Founder Matthew Rusk
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I would agree with much of the above, especially when you look at the impact on students in areas like Swindon where there have been lots of redundancies from well-established companies in the area.
Earlier this week, one of the teachers I know in Swindon decided to offer pro-rata lessons to a young student whos dad had been made redundant until he finds a new job. This highlights the challenges currently for families due to a difficult economic environment – the son loved his music lessons yet there had to be cut as the family tightened their budget.
As you mention music lessons are one of the first things to go in an economic downturn as they are not as important as food, housing and basic bills. One note that is positive is that I started setting all of MGR Music Tuition up from 2008 onwards just after the worst economic recession in the recent past so I am positive that even in economic downturns that there will be a stream of students coming through even in the most challenging of economic times – this is very much influenced by the micro-economic factors to that city and its relative affluence compared to the national average.
Phil did you watch/read some of the films/books about the last economic downturn in 2008 and what was going on in Iceland with the banks? I couldn’t believe what I was watching/reading about.
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I have been notified about another spam email – this one from an emailer called “Sheila Wilshire” please see attached. We have two emails from “her” that are copied word for word. Thanks to the teacher who PM me about this; we try and spot spam as it comes through but it is challenging to filter it all out. Do PM me if you are unsure:)
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Eliza Jane Fyfe that is a really odd email
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I would really agree with this observation. Also when the name of the email – which is quite often [email protected] isn’t the same as the name that the email is signed off with can be used as a small red flag. Put them together (1) generic and vague email (2) with poor grammar and spelling (3) where the email address and correspondents names are different should raise a large enough red flag to pause to assess whether it is a genuine enquiry.
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Eliza Jane Fyfe thanks for highlighting a similar spam email like the one above to me, I know you received a similar enquiry last week (attached below for the community).
