extra bank holiday
extra bank holiday
Please support the campaign for an extra Bank Holiday.
I have.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/73236
I have.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/73236
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Re: extra bank holiday
We've already got 9 this year.
What do you want another one for ???
Also, I don't actually work in a BANK either and if I don't work, I don't get paid - Rule #1 of self employment.
What do you want another one for ???
Also, I don't actually work in a BANK either and if I don't work, I don't get paid - Rule #1 of self employment.
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Re: extra bank holiday
You could just move to Scotland, I'm pretty sure they have more public holidays than England.
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Re: extra bank holiday
I'll take St Georges day off and birthdays, but ive no objection to another bank holiday, good for those long weekends away.
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Re: extra bank holiday
We Taffs have been pressing for years for 1st March to be a Holiday in Wales -St David's Day.
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Re: extra bank holiday
Wow... a massive 12 people agree with this so far but that might be to do with the p' poor justification. Those 12 probably only want the extra day to take down all the stringy lights they've put round their gables, gutters and garden pots rather than to celebrate Epiphany itself. Not happening, even if 11 other European countries do it.
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Re: extra bank holiday
I'll support it... if it gets called something else!
Actually, if the proposed holiday is to be specifically linked to the christian notion of visiting magi then the reference in the petition title to there being three of them needs to be altered - that isn't in the book
Actually, if the proposed holiday is to be specifically linked to the christian notion of visiting magi then the reference in the petition title to there being three of them needs to be altered - that isn't in the book
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Re: extra bank holiday
Most European countries have more bank holidays than us on paper, but they rarely do the weekend deferral thing that we do so it all sort of evens out.AliBar wrote:Wow... a massive 12 people agree with this so far but that might be to do with the p' poor justification. Those 12 probably only want the extra day to take down all the stringy lights they've put round their gables, gutters and garden pots rather than to celebrate Epiphany itself. Not happening, even if 11 other European countries do it.
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Re: extra bank holiday
even as a Christian, that is a really poor justification - other countries celebrate Epiphany rather than Christmas day... it also doesn't work at a logical / commercial level
- December is focused on end of calendar / business year - also on Christmas etc.
- there is then a period of time with Christmas holidays and a gentle space and then New Year
- January is generally back to work and focused on the year ahead
To have another holiday a few days later would simply be disruptive (in a negative way)
Alasdair
- December is focused on end of calendar / business year - also on Christmas etc.
- there is then a period of time with Christmas holidays and a gentle space and then New Year
- January is generally back to work and focused on the year ahead
To have another holiday a few days later would simply be disruptive (in a negative way)
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Re: extra bank holiday
I am a real fan of bank holidays as they are days that I get peace and quiet in the studio. Clients, contractors, consultants and staff all take advantage of them to kick back and relax and do things other than work. However, adding another one in at the end of an already long period of fun and relaxation and lack of focus from my point of view, is not a good idea, notwithstanding the desire to observe an event that was dreamt up by the author of that particular chapter of the Book. The other element to this that rankles is a member of parliament starting an e-petition to add another day of holiday, when he must know it will have a pecuniary effect on banks, employers and businesses overall. Peace and quiet aside, I am all for keeping the first day back in the new year as close to new years day as possible.
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Re: extra bank holiday
Have we lol Mrs J would enjoy another bank holiday , As she always works bank "emergency cover" on holiday times like she did Christmas & new year & as we don't have kids it's just another day & loads of £ for her.theaub wrote:We Taffs have been pressing for years for 1st March to be a Holiday in Wales -St David's Day.
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Re: extra bank holiday
Think we have enough bank holidays of any kind but if we did have another, would prefer it to be non-religious, maybe Trafalgar day or similar.
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Re: extra bank holiday
Just to clarify, we're talking about public holidays? I'd like to think that we're no longer so reliant on the banks that if they don't open for a day we have to close our businesses
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