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Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st April 2020
By
way of explanation. The
term 'home business' consists of two words.
'Business' is the second one; it's there to
qualify and support the word 'home' and all
that goes with it - and not vice versa. Consequently,
we also list below, items which are of interest
and value to the home. Whether in its context
as an office or as a part of your family and
lifestyle but always
directed at the improved prospects and enjoyment
that running a business from home, in its entirety,
can bring.
For a current, multi-part
overview of
starting and running a
business from home,
go here: http://www.homebusiness.org.uk/features.htm
 30.04.2020:
Lockdown: Shoppers can click-and-collect items
from non-essential outlets, Downing Street says.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lockdown-uk-shops-open-garden-centres-online-downing-street-a9490486.html
Coronavirus
'will hasten the decline of cash'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52455706
The criminal banks will be rubbing their
hands with glee.
Nationwide
survey’s the impact of UK’s entrepreneurs
have cashflow concerns. https://londonlovesbusiness.com/nationwide-surveys-the-impact-of-uks-entrepreneurs-have-cashflow-concerns/
Massive
global crime syndicate in UK operates with impunity.
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/massive-global-crime-syndicate-in-uk-operates-with-impunity/
Adjusting to a different life: Being a home-based
BDM. https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/features/adjusting-to-a-different-life-being-a-home-based-bdm.html
And what is a 'BDM'? For those who believe
that working from home doesn't mean you need
to start abusing the English language with obscure
abbreviations (like the French abuse theirs).
Next thing you know everyone will be saying,
'Oh, my God (x3), 'guys' and 'Hi'!
29.04.2020:
FCA warns banks to stop using Covid-19 to squeeze
extra cash out of businesses. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/28/fca-warns-banks-to-stop-using-covid-19-to-squeeze-extra-cash-out/
Water off ducks' backs. The only way to deal
with the criminal banks is to do what an ex-London
Mayor, Ken Livingstone once suggested. Start
hanging a few of the bosses.
ATM
use ‘down 60% compared with a year ago’.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/28/atm-use-a-down-60-compared-with-a-year-agoa/
Definitely
looks like cash is on its way out thus opening
the floodgates to unchecked fraud, incompetence
and evasion. And that's only by the banks. Mind
you, this could just be another deliberate piece
of disinformation. One never knows with a story
which appears in the mainstream fake news and
gutter press.
Economies of West Midlands and East England
worst affected by coronavirus outbreak. https://home.kpmg/uk/en/home/insights/2020/04/chief-economist-s-note-levelling-up-and-covid-19.html
The
economies of the West Midlands and the East
of England are predicted to be the worst affected
by the coronavirus outbreak, according to KPMG.
The economies in both regions are predicted
to fall by around 10% due to a downturn in manufacturing
and construction. London and the North East
of England are predicted to be the least affected
regions. KPMG also predicts that the travel
and hospitality sector will take the longest
to recover.
Virgin
Media says broadband issue ‘fixed’
but users still reporting problems. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/28/virgin-media-says-broadband-issue-a-fixeda-but-users-still-re/
Any claims made by a telecons company fall
into the same category as anything you see in
the mainstream, fake news media.
Locked-down
advertisers ask: is it too soon for jokes? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/27/locked-down-advertisers-ask-is-it-too-soon-for-jokes
Why
is Eurostar setting a deadline for using its
vouchers? https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/apr/28/eurostar-deadline-using-vouchers-refund-coronavirus
Because Eurostar has the worst management
in the world - French parasite-fonctionnaires.
Another U-turn half-way along the Channel Tunnel
in the offing?
Sustainable
handbags that consumers assemble at home.
https://tinyurl.com/ydyr2666
Bridal
company launches first virtual showroom.
https://tinyurl.com/yabpfhfw
28.04.2020:
Sunak unveils state-guaranteed ‘bounce
back’ loans up to £50,000 for small
firms. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/27/sunak-unveils-state-guaranteed-a-bounce-backa-loans-up-to-a-5/
Gambling
firms claim they will halt TV and radio advertising
during lockdown. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/27/gambling-firms-to-halt-tv-and-radio-advertising-during-lockdown/
Advertising by gambling firms should be banned
altogether on the grounds of it being a danger
to public health, just like smoking. Trouble
is, with the gambling industry having committed
heavily to greasing bent Tory arses, it obviously
wants to see a return on its investment. Which
is why the advertising continues to appear despite
the fake stories being circulated by the gutter
press.
How
to avoid Amazon: the definitive guide to online
shopping – without the retail titan.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/27/how-to-avoid-amazon-the-definitive-guide-to-online-shopping-without-the-retail-titan
27.04.2020:
Boris Johnson is well enough to agree UK/US
trade deal. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/boris-johnson-is-well-enough-to-agree-uk-us-trade-deal/
The
new priority during Covid crisis: bailing out
offshore billionaires. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-economics/the-new-priority-during-covid-crisis-bailing-out-offshore-billionaires/26/04/
Coronavirus
marks the real beginning of the end of cash.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-covid-19-marks-the-real-beginning-of-the-end-of-cash-104855087.html
UK energy firms using debt collectors despite
coronavirus agreement. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/26/uk-energy-firms-using-debt-collectors-despite-coronavirus-agreement
Coronavirus:
Five firms booming despite the lockdown. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52383193
26.04.2020:
Recovery expert: 'Some businesses will never
reopen'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52393207
And it takes a 'recovery expert' to come
to this conclusion, does it? Perhaps if the
mainstream gutter press spent less time trying
to get a glimpse of Meghan Markle's knickers,
they might have been able to work that out for
themselves!
