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[Z4]

Hello all, this morning was the first time this autumn/winter that I had to scrape ice from my car window.

[purdey]

The same here, and last night they gritted our roads. But we should not be too concerned the long range forecast is for a very mild winter, as if they get anything right !

[Z4]

It was supposed to be a fantastic summer this time round - 'they' got it wrong that time too. Another summer which didnt happen in the UK!

[Svetlana]

UK retail sales rise sharply - October had the highest growth since 2002.

UK stock market rising - the FTSE 100 has risen over 25% in the last 4 months.

UK Property prices starting to improve - October showed the highest growth for 3 years

UK car sales rising - October registrations up over 10% compared to October 2008.

UK shoplifting at an all time high! - The year to June, showed a 20%
increase over the previous year!


Z4, you are only unhappy because Manchester United have only won four of their last eight games

[Z4]

UK retail sales rise sharply - October had the highest growth since 2002.

Say's who?

UK stock market rising - the FTSE 100 has risen over 25% in the last 4 months.

Em....

UK Property prices starting to improve - October showed the highest growth for 3 years

Starting

UK car sales rising - October registrations up over 10% compared to October 2008.

They couldn't get worst

UK shoplifting at an all time high! - The year to June, showed a 20%
increase over the previous year!

Z4, you are only unhappy because Manchester United have only won four of their last eight games

We couldn't score in Ayia Napa at the mo!

[Svetlana]

UK retail sales rise sharply - October had the highest growth since 2002.

Say's who?


Mr Bloomberg says so:
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- A gauge of U.K. house prices rose to the highest level in almost three years in October, led by London, as a shortage of homes for sale intensified, an industry report showed.

The number of real-estate agents saying prices rose exceeded those reporting declines by 34 percentage points, up from 21 points in September and the most since December 2006, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said in its monthly survey today. A separate British Retail Consortium survey showed stores posted their best October sales growth since 2002.

“There is a lot of evidence to suggest that there is a fair degree of momentum in the market,” Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at London-based RICS, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “The context of all of this is still going to be a general shortage of desirable property.”

Buyers are returning to the housing market after values fell as much as a fifth from their peak in 2007. Bank of England policy makers last week slowed the pace of bond purchases amid signs that rising property and stock markets are helping the economy shake off its worst recession in at least three decades.

The sales-to-stock ratio, a measure of slack in the housing market, rose to 30 from 29 in September, the report showed. Average sales per surveyor over the last three months climbed to 19 from 18.5.

The upturn in house prices was led by the U.K. capital, where the net balance of surveyors saying prices rose jumped to 95 points, the most since December 1996, RICS said.

Limited Supply

“We are continuing to see an increase in demand from potential purchasers and with only a limited supply of properties coming onto the market, prices are continuing to rise,” said James Perris at De Villiers Surveyors in central London.

[purdey]

Let's also not forget, Oct, Nov, and December are regarded as the silly season in the retail industry. If you don't make money in this quarter you should think about a career outside of retail.
Interesting to note shoplifting in the UK has moved up a notch, middle class lifters seem to be on the increase. Something to do with trying to maintain their lifestyle after the credit crunch and loss of employment.

[Svetlana]

Whoops, sorry Z4, wrong quote above - it refers to the housing market; I will try and find my source regarding retail sales in the UK.

Lana

[Z4]

As Purdey says if you don't make money in this quarter you should think about a career outside of retail...