17th July 2008, 01:34 PM
Actually, it is a chance for organisations to catch up on their post-ex backlogs, which I'm sure no-one has any of......
What annoys me the most is that it's not that people don't want to buy houses, and it's not even that the prices are beyond what they are prepared to pay, it's just that the banks have stopped lending to people (and companies). And they're not getting their bonuses this year so they're all crying in their chardonnay and talking the economy into recession.
On the whole, on a more positive note, not being in the position of running so fast that you have to keep running or you'll fall over (which has been the position for many units for quite a while) means that there is a bit more time and space to look at systems which have developed organically over the years and make them more effective.
What annoys me the most is that it's not that people don't want to buy houses, and it's not even that the prices are beyond what they are prepared to pay, it's just that the banks have stopped lending to people (and companies). And they're not getting their bonuses this year so they're all crying in their chardonnay and talking the economy into recession.
On the whole, on a more positive note, not being in the position of running so fast that you have to keep running or you'll fall over (which has been the position for many units for quite a while) means that there is a bit more time and space to look at systems which have developed organically over the years and make them more effective.