Coronavirus
lockdown sends retail sales plunging at fastest
pace on record. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/retail-sales-fall-latest-coronavirus-lockdown-impact-data-a9481636.html
House
of Lords committee reveals IR35 concerns. https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/house-of-lords-committee-reveals-ir35-concerns/
A
House of Lords committee has published concerns
about the proposed extension of IR35 off-payroll
rules to the private sector. The concerns include
the potential for contractors to lose business
and the possibility that limits on the use of
contractors could harm the labour market once
the coronavirus outbreak is over. The committee
is also concerned about whether businesses will
have recovered enough from the impact of coronavirus
by April 2021 to be able to adhere to the IR35
rules. The extension of the IR35 rules was due
to come into force on 6 April 2020 but was delayed
due to increased business uncertainty caused
by the coronavirus outbreak.
Millions
of people now buying food from farms, survey
finds. https://www.farminguk.com/news/millions-of-people-now-buying-food-from-farms-survey-finds_55481.html
Millions
of British people have tried a vegetable box
scheme or are buying direct from the farm as
a result of the Covid-19 crisis, a new survey
shows.
Thousands
of complaints received over price spikes for
hygiene essentials. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/24/thousands-of-complaints-received-over-price-spikes-for-hygiene-e/
Or, they could always take a leaf out of
the transport and telecomms industry's book
and charge for something, including price hikes,
they don't even provide.
Three
in 10 people have learned new online skills
during lockdown, poll claims. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/online-skills-video-call-zoom-facetime-tech-lockdown-a9482546.html
What 'skills' would these be then? (Assuming
this isn't just another piece of fake news and
state propaganda.) How to Twatter an extra ten
characters?
Free
guide. Support for SMEs struggling to deal with
the coronavirus pandemic. https://mcusercontent.com/eba6bd0634d4697df4d69b765/files/a3628d80-4df9-4b24-a3fc-a7fefae3c74c/Online_Turnaround_Guru_Support_for_SMEs_Struggling_To_Deal_With_The_Cornavirus_Pandemic_Updated_6th_April_2020.pdf
Air
France to get seven billion euro government
aid package. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/24/air-france-to-get-seven-billion-euro-government-aid-package/
This comes as no surprise from a country
whose criminally irresponsible politicians insisted
on holding municipal elections on exactly the
same day as it ordered a crackdown on everything
else, thus creating an explosion in the numbers
of people affected by the epidemic. Now, as
probably the country's biggest polluter (although
French farming may want to argue the toss),
why not subsidise Air France to continue inflicting
an even greater health toll on the French public
than coronavirus itself? With the public's money,
of course: 'ze French touch.'
Instacart
shares data trove to ease widespread grocery
shortages. https://tinyurl.com/ycddqu6p
Chinese
jeweller pivots to live-streamed 'stores' in
response to COVID-19. https://tinyurl.com/yb5glrtg
Solar-powered
water generator extracts and purifies water
from air. https://tinyurl.com/ybw8ozxx
25.04.2020:
Coronavirus: Pressure grows to reform emergency
business loan scheme with just £2.8bn
lent so far.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-business-interruption-loan-scheme-latest-figures-alok-sharma-a9479941.html
In
other words stories appearing in mainstream
fake news and propaganda recently that half
of Britain's businesses had received loans was
just another daily pack of lies. Back for another
sniff of Meghan Markle's knickers!
Treasury considers 100% guarantee on 'micro-firm'
loans.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52408765
Extra
support is needed to save companies, says CBI
boss. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/23/extra-support-is-needed-to-save-companies-says-cbi-boss/
I'll bet. Especially if they are CBI members
who also bung the Tory regime a few quid on
a regular basis.
Persimmon
becomes latest housebuilder to reopen construction
sites. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/24/persimmon-becomes-latest-housebuilder-to-reopen-construction-sit/
Payment
freeze options to be offered to payday loan
and car finance customers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/24/payment-freeze-options-to-be-offered-to-payday-loan-and-car-fina/
Digital
cheque deposits surge during lockdown. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/23/digital-cheque-deposits-surge-during-lockdown/
That should give the criminal banks a further
excuse to continue closing down branches.
Most
people to maintain new shopping habits post-lockdown,
research suggests. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/24/most-people-to-maintain-new-shopping-habits-post-lockdown-resea/
Until a new advertising campaign targeting
thick plebs comes along.
Shoppers
swap clothes for alcohol amid record sales drop.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52408885
People obviously think it's better to drink
yourself to death rather than waiting to die
from an epidemic fuelled by Tory criminal incompetence.
Bank
warns of potential increase in Ramadan-related
scams. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/23/bank-warns-of-potential-increase-in-ramadan-related-scams/
Newspapers
are enjoying a surge in popularity, but they're
struggling to survive. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/24/newspapers-journalists-coronavirus-press-democracy
Any 'surge in popularity' is only down to
the toilet paper shortage. Nothing to do with
serving 'democracy' as the article suggests.
At least, not the mainstream gutter press.
24.04.2020:
Five out of six UK firms unable to cope if lockdown
lasts six months. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/business-coronavirus-survey-south-west-cope-six-months-a9478566.html
Coronavirus
loans speed up as more than £2.8bn handed
to small firms. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/23/coronavirus-loans-speed-up-as-more-than-a-2-8bn-handed-to-small/
Or, put into perspective, 5% of the turnover
of just one of the UK's murder industry's players
made from killing children in the Yemen. And
that's just the Yemen.
