Hard times push Brits to bartering – answers

Hard times push Brits to bartering

correct the sentences

1. Interest rates are increasing. the opposite they’ve been ‘slashed’
2. This is a new approach. it is their own approach but not new
3. The group meets weekly. monthly
4. Kutlets started in 1991. they are a member of the local exchange trading system LETSlink that began in 1991
5. Membership doubled last month. in the last months (more than 1 month)
6. People are contacted directly to become members. they come themselves after seeing TV programmes or news stories
7. This has nothing to do with credit crunch. he is sure that it has something to do with credit crunch
8. Kutlets only accepts beaks. it also accepts directly traded goods
9. Members work for 10 beaks a day. per hour
10. People are very receptive to Kutlets. not always some are wary and think it is ‘weird’
11. People can use beaks elsewhere. no the idea is to keep wealth within the community
12. It is an important part of globalisation. it is the opposite to globalisation which the speaker feels is too impersonal – this is very community centric