded in the culture of Essex.
No More Living The Life Of Riley By: Shaun Parker | - Having rich parents I had had an easy life. Not many jobs were in my career history as handouts from daddy were always topping up my rather stuffed wallet. We lived in a rather opulent mansion in the heart of rural East Anglia. With my life I really did not see the point of jobs. All day I spent my time lounging around the house and sampling the delights that our in house chef could produce. I must admit, life was good. However my life in an ideal little bubble of wealth was to change dramatical ... Tags:jobs, recruitment, east, anglia
Changes In Recruitment By: Shaun Parker | - Many in the past may have seen the majority of jobs in East Anglia as being farm related. As East Anglia has a heritage of being the grain resource for Britain in past years this view is understandable. Subsequently farm hands through the centuries have moved to the region in search of work. Today however recruitment in East Anglia is trying to change its image. Granted there are farm jobs available in East Anglia, both in pastoral and arable farming. Norfolk turkeys, despite the recent fall in ... Tags:jobs, recruitment, east, anglia
Show Me The Money By: Shaun Parker | - We all feel like we deserve more money than we earn. The amount you earn is never nor never will be enough. So what should we be doing to earn mega bucks? This article will give you an insight into the more enviable salaries that people earn and the industries in which they earn them.
TV and Film
One of the most effective ways of earning a lot of money is to be a star on TV or Film. James Gandolfini the star in the leading US drama The Sopranos earns a whopping $10 ... Tags:jobs, recruitment, east, anglia, employment