Coronavirus:
Half of firms still waiting for loans to survive
virus. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52394828
Only half of firms? I'd bet it's at least
three quarters.
Adults
in parts of northern England and Wales ‘owe
£1 for every £5 earned’.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/22/adults-in-parts-of-northern-england-and-wales-a-owe-a-1-for-eve/
Is that all? I'll bet they're not 'self-employed'
then or it would be more like 'owe £5
for every £5 earned'!
Tenants
who asked London property company for rent reduction
‘told to use holiday and lunch money’.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/tenants-rent-reduction-landlord-holiday-lunch-money-a9478641.html
The property company's owners had obviously
been to public school and voted Tory.
The company changing British farming to save
wildlife and the planet. https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/business/farm-wilder-british-farming-rewilding-environment-wildlife-a9430256.html
UK
government urged to ban import of Chinese cotton
‘made using Uighur Muslim forced labour'.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chinese-cotton-uk-government-important-uighur-muslim-labour-a9478501.html
And how many MILLIONS of people have not
only been forced into 'labour' but also starved,
maimed and murdered by American terrorists and
their cronies? As facilitated by the UN of course.
23.04.2020:
The UK's biggest travel firms and airlines are
breaking the law. https://www.aol.co.uk/living/2020/04/21/holidaymakers-a-have-no-idea-if-or-when-theya-ll-see-their-money/
Flaw
in government’s coronavirus small business
grants scheme leaves hundreds of thousands of
small firms all at sea. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-small-business-grants-scheme-flaw-anomaly-business-rates-landlords-a9476701.html
That was always the plan. The priority is
offshore, tax-dodging parasites (including the
fake news and disinformation media) who sponsor
the Tory regime.
Post
Office launches cash delivery service to help
vulnerable customers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/22/post-office-launches-cash-delivery-service-to-help-vulnerable-cu/
Covid-19
text message scams tackled by banking and mobile
industries. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/22/covid-19-text-message-scams-tackled-by-banking-and-mobile-indust/
After the banking and mobile industries gave
scammers - and continue to - give them plenty
of help.
15
email etiquette rules every professional should
know. https://tinyurl.com/y9exy6kb
A lot of people could make a start with just
2 rules! 1. Reply to the email - and promptly.
Don't just ignore it simply because you can't
be arsed. 2. Lurn how 2 rite your own langwidge.
'Bicycles
are the new toilet paper'. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/apr/22/bicycles-are-the-new-toilet-paper-bike-sales-boom-as-coronavirus-lockdown-residents-crave-exercise
Reusable,
origami-style face shield helps to fight COVID-19.
https://tinyurl.com/y7vcmw6f
First
digital recycling compliance management platform
for e-commerce. https://tinyurl.com/y77pox5p
New
virtual storefront platform offers free access
to retailers during COVID-19. https://tinyurl.com/y95q4d22
Goat-2-Meeting
programme raises morale and money on Zoom.
https://tinyurl.com/ya5bsfbd
Floating
houses adapt to rising sea levels in Kiribati.
https://tinyurl.com/ydyxmvbf
Rothy's
handbag collection made from ocean-bound plastics.
https://tinyurl.com/y6vaxvon
22.04.2020:
Hospitality sector warns of ‘bloodbath’
without further Government support. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/21/hospitality-sector-warns-of-a-bloodbatha-without-further-gove/
Denmark
bans tax haven companies from accessing coronavirus
bailout money – will other countries follow?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/coronavirus-denmark-bailout-tax-haven-companies-uk-richard-branson-a9475081.html
Oh,
dear. This is all very 'anti-Semitic.'
Global ‘call to arms’ to hunt down
tax evaders as C19 craters gov’t revenues.
https://truepublica.org.uk/global/global-call-to-arms-to-hunt-down-tax-evaders-as-c19-craters-govt-revenues/
No
need to do any 'hunting': everyone knows where
this thieving rabble can be found. It's called
'the City.'
Amazon given €294m in tax credits as European
revenues jump to €32bn. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/21/amazon-given-294m-in-tax-credits-as-european-revenues-jump-to-32bn
Coronavirus:
Demand from renters slumps amid lockdown. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52367021
Hull
achieves most improved broadband speed over
12 months, research suggests. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/21/hull-achieves-most-improved-broadband-speed-over-12-months-rese/
How did they do that? Run a length of string
between two empty baked bean cans? And have
the crooks running the telecomms sector offered
to take pay cuts just as their taxpayer-subsidised
services are an even bigger pile of shite than
usual? Or perhaps they think they command the
same value as professional fairies, ponces and
divers who couldn't hit the side of an aircraft
hanger.
21.04.2020:
Finance minister rejects 100% guarantee for
small business loans. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain-loans/finance-minister-rejects-100-guarantee-for-small-business-loans-idUKKBN2222DM?rpc=401&
One
in three households ‘saw decline in income
from employment in April’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/20/one-in-three-households-a-saw-decline-in-income-from-employment/
Hackers
exploit coronavirus lockdown with fake Netflix
and Disney+ pages. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/19/hackers-exploit-coronavirus-lockdown-with-fake-netflix-and-disney-pages
Wow! The next thing they will be doing is
offering decades of repeats for an annual subscription
or 'TV licence'!
