Bank Holiday for the Royal Wedding
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This morning, this excellent missive came round regarding the royal wedding. I felt I should share it... To: Whole Company From: Grand Fromage You may be aware that Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011. I’m sure you share my delight at this news. Fittingly, our fine coalition Government has declared this day a Bank Holiday, to allow us all to enjoy such a momentous event. Our Prime Minister stated: "We want to mark the day as one of national celebration - a public holiday will ensure the most people possible will have a chance to celebrate on the day." For those worried about the cost of this, you may be interested to read that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills calculates the cost to the economy of a extra Bank Holiday to be just £2.9bn, which is barely 30% of our annual overseas aid budget. So, I have great pleasure in confirming that this day will be added to your holiday entitlement for 2011. In the unlikely event that your presence is not required at the wedding or you do not wish to view the balanced, modest, understated coverage that will no doubt be provided by our media outlets, you will, however, be able to seek sanctity at the **company** and take a day off on another occasion. The disappointingly unlikely possibility that the marriage does not go ahead does remain, but please rest assured that **company** will indeed still treat this day as though it were a Bank Holiday.
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This morning, this excellent missive came round regarding the royal wedding. I felt I should share it... To: Whole Company From: Grand Fromage You may be aware that Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011. I’m sure you share my delight at this news. Fittingly, our fine coalition Government has declared this day a Bank Holiday, to allow us all to enjoy such a momentous event. Our Prime Minister stated: "We want to mark the day as one of national celebration - a public holiday will ensure the most people possible will have a chance to celebrate on the day." For those worried about the cost of this, you may be interested to read that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills calculates the cost to the economy of a extra Bank Holiday to be just £2.9bn, which is barely 30% of our annual overseas aid budget. So, I have great pleasure in confirming that this day will be added to your holiday entitlement for 2011. In the unlikely event that your presence is not required at the wedding or you do not wish to view the balanced, modest, understated coverage that will no doubt be provided by our media outlets, you will, however, be able to seek sanctity at the **company** and take a day off on another occasion. The disappointingly unlikely possibility that the marriage does not go ahead does remain, but please rest assured that **company** will indeed still treat this day as though it were a Bank Holiday.
The more things change, the more they remain the same. :) Probably you could post this to this forum[^] as well. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]