Quote from: hammurabi70 on 20 March 2021, 11:50:31 PM
As a generality dentists and doctors have been the best paid people because the mean is higher in those professions than that of others.  Businessmen and professional accountants do not earn the vast telephone number salaries that can be attributed to a few people in the City of London but as a general statement they do seem to earn a good salary in comparison with others.  As with lawyers and most other professions a few very wealthy income earners bias the salary statistics.  The real image damage is those in the really big business companies where senior remuneration packages are now becoming astronomical multiples compared to the income of the average member of staff.

My impression of the legal trade is that they over extend themselves by taking on more work than they can cope with, so in the end he, or she, who shouts loudest and most often, gets attention.  The whiff of currency notes does wonders.

The other factor that skews the averages for Doctors (GPs at least), Dentists, Lawyers and Accountants, is that they mostly work for companies that are led by one of their own.
So for these professions, all that lovely CEO remuneration remains with the job description.

My own line of work (Engineering). 12 jobs, only two with an Engineer at the top of the pyramid.
All other capo de capos have had a qualification in Law or Accountancy.

Yeah, my mum definitely isn't on 70k!

Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 23 March 2021, 06:49:49 AM
Yeah, my mum definitely isn't on 70k!

Deplorable how some mothers don't realise the importance of gathering together a very large amount of money in their later years.

Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 22 March 2021, 11:26:31 PM
I put it to the jury that the biggest benefit to a law career isn't the money (great for a few, but lower than expected for most).
It's the fact that you aren't constrained to living in the big Smoke, or other major city that hosts 90% of your chosen industry.

Indeed, our solicitor was an hour away from us but majority of interaction by phone or email and only needed to visit once to sign. He was somewhat disparaging of the city lawyers though, suspect they were over extended with the crazy housing market, but they never replied or returned calls without constant pestering, and it was legal stuff not client delays. The first house that ended up falling through I think their solicitors replied a grand total of twice in four months... They were one of the best known and long established firms in the city.

With remote working things are changing in a lot of industries as they come to terms with the fact that concentration of workforce in a smaller geographic region isn't quite as necessary any more. Will probably see more of a migration out of the cities continue as people see they can get more for their money a little ways out and no longer have to do long commutes.

Quote from: Leon on 22 March 2021, 10:55:57 PM
This is the current timeline, obviously dependant on the solicitors and banks getting things done as planned!

- Week commencing Mar 29th: We will be away working on our new unit and no casting will be done.
- Week commencing Apr 5th: We will have some staff back at our current unit to catch up on orders.
- Week commencing Apr 12th: We will be moving all of our equipment and stock over to the new place so no casting will be done.
- Week commencing Apr 19th: Most of the machinery and equipment will have been moved and we should be able to start casting again.

If your order only contains stock items, such as bases, paints, flags, etc. then these will be shipped much quicker than the figures.  We'll have some of our staff back in the current premises every few days to package up those orders and get them out to you.

Leon, Delighted to see that all the 'ducks' seem to have lined up in the end.  Hope the move goes smoothly.

Good luck, and fingers crossed

Luck with it 

Quote from: Leon on 22 March 2021, 10:55:57 PM
This is the current timeline, obviously dependant on the solicitors and banks getting things done as planned!

- Week commencing Mar 29th: We will be away working on our new unit and no casting will be done.
- Week commencing Apr 5th: We will have some staff back at our current unit to catch up on orders.
- Week commencing Apr 12th: We will be moving all of our equipment and stock over to the new place so no casting will be done.
- Week commencing Apr 19th: Most of the machinery and equipment will have been moved and we should be able to start casting again.

If your order only contains stock items, such as bases, paints, flags, etc. then these will be shipped much quicker than the figures.  We'll have some of our staff back in the current premises every few days to package up those orders and get them out to you.

Has someone set up a help line for the addicts unable to receive their fix ? 

Yes it's 0151 709 6010 - Merseyside Police control room 

We've had some good news today as it seems my endless badgering has produced some results!  All of the paperwork is done and we're off to sign the contracts on Thursday morning!  The deposit will be sent over in the afternoon and funds should be released later in the day as well.  So, we're on track to get our keys on Friday!

Superb!

Spot on

Brilliant  News!

 

Congratulations!