Facebook
and Google to be forced to share advertising
revenue with Australian media companies. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/19/facebook-and-google-to-be-forced-to-share-advertising-revenue-with-australian-media-companies
Astonishing that this initiative comes from
the birthplace of absolute media shite like
the tabloids, gutter press, fake news and hate-preaching.
Workers
reskilling during weekends. https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/article-details/workers-reskilling-during-weekends
Thousands
of Metro Bank customers set for overdraft fees
refund. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/20/thousands-of-metro-bank-customers-set-for-overdraft-fees-refund/
20.04.2020:
Government extends furlough – reaction
from businesses and unions. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/17/government-extends-furlough-a-reaction-from-businesses-and-uni/
Government
support for businesses needs to become ‘faster
and simpler’ – BCC. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/19/government-support-for-businesses-needs-to-become-a-faster-and/
But it IS 'faster and simpler' - for snout-in-trough,
offshore, tax-dodging, polluting, wasting, big
business - and Tory donors. It's just the country's
97% of small and medium-sized businesses which
don't get a look-in.
Coronavirus
Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) –
lies, dam lies and statistics. https://thefintechtimes.com/cbils-lies-dam-lies-and-statistics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cbils-lies-dam-lies-and-statistics
Coronavirus:
Contactless payments boom as people avoid handling
cash. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-cash-contactless-card-credit-debit-amazon-prime-venmo-a9472246.html
The criminal banks will be pleased.
19.04.2020:
Small Businesses Left Struggling To Survive
After Being 'Abandoned' By Insurers. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/business-interruption-insurance-small-businesses-uk-coronavirus_uk_5e9992c1c5b62f4a2df54ded?ncid=news-aol
Pressure
mounts on Chancellor to guarantee 100% of loans
to firms. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52331445
Culture
Secretary urges public to buy a paper as press
faces crisis. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/18/culture-secretary-urges-public-to-buy-a-paper-as-press-faces-cri/
As the snout-in-trough, offshore, hate-preaching,
fake news and disinformation media was recently
peddling its 'anti-Semitic' conspiracy theories
urging the naive public to vote for yet another
catastrophic Tory regime, perhaps it's time
for this industry of serial-wasters to be left
to shrivel up and die?
One
in six adults ‘have already missed loan
payments, or expect to’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/17/one-in-six-adults-a-have-already-missed-loan-payments-or-expec/
Travel
firms angry over Grant Shapps' 'no summer holiday'
comment. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/17/travel-firms-angry-over-grant-shapps-no-summer-holiday-comment
Or, Little Ingerlandt Brexit Knobheads could
take the same kind of summer holidays their
grandparents used to: fruit picking on the local
farm.
Tui
refund: Travel firm makes it harder to claim
money back for cancelled holidays. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/tui-refund-holiday-cancelled-coronavirus-flight-hotel-seat-upgrade-a9471916.html
Fishing
businesses get £10m government lifeline
to help them through crisis, while consumers
rediscover taste for local catch. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-fishing-government-bailout-lockdown-local-fish-a9471476.html
£10 million isn't so much a 'lifeline'
as a Tory propaganda exercise for dummies.
20
pledges for 2020: Could coronavirus lockdown
see more people turn to seasonal fruit and veg?
https://www.independent.co.uk/20-pledges/fruit-vegetable-boxes-local-seasonal-coronavirus-lockdown-supermarkets-a9448636.html
That will depend on what Just Eat and Deliveroo
have to say.
18.04.2020:
Coronavirus: Freeze on pawn, payday and car
loan payments.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52321723
That should see a surge in second-hand BMW
sales.
Which?
calls for price controls as eBay and Amazon
fail to stop coronavirus profiteering. https://press.which.co.uk/whichpressreleases/which-calls-for-price-controls-as-ebay-and-amazon-fail-to-stop-coronavirus-profiteering/
Which? is calling for urgent government action
that would limit the prices of essential products
during the coronavirus crisis, after a new investigation
found Amazon and eBay are still failing to get
to grips with blatant price-gouging on their
websites. Thus fuelling the theory that it
was the Americans who triggered coronavirus
in the first place with an economy which is
geared entirely to profiting from human misery.
Officials
approve £400m Amazon-Deliveroo deal as
Covid-19 hammers takeaways. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/17/officials-approve-a-400m-amazon-deliveroo-deal-as-covid-19-hamme/
Nothing unusual for the Tory regime to be
putting American Big Corp before its own country's
businesses. Although I'm sure the numerous fake
and corrupt Brits in their midst believe that
the USA and Israel are their countries.
Government
encourages online retailing of non-essential
products. https://tamebay.com/2020/04/government-confirms-online-commerce-is-encouraged.html
The Department for Business has confirmed that
online retailing of non-essential items is being
encouraged during the coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
The confirmation comes after conflicting views
about whether non-essential products should
still be sold online and if delivery services
should still be operating. The Department for
Business confirmed that it is important that
business carries on where possible and the economy
should be kept running.
Google
blocked an average of 18 million daily malicious
coronavirus messages to Gmail users in the past
week as hackers try to capitalize on fear and
less secure remote-work setups. https://tinyurl.com/ycltvguz
When something is that rotten, it's best
not touched at all.
5G
– What’s true, what’s not and
what you really need to know. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/5g-whats-true-whats-not-and-what-you-really-need-to-know/
At least we know that the mainstream, fake
news media's support for 5G means there is something
wrong with it - if only because it's the mainstream,
fake news media.
