@BBCBreakfast How can this be unexpected?
Business had double whammy increase in costs in April, minimum wage +6.7% and employers NI +£1000 p/person on a full time job. Cannot absorb that so filters through to the cost customers pay
Result - slow economy and increased inflation. No surprise.
Opening day @MACHexhibition@necbirmingham with @mta_uk President Dave Burley opening the event in the Seminar Theatre. First national gathering manufacturing and engineering community in 4 years #ukmfg Hope to see you here!
Superb achievement and well deserved @PaulBRamsbottom - not only for your excellent Wolfson work but also for all the voluntary charitable work you do with @MercyShips and Savannah Eduction. #honours2020
The Wolfson team are delighted to announce that our CEO @PaulBRamsbottom was awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year honours list 2020. Congratulations Paul! https://t.co/VZk2FpEFuX
Disappointed with @lufthansa to be treated to a half hour wait in a cold corridor to board the Munich to Birmingham flight. Feels more like a Ryanair experience - not very premium!! Why call everyone to stand in a corridor when we could still be in the terminal??
Worst airline ever to fly with - take a bow @flybe from B’ham. Treat customers like cattle, change seats without telling you and insist customers force their roller bags into a metal container, scratching and damaging their bags. If at all possible I would avoid. 👎
Great first day - Iron Mike memorial near Sainte-Mère-Eglise before visiting the D-Day beaches of Utah and Omagh, the hugely moving but impressive US Military Cemetary at Colleville-sur-Mer and finally ending in Bayeux for a well earned rest.
It's day one of the @HelpforHeroes#BBBR19! Directors Ian and Paul have taken on the challenge along with their team to ride 400 miles across Northern France. Read more about their story: https://t.co/yVvSFMfMQZ #ProudToSupport#BigBattlefieldBikeRide
Off we go for #bbbr19 supporting @HelpforHeroes - Team MAMIL setting out today for the weeks bike ride along the Normandy Beaches, ending in Paris on Friday! Wish us luck - support us at https://t.co/IerGT3408o
‘The risk of no deal is making businesses think carefully about their investment in this country’
@Juergen_Maier says the threat of a no deal Brexit is damaging for business. #bbcqt
Train travel in the UK today - crowded trains and nobody checking tickets. Have an argument with someone in your seat or stand. Poor beyond belief @CrossCountryUK and others.
Appalling service @CrossCountryUK from B’ham International to Manchester - nobody checking tickets and first class full with no seats despite reservation. On top of train being 25 minutes late. Shockingly bad - never again. Where’s the Train Manager checking tickets??????
Once again a flight delayed due to useless @bhx_official ground staff. Today it’s Passengers inc young children and the elderly stood waiting for @easyJet to Belfast on a staircase for approaching 45 minutes. #unacceptable#poorexperience#mustdobetter
Working hard @MACHexhibition to raise money for @HelpforHeroes and our MAMIL Tour de France team taking part in the Big Battlefield Bike Ride 2018 - big thanks to The Forkliftaction Company for the loan of the tank! #mach2018#ukmfg#heroes