54 Quotes by Alan Johnson

Getting a client who has built up liquid assets of, say, one million dollars to pay an annual, upfront fee of $10,000 is a much harder sell than the $400- to $500-per-trade transaction. The client has to be convinced of the value-added.

Given the right support most people claiming incapacity benefits can be helped back to work, ... Now we've brought down unemployment to a 30-year low and have half a million vacancies in the economy there's no reason for all this talent and potential to go to waste.

He hasn't made that decision. The only decision the prime minister has made is that he has to make a decision ... within this parliament, ... I come to this completely neutral on nuclear.

We're often kind and benevolent to senior executives who fail,

Having the Blazers in Portland is important to the whole region and the state. The economic impact the Blazers organization has is very significant. And when you think about their payroll and what taxes they pay locally, it's a huge factor.

It is good news that 4,000 ex-Rover employees are back in work, but there is still a lot of work to do. Our aim is that the remainder will also soon be back in work.

Overall, we had a good showing. And we're young. We're doing really well.

Some of the leverage has moved from the employer to the employee.

Looking ahead to 2006, most firms plan to hire strategically as concerns linger over rising interest rates, high energy prices and geo-political events,