17.04.2020:
C19 BoE loans to small-medium sized businesses
– “gone wrong”. https://truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/c19-boe-loans-to-small-medium-sized-businesses-gone-wrong/
Quarter
of firms shut doors in face of coronavirus.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/16/quarter-of-firms-shut-doors-in-face-of-coronavirus/
Post
modern: letterbox-shaped products come into
their own. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/16/post-modern-letterbox-shaped-products-come-into-their-own
16.04.2020:
Coronavirus: Insurance firms ordered to pay
out or explain.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52291286
I'm
sure that just having to 'explain' will have
the insurance companies absolutely quaking in
their boots!
More than £1.1bn in coronavirus loans
given to 6,000 UK businesses. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/15/more-than-a-1-1bn-in-coronavirus-loans-given-to-6-000-uk-busines/
Third of small firms have been given cash
grants, says Chancellor. In other words,
there are only 18,000 small businesses in the
UK - and not over 5 million, as per official
statistics? Fake news and state propaganda just
get more comical every day.
Coronavirus:
The brands and businesses supporting NHS workers.
https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/coronavirus-uk-nhs-workers-discount-fundraising-john-lewis-halfords-a9465051.html
Coronavirus:
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos adds $24bn to fortune.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52289657
All
the more profit for all the less UK tax to pay.
Amazon
sales of 'non essentials' hit by French court
ruling. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/15/amazon-sales-non-essentials-french-court-ruling-union
Tech firms' donations just 0.2% of profits stashed
offshore, research finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-technology-companies-donations-a9459396.html
Drug
dealers 'disguising themselves as key workers'
during UK lockdown. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/coronavirus-drug-dealers-key-workers-uk-lockdown-police-fines-a9466526.html
But - to many drug users, they are 'key workers'.
And at least they aren't causing as much
all-round harm as various governments around
the world.
Romanian
fruit and veg pickers to arrive in UK on charter
flight. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/15/romanian-fruit-and-veg-pickers-to-arrive-in-uk-on-charter-flight/
Brexit Knobheads whining about furreners
stealing their jobs not stepping up to the mark
again?
'My
firm is viable – but I can’t get a
loan'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52288258
Obviously not a donor to the Tory regime.
New
virtual storefront platform offers free access
to retailers during COVID-19. https://tinyurl.com/ujcobff
Easy-to-grow
agave used for biofuel and hand sanitiser.
https://tinyurl.com/upn63bs
Redesigned
local food markets with social distancing in
mind. https://tinyurl.com/wmuexxs
Cars
double as energy storage units. https://tinyurl.com/wrtyatu
15.04.2020:
One in nine UK mortgages now subject to a payment
holiday. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/14/one-in-nine-uk-mortgages-now-subject-to-a-payment-holiday/
Shpock
contact free exchange of second-hand goods launched.
https://tamebay.com/2020/04/shpock-launches-contact-free-exchange-of-second-hand-goods.html
14.04.2020:
Post Office helps self-isolating people access
cash more easily. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/11/post-office-helps-self-isolating-people-access-cash-more-easily/
Brexit
Mission Creep: Half of UK chickens already produced
by US agri-giants. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/brexit-mission-creep-half-of-uk-chickens-already-produced-by-us-agri-giants/
Owners
of listed pub threatened with £20,000
fine and prison sentence after painting building
bright yellow. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pub-owner-golden-lion-paint-yellow-fine-prison-todmorden-calder-council-a9461346.html
13.04.2020:
Consumer prices plummet as economy continues
shrinking.
https://beincrypto.com/consumer-prices-plummet-as-economy-continues-shrinking/
The
government’s business bailout is still
failing – spectacularly. https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2020/04/12/the-governments-business-bailout-is-still-failing-spectacularly/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=
Feed%3A+org%2FlWWh+%28Tax+Research+UK+2%29
Loans
scheme must work faster, government admits.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52260748
I bet they're working plenty fast enough
for Tory regime donors and snout-in-trough,
offshore tax-dodgers.
Buy-to-let
landlords and the coronavirus: your questions
answered. https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/04/buy-to-let-landlords-and-the-coronavirus-your-questions-answered/
Yoga
mats, beard trimmers, and loungewear: Here's
what online shoppers in the UK have been splurging
on during the past two weeks of lockdown.
https://tinyurl.com/vnody4u
7
Business Tips For Starting A Successful Roofing
Company. https://neconnected.co.uk/7-business-tips-for-starting-a-successful-roofing-company/
12.04.2020:
Spending stays local as coronavirus alters shopping
habits.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/10/spending-stays-local-as-coronavirus-alters-shopping-habits/
US
trade talks must be put on hold to deal with
Covid-19 pandemic, demand campaigners. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/us-trade-talks-must-be-put-on-hold-to-deal-with-covid-19-pandemic-demand-campaigners/
It's not going to happen. The Americans are
relying on their Tory fags to sell out as already
agreed, especially now that the US economy appears
to be taking an unexpected and major hit from
coronavirus. Unless a few highly profitable
terrorist invasions of some more defenceless
countries can be arranged in the meantime -
but even so.
'Don't
Visit Wales Challenge' Goes Viral As Millions
Of Britons Urged To Stay Home Amid Coronavirus
Crisis. https://tinyurl.com/t57ckrq
Nine
ways to boost your broadband speed during lockdown.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/apr/11/boost-broadband-speed-during-lockdown-wifi-internet
Coronavirus: Apple and Google phones to reveal
if you've been near someone who has coronavirus.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-apple-and-google-team-up-so-smartphones-can-track-covid-19s-spread-11971792
Yet
more American conspiracy and fairytale bullshit.
