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The cost of living has risen sharply for everyone, leaving many people who were comfortably managing their income and expenses just a year ago now struggling with financial pressures. While fuel prices aren’t the main driver, surging IT costs appear to be a key catalyst—for instance, server racks that cost around 18k eight months ago now run about 80k. Since businesses cannot operate without this essential infrastructure, the higher expenses flow downstream, inflating prices across consumer products, supply chains, and virtually every sector that relies on technology.
What others factors do you see causing it? High Taxes is another point - many agree and disagree. |
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By *oelMan 5 days ago
Midlands, London, Brussels |
"The cost of living has risen sharply for everyone, leaving many people who were comfortably managing their income and expenses just a year ago now struggling with financial pressures. While fuel prices aren’t the main driver, surging IT costs appear to be a key catalyst—for instance, server racks that cost around 18k eight months ago now run about 80k. Since businesses cannot operate without this essential infrastructure, the higher expenses flow downstream, inflating prices across consumer products, supply chains, and virtually every sector that relies on technology.
What others factors do you see causing it? High Taxes is another point - many agree and disagree. "
UK currency falling relative to USA dollar since 2008. GDP per capita drop
1990
USA 23k
UK 21k
2025
USA 89k
UK 54k
We are poorer relatively per capita, we arent a wealthy relatively. The biggest drop occured in 2008 financial crisis, however noone realised that we are lower down due to borrowing/lagging effect |
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"The cost of living has risen sharply for everyone, leaving many people who were comfortably managing their income and expenses just a year ago now struggling with financial pressures. While fuel prices aren’t the main driver, surging IT costs appear to be a key catalyst—for instance, server racks that cost around 18k eight months ago now run about 80k. Since businesses cannot operate without this essential infrastructure, the higher expenses flow downstream, inflating prices across consumer products, supply chains, and virtually every sector that relies on technology.
What others factors do you see causing it? High Taxes is another point - many agree and disagree.
UK currency falling relative to USA dollar since 2008. GDP per capita drop
1990
USA 23k
UK 21k
2025
USA 89k
UK 54k
We are poorer relatively per capita, we arent a wealthy relatively. The biggest drop occured in 2008 financial crisis, however noone realised that we are lower down due to borrowing/lagging effect"
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"The cost of living has risen sharply for everyone, leaving many people who were comfortably managing their income and expenses just a year ago now struggling with financial pressures. While fuel prices aren’t the main driver, surging IT costs appear to be a key catalyst—for instance, server racks that cost around 18k eight months ago now run about 80k. Since businesses cannot operate without this essential infrastructure, the higher expenses flow downstream, inflating prices across consumer products, supply chains, and virtually every sector that relies on technology.
What others factors do you see causing it? High Taxes is another point - many agree and disagree.
UK currency falling relative to USA dollar since 2008. GDP per capita drop
1990
USA 23k
UK 21k
2025
USA 89k
UK 54k
We are poorer relatively per capita, we arent a wealthy relatively. The biggest drop occured in 2008 financial crisis, however noone realised that we are lower down due to borrowing/lagging effect"
This relative economic decline has directly worsened the cost of living crisis in the UK, as a weaker pound makes imports (energy, food, electronics, and IT hardware) far more expensive while lower per-capita wealth limits wage growth and public spending power. Consequently, essentials and technology-driven goods become less affordable for British households compared to their American counterparts, amplifying the pain from rising IT infrastructure costs and supply chain pressures.
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By *inaTitzTV/TS 5 days ago
Titz Towers, North Notts |
Who'd have thought that disrupting trade with one of the world's biggest trading blocs might have made us poorer and pushed up prices.
Or not taxing the super rich or big corporations might push taxes up for everyone else? |
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I import a lot from China all my delivery's are around 7 weeks late they are blaming fule prices, energy prices are crippling every buissness I speak to nd because I'm late with imports people are cancelling orders simply because they are not taking money. |
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it depends what lifestyle you want really. jim carrey once said trying living 1 year as frugal as you can, limit what you do, spend less and see if you are happy. then see exactly what you really need.
i see people ordering food 2 or 3 times a week or go to the pub 3 or 4 times a week and say they are broke, well thats why.
i have learnt how not to spend, when i want something i think how will the purchase benefit me, will it make me money, is it something i want, need or can do without.
if you're renting for 1k per month, could you move to a cheaper place to save money for a mortgage for a while or would you buy a house that needs renovating for cheaper.
i can see comments not saying shut up, but think about it, yes things have gone up but thats life. |
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"Who'd have thought that disrupting trade with one of the world's biggest trading blocs might have made us poorer and pushed up prices.
Or not taxing the super rich or big corporations might push taxes up for everyone else?"
Exactly. 2 very big mistakes. I'm surprised we don't have riots like we did many years ago. Maybe that's why there are so many concerts/events over the summer, to distract us. |
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Labour cannot manage the finances. Never have, never will. That pure and simple. They tax the money makers higher and higher so they leave the uk or move money offshore. Shortfall made up by taxing joe public more and more. Totally clueless. |
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"The cost of living has risen sharply for everyone, leaving many people who were comfortably managing their income and expenses just a year ago now struggling with financial pressures. While fuel prices aren’t the main driver, surging IT costs appear to be a key catalyst—for instance, server racks that cost around 18k eight months ago now run about 80k. Since businesses cannot operate without this essential infrastructure, the higher expenses flow downstream, inflating prices across consumer products, supply chains, and virtually every sector that relies on technology.
What others factors do you see causing it? High Taxes is another point - many agree and disagree. "
No, server costs + taxes aren't the reason at all! . It's the same old energy, food, supply disruption, wages, housing (interest rates) that's driving cost of living increase in the uk. |
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I think downright incompetence should also be factored in, especially with high energy bills.
Ofgem presided over an unsustainable system for years that was very dependent on overseas power and vulnerable to price shocks.
Hand in hand with that, govt did not do enough to make the country energy independent.
The price shock happened, suppliers fall over, bills soar and remain high. I'd call that incompetence. No doubt it also applies to many other areas too. |
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"I think downright incompetence should also be factored in, especially with high energy bills.
Ofgem presided over an unsustainable system for years that was very dependent on overseas power and vulnerable to price shocks.
Hand in hand with that, govt did not do enough to make the country energy independent.
The price shock happened, suppliers fall over, bills soar and remain high. I'd call that incompetence. No doubt it also applies to many other areas too."
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The cost is living and price rises across the board on absolutely everything is scary.
We run our own business and are having to diversify and expand to try and make it more financially viable. It's obviously a balancing act though, as expanding our business naturally increases costs, but we are hoping it will increase our income and make our business more profitable.
It's an absolutely massive step for us and very concerning but we can't continue as we are.
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The whole shitstem has been on life support since at least 2008 let’s face it.
Privatised utilities set the foundations.
Followed by:
Financial crisis.
A decade of austerity.
Ending austerity.
Putin going tonto on Ukraine
Iran shutting the Strait of Hormuz.
We also have an ageing population to cater for whilst seemingly wanting less immigration & having low birth rates.
Have a nice day everyone ☀️
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"The cost is living and price rises across the board on absolutely everything is scary.
We run our own business and are having to diversify and expand to try and make it more financially viable. It's obviously a balancing act though, as expanding our business naturally increases costs, but we are hoping it will increase our income and make our business more profitable.
It's an absolutely massive step for us and very concerning but we can't continue as we are.
Ruby "
Besides my consulting business I am a wholesaler of black and white pepper - I have to pass on the additional cost to the retailers, and I don’t see this increase in sourcing and supply chain cost is going to go down anytime soon, even if the oil prices comes down to $70/barrel. |
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