Apart from business and professional services and health services, which had decent job growth, most of the other service employers hired little or cut back.
In terms of scented-leaved pelargoniums which also have decent flowers, the best is "Pink Capricorn", which has plain, soft grey-green foliage, faintly lemon-scented.
It's hard to decide if this is serving the family audience or the arthouse audience – but then the same might be said of films from Japan's Studio Ghibli, several of which have achieved decent numbers in the UK for Song of the Sea distributor StudioCanal.
Part of this is taken up by the speakers, which have a decent output in terms of volume but as with most ultra thin laptops the bass response is very weak, leading to a tinny sound.
"These tell me which companies have decent fundamental reported trends and some indication that projected earnings are rising," Mr. Streed said.
They have instead headed towards either late stage deals or what they call 'growth capital' – that is, financing businesses which already have decent turnover and revenues and now need to be supercharged into the stratosphere.
Places closer to the poles which have been too cold to have decent growing seasons will become more arable.
The shocks are big, but they hit a global economy which has underlying decent policies.The problem with this is that the benchmark is unrealistic.
For rooms with a view, head for 18th-century Royal Terrace, which has two decent hotels: Pier View (01702 437900, pierviewguesthouse.co.uk, doubles from £80 per night); and Hamiltons (01702 332350, hamiltonsboutiquehotel.co.uk, doubles from £60).
