{"id":2941,"date":"2024-03-09T18:54:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T17:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2024-03-09T18:54:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T17:54:41","slug":"while-theres-moonlight-and-music-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941","title":{"rendered":"While there&#8217;s moonlight and music and love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>let&#8217;s face the music and dance. As the song goes.<\/p>\n<p>The past financial year has seen many companies look at their books and make some key investments in AI and future proofing their industries.\u00a0 America and Europe have seen a similar climb to the UK, leading to wage increases unseen for nearly fifteen years, when the banking crises hit the global economy bank in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Redundancy rates are rife in many industries, while vacancies are looking for people who can hit the ground running.\u00a0 Companies are struggling to protect work forces and customers.\u00a0 Times are still tough and likely to remain so entering the new financial year.<\/p>\n<p>All companies are looking at their costs and seeking ways to ensure they can maintain growth in a smaller and harsher economic environment.<\/p>\n<p>So it seems odd that the UK government is choosing now to lower national insurance rates.\u00a0 This weird tax in the UK was designed to fund the NHS and the welfare pot.\u00a0 You had insurance, while working, to pay for health-care, etc.<\/p>\n<p>No-one enjoys paying tax, but many in the UK feel a bit cheated as the government is funding less and life is harder, while not asking the rich to pay.\u00a0 More importantly, by maintaining income tax thresholds where they were three years ago, is moving the tax burden more on to the young and less comfortable in society.<\/p>\n<p>Economically, I&#8217;m right wing: I would like the government to own natural monopolies and maintain infrastructure and provide welfare and opportunities for education.\u00a0 That means the people most able, need to pay taxes.\u00a0\u00a0 What I&#8217;d really like is an honest and morally incorputable government making the best decisions of the world country.<\/p>\n<p>Times may be tough, but is not that how it should be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>let&#8217;s face the music and dance. As the song goes. The past financial year has seen many companies look at their books and make some key investments in AI and future proofing their industries.\u00a0 America and Europe have seen a similar climb to the UK, leading to wage increases unseen for nearly fifteen years, when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forty-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>While there&#039;s moonlight and music and love - Finding the chase and cutting to it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"While there&#039;s moonlight and music and love - Finding the chase and cutting to it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"let&#8217;s face the music and dance. As the song goes. The past financial year has seen many companies look at their books and make some key investments in AI and future proofing their industries.\u00a0 America and Europe have seen a similar climb to the UK, leading to wage increases unseen for nearly fifteen years, when [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Finding the chase and cutting to it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-09T17:54:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sam J Watkins\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sam J Watkins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=2941#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=2941\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sam J Watkins\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b001c9aecccd284b29f0d69e10c68af5\"},\"headline\":\"While there&#8217;s moonlight and music and love\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-09T17:54:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=2941\"},\"wordCount\":304,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"42\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=2941#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=2941\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=2941\",\"name\":\"While there's moonlight and music and love - Finding the chase and cutting to it\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-09T17:54:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b001c9aecccd284b29f0d69e10c68af5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=2941#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=2941\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=2941#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"While there&#8217;s moonlight and music and love\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Finding the chase and cutting to it\",\"description\":\"A collection of thoughts, reactions and general comment\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b001c9aecccd284b29f0d69e10c68af5\",\"name\":\"Sam J Watkins\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f33fed47b6bcd59c4fb4184af075e1f981651c38fd946b5cc6d4ed5ff0e18fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f33fed47b6bcd59c4fb4184af075e1f981651c38fd946b5cc6d4ed5ff0e18fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f33fed47b6bcd59c4fb4184af075e1f981651c38fd946b5cc6d4ed5ff0e18fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sam J Watkins\"},\"description\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/sam-watkins-6564311\\\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/samjwatkins.com\\\/blog\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"While there's moonlight and music and love - Finding the chase and cutting to it","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"While there's moonlight and music and love - Finding the chase and cutting to it","og_description":"let&#8217;s face the music and dance. As the song goes. The past financial year has seen many companies look at their books and make some key investments in AI and future proofing their industries.\u00a0 America and Europe have seen a similar climb to the UK, leading to wage increases unseen for nearly fifteen years, when [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941","og_site_name":"Finding the chase and cutting to it","article_published_time":"2024-03-09T17:54:41+00:00","author":"Sam J Watkins","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sam J Watkins","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941"},"author":{"name":"Sam J Watkins","@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b001c9aecccd284b29f0d69e10c68af5"},"headline":"While there&#8217;s moonlight and music and love","datePublished":"2024-03-09T17:54:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941"},"wordCount":304,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["42"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941","url":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941","name":"While there's moonlight and music and love - Finding the chase and cutting to it","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-03-09T17:54:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b001c9aecccd284b29f0d69e10c68af5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2941#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"While there&#8217;s moonlight and music and love"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/","name":"Finding the chase and cutting to it","description":"A collection of thoughts, reactions and general comment","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b001c9aecccd284b29f0d69e10c68af5","name":"Sam J Watkins","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f33fed47b6bcd59c4fb4184af075e1f981651c38fd946b5cc6d4ed5ff0e18fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f33fed47b6bcd59c4fb4184af075e1f981651c38fd946b5cc6d4ed5ff0e18fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f33fed47b6bcd59c4fb4184af075e1f981651c38fd946b5cc6d4ed5ff0e18fd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sam J Watkins"},"description":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sam-watkins-6564311\/","sameAs":["http:\/\/samjwatkins.com"],"url":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2946,"href":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941\/revisions\/2946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}