tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704781587266395905.post8474059850010487975..comments2023-10-22T16:02:50.827+01:00Comments on Rob's blog: The UK enters recession but Cornwall's pain is yet to come.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09995243127753821611noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704781587266395905.post-27875014260091313912012-05-12T00:06:50.206+01:002012-05-12T00:06:50.206+01:00Summed up quite well I thought, very good post, ha...Summed up quite well I thought, very good post, hard times for us all : (Paulhttp://www.cornwall-holidays.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704781587266395905.post-83909157638597957412012-04-26T09:36:31.201+01:002012-04-26T09:36:31.201+01:00I'm as frustrated as the rest of you, but tax ...I'm as frustrated as the rest of you, but tax is tax. I doubt that many people would have said much about a rise in pasties if they didn't have this media frenzy telling them why the price would have risen.<br /><br />The government are squeezing everybody they can get their hands on, they always have and always will. So why moan about a pasty tax when we should be lobbying them for much Cornwall Attractionshttp://www.cornwallattractions.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704781587266395905.post-73379831843551391772012-04-25T16:21:34.294+01:002012-04-25T16:21:34.294+01:00Thanks Rob. Another point I would like to make if ...Thanks Rob. Another point I would like to make if I may is that many of us (tradespeople) have not raised our rates for awhile, because our material costs (paints, timber etc) have increased, as well as our running costs (fuel), so rather than increase our rates we are covering the rise in other costs within the business. For example, ICI who are Dulux's parent company, have had two price Alan Ileshttp://www.painterdecoratorcornwall.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704781587266395905.post-49778795727236840992012-04-25T11:38:19.670+01:002012-04-25T11:38:19.670+01:00Thanks for the comment Alan, good point about trad...Thanks for the comment Alan, good point about tradespeople not something I'd yet considered. If the government gets their way over these issues I'm sure there will be lots of consequences that we are yet to see..https://www.blogger.com/profile/09995243127753821611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704781587266395905.post-73614722919379431052012-04-25T11:05:30.885+01:002012-04-25T11:05:30.885+01:00All this taxing seemingly everything Cornwall has ...All this taxing seemingly everything Cornwall has got going for it is making my blood boil. I'm self employed and am really worried what the future brings to the self employed tradespeople of Cornwall. <br /><br />If regional pay for public sector workers is cut then that will be less money available to maintain homes and small businesses. <br /><br />If things like pasties are going to be Alan Ileshttp://www.painterdecoratorcornwall.netnoreply@blogger.com