BCC
responds to the British Business Bank approving
new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus
Business Interruption Loan Scheme. https://www.britishchambers.org.uk/news/2020/04/bcc-responds-to-the-british-business-bank-approving-new-lenders-for-accreditation-under-the-coronavirus-business-interruption-loan-scheme
In other words, while the Tory regime and
the banks continue to posture, businesses are
going down the tubes. As usual.
Starling
Bank is accredited by the British Business Bank
as a ‘CBILS’ lender. https://thefintechtimes.com/starling-bank-is-accredited-by-the-british-business-bank-as-a-cbils-lender/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=starling-bank-is-accredited-by-the-british-business-bank-as-a-cbils-lender
Milk
floats ride to the rescue of locked-down British
households. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/11/milk-floats-ride-to-the-rescue-of-locked-down-british-households
Not like Google and Apple 'saving the day'
by slowing down even further your internet connections,
then?
Blockchain
platform lets consumers customise sustainable
energy usage. https://tinyurl.com/tb23xls
11.04.2020:
Which? urges Government price controls to stop
online coronavirus profiteering. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/09/which-urges-government-price-controls-to-stop-online-coronaviru/
If the Tory regime were ever to put a stop
to online profiteering it would mean a very
significant reduction in the cash suppositories
they receive. And it would be 'anti-Semitic'
anyway.
Covid-19
crisis could mean payday for pension scammers,
insurers warn. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/08/covid-19-crisis-could-mean-payday-for-pension-scammers-insurers/
Not like yet another 'payday' for insurers,
on the other hand?! (see also below.)
Best
Western hotels call on ministers to probe insurance
sector. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/09/best-western-hotels-call-on-ministers-to-probe-insurance-sector/
There have been calls for a probe into the
insurance sector since it was first conceived.
And that's all she wrote!
Free-to-use
ATM guarantee pledge by banks. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/09/free-to-use-atm-guarantee-pledge-by-banks/
There is no such thing as 'free-to-use' ATMs.
That's just another piece of fake news. ALL
the banks' customers pay towards the availabilty
of ATMs. As if the banks ever gave anything
away for free!
Council
sees upsurge in fly-tipping since Covid-19 lockdown.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/09/council-sees-upsurge-in-fly-tipping-since-covid-19-lockdown/
I wonder how many council executives and
councillors themselves have taken 'pay cuts'
out of solidarity with the millions of furloughed
workers from around the country for whom somewhere
to dispose of rubbish, is a necessity which
should have been anticipated months ago. Or
is it to be 'the plague' next?
10.04.2020:
UK SME Businesses Struggling to Access Government
Promised Cash. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/uk-sme-businesses-struggling-to-access-government-promised-cash/
Tory
lies/propaganda offering to help the small business
community have always fallen within the 'lunatic
conspiracy theories' and 'fake news' categories.
Relief
for overdraft and credit card borrowers: How
you can get help. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/09/relief-for-overdraft-and-credit-card-borrowers-how-you-can-get/
Which
workers are most affected by the lockdown?
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/which-workers-are-most-affected-by-the-lockdown/
Coronavirus:
Thousands apply for fruit and veg grower jobs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52215606
Dairy farmers throwing thousands of litres
of milk away as demand dries up in lockdown.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-dairy-milk-farmers-throw-away-shortage-lockdown-a9457001.html
In
a cash-strapped age, are microloans the answer?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/nonprofit-microfinancing-poverty-good-news-loans
Airbnb
halts bookings in UK properties due to Covid-19.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/09/airbnb-halts-bookings-in-uk-properties-due-to-covid-19/
Cardboard
desk offers quick fix for those now working
from home. https://tinyurl.com/rswumd6
Partnership
develops vertical takeoff and landing delivery
drones. https://tinyurl.com/stu2vcq
First-ever
recycled runway built for London Fashion Week.
https://tinyurl.com/wajhowo
No-touch
delivery platform protects against spreading
viruses. https://tinyurl.com/u37h8wt
Hands-free
door handle could prevent spread of coronavirus.
https://tinyurl.com/sd7q64a
09.04.2020:
Less than 10% of businesses can access government
coronavirus funding. https://smallbusiness.co.uk/less-than-10-of-businesses-can-access-government-coronavirus-funding-2550122/
Just what the Tory regime's offshore, tax-dodging,
criminal, snout-in-trough, Big Corp backers
ordered.
TSB,
Lloyds, Barclays and HSBC offer interest-free
overdrafts to help struggling customers. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-interest-free-overdrafts-lloyds-tsb-barclays-hsbc-santander-a9452841.html
Only - happily for the banks - to see their
customers struggle even more when the interest-free
period inevitably comes to an end.
HMRC
working with tax agents: Off-payroll working
rules (IR35) delay and what that means for organisations
and contractors. https://www.accountancydaily.co/cch_uk/tat/news_011255_hmrc_working_with_tax_agents
Coronavirus:
Is it safe to be receiving delivery packages
and should you even be shopping for non-essential
items online? https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/coronavirus-delivery-package-mail-safe-online-shopping-order-warehouse-a9435706.html
08.04.2020:
Small businesses have no chance if they are
depending on our bailed out banks. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/small-businesses-have-no-chance-if-they-are-depending-on-our-bailed-out-banks/
House
prices brought to a standstill in March. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/07/house-prices-brought-to-a-standstill-in-march/
Good news for the majority?
