Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Please help me I'm falling

Welcome to the CIOBS blog. I have chosen the title carefully this week as I was just looking at some of the headlines today and they do not make good reading:


US house building slump continues

Russia's industrial output slumps

Oil falls despite Opec's threats

UK house prices 'to fall by 30%'

IMF sees world slowdown

Slump in Japan firms' confidence

US industrial output falls 0.6%

Pound continues fall against euro

Pound in fifth day of euro lows

US sales and producer prices fall

London finance status threatened




At the beginning of 2008 we were told that we were living in interesting times, then it became extraordinary times - what will be the next description? Who knows!


Today's favourite words seem to be "slump" and "falling."


Surely things must get better in the next year or so.


I do apologise for being so downbeat this week, but hey the festive season is just around the corner and on that theme our old friend Mr. Peter Moir is having trouble with his black bun! I kid you not.











The evidence is shown here.

The experts amongst you and Gordon Ramsay will notice there is a crack on the top.

If anyone knows how to get round this culinary issue, then please contact the blog and we will pass on your suggestions to Peter.

Keep it clean please.

What no Raymond?I hear you cry. He is around and he has been in a meeting since about 9.30 this morning, in fact he has just come out.

I am sure he could do with a nice slice of black bun.


Michael (Falling into a plate of black bun)