{"id":1584,"date":"2009-01-29T22:45:26","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T22:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2009-01-29T22:45:54","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T22:45:54","slug":"a-view-of-the-recession-from-southend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/a-view-of-the-recession-from-southend\/","title":{"rendered":"A View Of the Recession From Southend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.libdemvoice.org\/what-sort-of-recession-is-this-anyway-a-view-from-southend-10750.html\">It&#8217;s worth a read, here&#8217;s an extract:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Are there any ?green shoots? out there? Precious few. There are many businesses who claim to be unaffected ? but they often write an additional word onto their survey form: ?yet?. There are a few who are doing better as a result of the credit crunch ? chiefly those businesses which repair, recycle, or refill. 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