Business News from Voiceover Artist Sasha Twining

Here is the first of what I hope will be regular contributions from BigFish Media Voiceover Artist Sasha Twining:

SNOW JOKE
It seems that it’s all about the snow this week. While many of us are shivering inside and wondering how to get to work, some canny traders are cashing in. A quick check on eBay reveals a £12.99 plastic sledge on offer with 24 bids, for over £50! Great fun if you can get your hands on it, but you have to wonder just who is being taken for a (slippery) ride.

EXTRA CROUTONS
Soup, glorious soup. We’ve been loving the hot stuff in this weather. The big four supermarkets have revealed sales are up by between 50 and 80%. Tesco has claimed that in the next ten days they will have sold enough to fill two Olympic sized swimming pools.

A VIRGIN ON THE HIGH STREET
There’s a new face on the high street, and it wants your cash. Virgin has bought the right to offer savings accounts and mortages by snapping up the little known Church House Trust Bank for £12million. The suggestion is that they may now bid for some of the Lloyds and RBS branches which have to be sold off.

FROZEN OUT?
We’ve seen a case of David and Goliath this week, with the people of Iceland convincing their president to veto a law that would have paid back the UK, after the collapse of Icesave. Around 200,000 savers lost their money and were compensated by our government. Now, Gordon Brown wants his cash back, but he may have a fight on his hands. The matter is being put to a referendum in Iceland next month.

(CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION
It was the first week back at work after the Christmas break for many of us, but it seems we weren’t champing at the bit. A new survey claimed a third feel undervalued and unappreciated during the recession, and a quarter of us are seriously thinking of looking for a new job. Maybe it’s not just the bad weather that’s responsible for the empty chairs in the office.

Sasha Twining is LBC 97.3's Business Correspondent. You can hear her Monday-Friday between 4 and 7pm on the James Whale Programme.