It is not the critic who counts or the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could’ve done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, who has blood, dust and sweat on his face. He strives valiantly, who errs & comes short time & time again. Because there is not effort without error & shortcomings, but who does actually strive 2 do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end of triumph of high achievement & who @ worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place will never be with those cold & timid souls who know neither victory or defeat!

Dicky Branny

Sir Richard Branson believes that the next generation of self-made billionaires will emerge from the corporate wreckage of this recession. In an exclusive interview with The Times, Sir Richard said: “There are a lot of Richard Bransons that will come out of the next three or four years.”

 The Virgin founder believes that the depth of this recession and its impact on once-impregnable industries has presented entrepreneurs with their greatest opportunity in generations.

“Fortunes are made out of recessions. A lot of entrepreneurs get going in the economic depths because the barriers to entry are lower,” he said.

Read Richard Bransons Recession Money Making Opportunities

Housing waiting lists in England will reach record levels by 2011, according to a body of housing associations.

An extra 200,000 families over the next two years will push the total to a new high of around two million, the National Housing Federation said.

It predicts that 80,000 will lack a home as a result of repossessions and unemployment, and the rest because of the shortage of social rented housing.

Meanwhile, house building will fall by 50% next year to 70,000, it added.

Director Ruth Davison said: “We are currently witnessing a dramatic surge in the demand for social housing, as the recession really starts to bite.

‘Range of support’

“The housing crisis is now so great that, unless dramatic action is taken, it may take decades for the nation to recover… we simply have not produced the number of homes we so desperately need.”

The Federation says there has been a 55% rise in waiting lists over the past five years and predicts a doubling from one to two million between 2001 and 2011.

It wants the government to fund a crash programme of house building to provide 100,000 new social homes over two years.

That would boost the economy and help meet the housing need, it argued.

The government’s target is to build 240,000 new homes each year from 2016.

A spokesman for the Department of Communities and Local Government said: “Along with an £8bn programme to deliver more affordable housing, we’re providing a range of support to keep up the delivery of the homes this country needs.

“We recently announced how we want to make it easier for councils to build more homes on top of action we are already taking, including buying up unsold homes to use as social housing.”

The spokesman added that £550m would be brought forward to provide thousands more social homes sooner for families.

Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps said: “The government’s record on social housing is embarrassing – the average annual number of social rent properties delivered has halved since 1997 and the waiting list is at a record 1.8 million families.”

Liberal Democrat housing spokeswoman Sarah Teather said: “The government allowed the bubble in the housing market to get out of hand for many years. We are now seeing the results of that bubble bursting… ministers should now allow councils to borrow money to buy up cheap land and empty properties to save construction jobs and rebuild Britain’s dwindling stock of social housing.”

Courtesy of the BBC News website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7951556.stm

Oh my goodness gracious me, how much amazing information did we get from Mr John Lee? What a cracking night we had that man gave us the key, cant wait until the next event to hear the report on the goals of Ms Kayleigh – Cheese!

The master lays it down

On a serious note we would like to thank John for trekking all the way down from Manchester and back home again the same night! He gave us so much useful information and has eliminated any excuses from anyone regarding buying property and how to find the elusive fantastic deals.

Well done Sue for participating in our “ask the audience” slot. For anyone that doesn’t know Sue and her husband have just found 2 great deals through leadfinders, if you want to know more you’ll have to come the next event – HA!

Masterminding goals

So at the next event we will all hear how Kayleigh has been getting on with the goals that we set her  with a little help from the master to make the goal very specific and results orientated. Good luck Kayleigh and get cracking the next event is only just round the corner.

Details for next event to follow shortly