Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 12435120)

when you say globally, do you mean across the region or actually globally? I ask as globally things are better than regionally.

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 12435111)

Had to explain to Ollie that come Friday, following your advice, he might be off to Dr Zim to be put down. His life may have been short but it was fun. He looked at me with those heart melting bug eyes and agreed.

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 12435112)

I'm more like to be going the other way... invest in the EU and get my golden visa.

Originally Posted by mission (Post 12435117)

my company globally made huge cuts over the last 12-18 months (including getting rid of people, and in some instances liquidating companies that were making significant losses with no or very little scope to turn them around) .....now almost every subsidiary within the parent company is down to the bare bones, in terms of manpower.
There was a complete hold on capex expenditure during 2017 and now in 2018 - unless the capex was needed to brought exclusively for a long term project/contract.
Our budgets for 2018 are nowhere near the growth that we were expected to achieve in past years.
But Alhumdulillaah, we've secured a fairly big contract with a company in Abu Dhabi and so that will keep us going, with smaller contracts in other regions.

Originally Posted by littlejimmy (Post 12435098)

It's not. Everywhere else in the world might be, but the UK has got very low growth right now. As alluded to above, it may be that jobs are coming free because EU nationals are leaving.

Originally Posted by Moses2013 (Post 12435305)

Well, booming these days just means you end up paying more for everything. The main thing is that you are personally happy.

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 12435053)

It’s a massive cushion, no sleep need be lost.

Originally Posted by littlejimmy (Post 12435362)

Hmm. Pay more for everything, alright. Went and got my UAE driving licence tonight and had to pay AED 870 for the privilege. The website said 360. I also forked 200 out unnecessarily for photos and an eye test and got a letter of no objection from my employer.

Originally Posted by weasel decentral (Post 12435823)

Still here? ;)

Originally Posted by Moses2013 (Post 12435830)

See, probably wouldn't have happened in the UK and you would have paid what the website said. Despite so called low growth, you can be happy in the UK:nod:.

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 12435835)

Find out Thursday. :)

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 12435837)

Gotta call bullshit on that. Have you been to a UK passport office recently?

Originally Posted by weasel decentral (Post 12435854)

You know now that the possibility of leaving is out of the hat, you must be at least slightly excited to consider some new roles?
Something more at the cutting edge perhaps? :nod:

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 12435837)

Gotta call bullshit on that. Have you been to a UK passport office recently?

Originally Posted by nonthaburi (Post 12435903)

Made an appointment for their premier service in London a couple of years ago. I found it amazingly efficient. I was in and out in twenty minutes and picked up the passport later that day. You pay for the privilege, but it's not that much more than applying from overseas.

Originally Posted by Norm_uk (Post 12435909)

the election of Trump...

Originally Posted by Norm_uk (Post 12435909)

Are you suggesting that media pundits and blokes down the pub don't have 100% clear visions of the future?