Travel
industry calls for Government to amend refund
rules to help firms survive. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/06/travel-industry-calls-for-government-to-amend-refund-rules-to-he/
On the other hand it could be argued that
because the spread of coronavirus is almost
entirely down to the travel industry (and American
terrorism), not only should the entire sector
be closed down but each and every member of
that industry should face criminal charges and
claims for compensation.
Horticultural
sector could be wiped out by coronavirus shutdown
in weeks. https://hta.org.uk/news/horticultural-sector-wiped-out-by-coronavirus.html
The ornamental horticultural industry is
facing a crisis point which will severely impact
the availability of British-grown seasonal plants
and flowers.
Coronavirus:
top-level talks to secure farm workforce.
https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/business-management/coronavirus-top-level-talks-to-secure-farm-workforce
A new scheme could see thousands of British
people helping to feed the nation by working
on UK farms during the coronavirus epidemic.
Google
pays £44m in UK corporation tax and hands
£1bn to staff, accounts show. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/07/google-pays-a-44m-in-uk-corporation-tax-and-hands-a-1bn-to-staff/
That's enough tax-dodging for the Tory regime
to award Google a multi-£ billion contract
for making ventilators it knows nothing about.
07.04.2020:
18% of small businesses will fail in next four
weeks. https://www.thecfn.org.uk/18-of-all-smes-are-set-to-collapse-within-the-next-4-weeks-unless-the-government-steps-in-a-team-of-leading-industry-professionals-are-ready-to-launch-such-a-rescue-plan/
In
the next four weeks, 18% of small and medium-sized
businesses will be unable to survive, according
to research carried out by the Corporate Finance
Network. The research reveals that around 13,000
small and medium-sized businesses will fail
despite the support measures put in place by
the Government. However, if the lockdown lasts
longer than three months 31% of small businesses
will cease trading. The Chancellor is expected
to announce improvements to the Government's
support measures shortly.
Construction
industry in ‘quicksand’ as staff lay-offs
surge. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/06/construction-industry-in-a-quicksanda-as-staff-lay-offs-surge/
Contractors
may not be eligible for income support scheme.
https://www.accountancydaily.co/covid-19-contractors-fall-through-cracks-support
Contractors
and those who work through personal service
companies (PSCs) may not be eligible for government
support for lost earnings as a result of coronavirus.
To access grant funding via the Self-employment
Income Support Scheme (SEISS), contractors must
have been self-employed for a complete tax year
and not paid themselves a mix of a salary and
dividends. As many contractors who work via
a PSC often pay themselves a salary and dividends
they will not be able to access the SEISS. Instead
they must apply for support via the Coronavirus
Job Retention Scheme, which provides 80% of
a worker's salary.
Banks
failing in pandemic duties, business leader
warns. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/06/banks-failing-in-pandemic-duties-business-leader-warns/
And this is supposed to be 'news'?! What
would be 'news' is the banks actually stepping
up to the mark.
Banks
‘reimbursing bank transfer scam victims
at lower rates than expected’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/06/banks-a-reimbursing-bank-transfer-scam-victims-at-lower-rates-t/
Shoppers
urged to support UK fishermen as export markets
dry up. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/06/shoppers-urged-to-support-uk-fishermen-as-export-markets-dry-up/
Temporary
changes to right to rent and right to work checks.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/temporary-changes-to-right-to-rent-and-right-to-work-checks
Landlords
and employers are not required to see original
documents during coronavirus outbreak.
Airbnb
hosts defy lockdown laws with 'Covid-19 retreats'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52184497
Coronavirus:
Foreign Office advises against all travel ‘indefinitely’.
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/coronavirus-foreign-office-travel-advice-warning-fco-uk-government-a9448986.html
Has the Foreign Office cleared this with
their superiors at the Pentagon?
06.04.2020:
Coronavirus: Tech firms summoned over 'crackpot'
5G conspiracies.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52172570
These being 'non-official' crackpot conspiracies
- unlike those ignored, sanctioned or promoted
by bent politicians, criminal Big Corp and the
fake news gutter press, designed to fleece the
public out of £ billions.
Rees-Mogg
firm accused of cashing in on coronavirus crisis.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/05/rees-mogg-firm-accused-of-cashing-in-on-coronavirus-crisis
Hot
on the heels of cashing in on the deliberate
Brexit crisis, then?
Competition watchdog to take action on leasehold
selling. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2020/02/competition-watchdog-finds--worrying-evidence--that-people-who-b/
Why
businesses should strive for a bad review on
Trustpilot. https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/business/trustpilot-business-review-peter-muhlmann-ceo-online-a9276776.html
Is there anyone left out there who actually
believes anything which appears on a review
site? Apart from Americans and Brexit Knobheads,
of course.
Step
up to the plate: the people helping to sustain
UK food supply. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/05/step-up-to-the-plate-people-helping-sustain-uk-food-supply
Not imported, poisoned, Brexit-American chicken-shit,
then?
Scottish
fruit farmers recruit thousands of locals to
save harvest. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/scottish-fruit-farmers-recruit-thousands-locals-save-harvest
05.04.2020:
Business survey: Britain heading for slump deeper
than 1930s depression. https://truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/business-survey-britain-heading-for-slump-deeper-than-1930s-depression/
Small
businesses worry coronavirus loans ‘too
risky’. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52158029
That's because banks don't do charity or
humanitarian causes. No matter how the fake
news, gutter press might present their major
advertisers.
