1. One local London builder reckons he needs to take on 20,000 extra staff to cope with the development needed in London for the Olympics.
2. Yorkshire Building Society have developed a new product for divorced people – their Freshstart mortgage allows for a six month interest free period while you get yourself sorted and also counts maintenance payments as income – which few providers do. It’s a great initiative and sadly in great demand.
3. Colin Jackson – the Olympic hurdler has a thing about time – unsurprising really when you consider how his life has been dominated by the odd second or so. But he has a Cartier diamond watch that he bought in 1994 for £25,000 plus enough watches to wear a different one every day for a couple of months!
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