I have just received my annual private pension statement and it does not make for joyful reading. Although I have had the pension for over 20 years, based on current figures, I may get a pension of £600 a year. Anyone get the feeling that I won't be retiring any time this side of the new millennium?
So, short of winning the lottery, what to do? I need to make my businesses start to work for me. Easier said than done in this economic climate, although oddly last year, in the middle of what we were told was a recession, the pet sitting business did well. This year, despite new clients, it is slow going. I wonder if people are not going away because of all the summer events in the UK in 2012. The Queen's Jubilee, The Olympics preceded by all the television adverts suggesting stay-cations (where on earth has that hideous word come from?) have perhaps persuaded people to stay at home. This may be fine for the overall British economy, but not for those of us with businesses which rely on people going away.
My other business needs a kick-start, and hopefully the event I am attending next weekend will be a good beginning to that. It promises to be busy, so I will have to see how it pans out.
So, short of winning the lottery, what to do? I need to make my businesses start to work for me. Easier said than done in this economic climate, although oddly last year, in the middle of what we were told was a recession, the pet sitting business did well. This year, despite new clients, it is slow going. I wonder if people are not going away because of all the summer events in the UK in 2012. The Queen's Jubilee, The Olympics preceded by all the television adverts suggesting stay-cations (where on earth has that hideous word come from?) have perhaps persuaded people to stay at home. This may be fine for the overall British economy, but not for those of us with businesses which rely on people going away.
My other business needs a kick-start, and hopefully the event I am attending next weekend will be a good beginning to that. It promises to be busy, so I will have to see how it pans out.
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