Coronavirus
sees massive surge in piracy, as lockdown leads
people to search for free films and TV. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-torrent-piracy-online-free-stream-download-china-a9444971.html
Hotspot
resorts face coronavirus crisis as rich escape
to holiday hideaways. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/04/rural-resort-towns-coronavirus-covid-19-holiday
Fortunately, this seems to be affecting America
above all, so no losses there.
'Circular
economy': the tannery making leather from billy
goats. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/04/circular-economy-the-tannery-making-leather-from-billy-goats
04.04.2020:
Coronavirus: Banks banned from asking for personal
guarantees from small firms. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/banks-coronavirus-small-business-borrow-loan-uk-scheme-a9444351.html
UK
service sector ‘sucked into a black hole’
amid largest slump on record. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/03/uk-service-sector-a-sucked-into-a-black-holea-amid-largest-sl/
UK
most heavily targeted nation for coronavirus
email spam, research claims. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/02/uk-most-heavily-targeted-nation-for-coronavirus-email-spam-rese/
Spammers have obviously heard of the success
of the UK Brexit scam!
Revealed:
online trade in coronavirus 'cure', test kits
and ventilators. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/revealed-online-trade-in-coronavirus-test-kits-ventilators-chloroquine
Whatever next? The Tory regime awarding ventilator
contracts to manufacturers who know nothing
about ventilators - but are 'offshore' tax dodgers
and donate large sums of money to the Tory party?
Farmers
across Europe bank on improvised armies of pickers
to save harvest. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/farmers-across-europe-bank-on-improvised-armies-of-pickers-to-save-harvest
Sounds pretty 'normal' to us.
Insects
likely to be approved for human consumption
by EU. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/03/insects-likely-approved-human-consumption-by-eu
The
online garden centres and nurseries to support
during lockdown. https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/house-garden/gardening/online-garden-centres-plant-nurseries-buy-coronavirus-lockdown-a9439276.html
03.04.2020:
Emergency loans overhaul set to ban onerous
terms and improve access for SMEs. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/02/emergency-loans-overhaul-set-to-ban-onerous-terms-and-improve-ac/
Coronavirus:
A fifth of small businesses could go bust within
a month. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-small-businesses-collapse-bust-research-a9440771.html
That won't worry the Tory regime: small businesses
aren't a recognised source of cash suppositories
for bent politicians.
Coronavirus:
Interest-free overdraft plan for struggling
borrowers. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52132329
California’s
farm workers pick America's essential produce
– unprotected from coronavirus. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/us-coronavirus-outbreak-california-farm-workers
Surplus produce is to be sent to the USA's
latest colony, Little Ingerlandt, under the
Brexit trade deal newly negotiated with its
American Prime Minister, Boris 'The Bump' Johnson.
There are currently no official plans for Brexit
Knobheads to be given exclusive access to the
contaminated imports.
02.04.2020:
A fifth of small firms will run out of cash
in a month, report says. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/01/a-fifth-of-small-firms-will-run-out-of-cash-in-a-month-report-s/
Corporate
bailout demands – scamming the taxpayer.
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/corporate-bailout-demands-scamming-the-taxpayer/
Shoppers turn to English wine after being locked
out of pubs. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/01/shoppers-turn-to-english-wine-after-being-locked-out-of-pubs/
Oh, dear. Brexit Knobheads will be disappointed.
They will have to give up their log-book loan
BMWs next.
British
households told to prepare for blackouts as
coronavirus lockdown goes on. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-update-lockdown-power-cuts-blackout-electricity-advice-a9437691.html
Ofcom
national campaign to assist home workers.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480578/Coronavirus-UK-comms-regulator-launches-national-campaign-to-assist-home-workers
Ofcom has launched a national information campaign,
backed by government and industry, to help broadband
and mobile users get the most from their home
networks.
Estate
agents will be exempt from business rates.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-estate-agents-lettings-agencies-and-bingo-halls-to-pay-no-business-rates-this-coming-financial-year
The Treasury has announced that estate agents
and letting agencies will be exempt from business
rates in 2020/21. The exemption will apply to
agencies that have closed due to measures announced
to restrict the spread of coronavirus. Bingo
halls will also be covered by the exemption.
Smart
street signs keeping communities connected during
COVID-19 crisis. https://tinyurl.com/wynh4xh
Chinese
beauty retailer moves in-store advisors online
during COVID-19. https://tinyurl.com/to4vg8e
Single-use
electronic wearables made from fish scales.
https://tinyurl.com/sv3mpnq
Water-resistant
and biodegradable plant-based plastic. https://tinyurl.com/rk4vmrr
Texas
grocery chain creates dedicated delivery service
for seniors. https://tinyurl.com/vhhjej9
01.04.2020:
Busiest month ever for UK supermarkets as shoppers
stockpile for pandemic. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-supermarket-sales-stockpiling-busiest-month-record-a9437661.html
Unfair
lender tactics putting firms off emergency loans,
MPs warn. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/31/unfair-lender-tactics-putting-firms-off-emergency-loans-mps-war/
Borrowers
taking agreed ‘payment holidays’ will
have credit scores protected. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/31/borrowers-taking-agreed-a-payment-holidaysa-will-have-credit/
The
online food subscription services still available
for home delivery. https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-drink/food-subscription-boxes-available-online-hello-fresh-mindful-chef-coronavirus-a9413896.html
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our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and
Cobweb Info.
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