Even Barbers Feeling the Cuts....

Is it economic doom and gloom everywhere and all around us or are the green shoots of recovery beginning to push through? On the news Philip Green is explaining why his BHS, Burton, Evans etc. clothing group are suffering a profits downfall of 38%. Also in the news only yesterday it was feared that 150 year old travel agents, Thomas Cook, a name almost synonymous with package holidays, might be in deep doo doo. Shares plummeted on the stock market and people feared the worst. Closer to home I'm certainly finding it tougher than ever this year as people tighten their belts, shops close left right and centre as their leases run out and the shopkeepers think: what's the point! I've just had a conversation with a barber who is finding things very slow at the moment. Now you wouldn't think that barbers would be suffering would you? Sales of up market hair care products yes maybe but just getting your barnet cut? Surely people don't stop doing that do they? Well it seems that even looking good has to go by the wayside as people decide to delay that trim just another couple of weeks. I notice that even David Beckham is growing his hair longer and slicking it back so maybe even Becks is feeling the pinch! Can things get any worse? But cheer up everyone it is nearly Christmas....