Party Vibe

@Chrispydelic 555075 wrote:

Well, I have done some stuff. I’m back on the jobs noticeboard for B&Q (where I used to work) but King’s Lynn (which is the only branch within a reasonable distance of me aren’t advertising for staff), I have approached Tesco In Hunstanton but they are over-staffed. Other than that can I just say that I have checked the jobs pages etc?

I might sign up for a few agencies in Lynn if there are any there.

is there any particular reason you want to stay in that particular area? Even by East Anglian standards it is the arse end of nowhere. I am also a SE England “incomer” and can appreciate the attraction of living here, but North Norfolk is the sort of place where it is better to go to die in (or at least spend retirement) than to live in.

@Chrispydelic 555151 wrote:

Went to the jobcentre today. They were very nice and very helpful (it probably helped that the lady that was helping me fill my application was flirting with me brazenly).

I’m all set up. Have to sign on properly on Tuesday next week, have already applied for 5 jobs on their jobsearch direct website (for my evidence when I sign on). They allowed me to print 20 copies of my CV for free too! All in all pretty successful.

to be fair you have already shown genuine evidence that you do not really want to be on benefits long term and are prepared to take other jobs whilst you wait for a startup business to get off the ground which is a lot better than many of these staff encounter -reality is in that particular area there genuinely aren’t many vacancies, and what industries survive there (such as hauling salt from Denmark and packing it in 25kg bags) have very lean staff levels – for example the young Estonian lad who put up a youtube of the container ship he works on said the whole vessel had a max crew of 20 persons.

there are a lot of older people here aged 50-70 who have decent jobs, and enjoy their work to some extent and were taught back in the day never to turn down work, and will literally carry on working until they keel over. they are also often saving up money for the upkeep of grandchildren even if they are estranged from their own children (our generation) who are viewed with suspicion due to the goings on of the 1990s. This is far more a problem in a small village with 5000 in comparison to a big multicultural town or city like Cambridge, Norwich or Ipswich…

BTW I reckon you would probably have more success setting up the business in Cambs and looking for the main customer base there as there are more alternative/adventurous types there compared to Norfolk, its the sort of thing that would appeal to the high tech industry workers there as a holiday pastime, as even Suffolk is now mostly full of a mixture of young families and foreigners who are saving every last penny, they are even reducing their visits to pubs and clubs (one big mainstream nightclub in Ipswich which I thought was fairly successful closed its doors and there hadn’t even been anything bad going on there!)

Also if you have family in Cambs that also makes you potentially eligible for benefits in that region should you require them.

@Izbeckistan 555171 wrote:

Everyone has said how lovely norfolk is.

Overall quality of life across East Anglia generally is better than SE England or London, though you have to accept that the place is big and takes a lot of time to get around (even if you have a car, as there are no motorways and long traffic jams are common, as are nasty crashes). Also the pace of life is far slower (which is also why its hard to find jobs in some sectors as folk who need or want stuff delivered quickly get it from up North or London).

I don’t know if its a new claim or not for giro (you may have moved town but maybe not region if they use the big “Euroregions” at DWP which are more than one county) but housing benefit is completely separate and depends on the new Council. As you are going to have to register there anyway at some point you might as well put in a new claim.