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28.02.2019
(scroll down to see full list; previous month's (January 2019) Viewpoint

Scroll down for: A Home and Small Business Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st February 2019

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


28.02.2019: Which companies are leaving UK, downsizing or cutting jobs ahead of Brexit? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-companies-leaving-uk-list-job-cuts-eu-no-deal-customs-union-a8792296.html

More than one in three people living with debts, Salvation Army finds. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/27/more-than-one-in-three-people-living-with-debts-salvation-army/ The country's '5 million' bogus self-employed in the news again.

Government may offer lifeline for Wonga customers ‘cast aside’ by regulators. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/government-lifeline-wonga-customers-regulators-financial-conduct-authority-a8797826.html

BT advert banned for unsubstantiated broadband speed claims. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bt-advert-banned-broadband-wifi-speed-virgin-media-a8798981.html It's certainly 'new' seeing an ad by the teleconns industry's fraudsters and crooks being banned for making fake claims. Does this mean their cash suppositories for bent Tory ploiticians will now start drying up?

How girls get swept into the sex industry – and how they can get out of it. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/prostitution-sex-industry-human-trafficking-forgotten-women-rachel-lloyd-girls-a8793061.html

26.02.2019: Losing control: Liam Fox brings despised TTIP back to life. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/losing-control-liam-fox-brings-despised-ttip-back-to-life/ Only doing as his American and Israeli bosses have told him to.

The Japanese aren’t daft – that’s why they’re getting out of Brexit Britain. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/japanese-aren-t-daft-why-080019995.html And it's not just the Japanese, of course, who don't wish to remain a part of an American vassal state.

Irish businesses tapping into markets beyond UK over Brexit concerns. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/25/irish-businesses-tapping-into-markets-beyond-uk-over-brexit-conc/

UK to keep trade penalties post-Brexit. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47361334

Broken system: World’s biggest monopolist pays negative taxes. https://truepublica.org.uk/global/broken-system-worlds-biggest-monopolist-pays-negative-taxes/ And there are millions of Fake Brits/Brexit Knobheads handing over their shekels to help him stay that way while millions more self-employed and small traders go down the tubes. All the fault of Brussels, of course. Or Polish plumbers. Or Iraqis, Libyans and Syrians bombed out of their homes.

Investment scam targets Instagram users. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47358892 Con-men, fraudsters, terrorists, the official fake news industry and politicians have never had it so good - since social media for morons came along.

July deadline confirmed for first MTD filings. https://www.accountancydaily.co/july-deadline-first-mtd-vat-filing-complete-quarter HMRC has confirmed that the first quarterly filings for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT will be due from 1 July 2019. HMRC has also confirmed that a soft penalty approach will be taken until at least April 2020, after which a points-based penalty system will be introduced. Under the system taxpayers will incur points if they fail to submit a return on time, with financial charges resulting once a certain threshold is reached.

Brexit guidance for farming sector. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-farming-sector-and-preparing-for-eu-exit Defra has published guidance for the farming sector about preparing for a no-deal Brexit. The guidance covers rural payments, EU funding, food and drink labelling and pesticides regulations.

Eurostar 'ghost train' blocks seats to passengers on London to Brussels service. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/eurostar-tickets-seats-london-brussels-st-pancras-midi-station-train-a8794106.html Just another timely reminder that Eurostar management doesn't need Brexit as an excuse for their sublime incompetence and disregard for passenger convenience. They have always been the pits and will always remain so.

25.02.2019: Fine warning as HMRC delays tax return penalty letters. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47343828 Just another regime/HMRC scam to help finance bombs for children and tax avoidance for American Big Corp.

Jeremy *unt enrages Slovenia by wrongly saying it was 'a vassal state of the Soviet Union'. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-slovenia-gaffe-soviet-vassal-state-brexit-negotiations-foreign-secretary-diplomatic-a8793471.html The problem with British politicians since the Second World War is that they have been hiding behind do much propaganda and fake news to cover up their own war crimes that they can longer tell fact from fiction. That might be OK in Little Ingerlandt's fake news media but it doesn't really cut the mustard when trying to negotiate new trade deals especially with countries which have been on the receiving end of British terrorism. Perhaps a stray dog would do a better job, judging by the accumulating national embarrassment and lack of results so far?

The state of UK exporting – our February 2019 monthly Key Indicator. https://www.k2-partners.com/the-state-of-uk-exporting-our-february-2019-monthly-key-indicator/

Supermarkets misleading shoppers on healthy food, say nutritionists. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47311097 Perhaps this could be classified as 'reporting' in Little Ingerlandt's fake news media? Even if it is 50 years old.

Fairtrade was going to save the world: now consumers fight to keep it going. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/24/fairtrade-fortnight-cocoa-beans-supermarkets-consumers

Number of British property millionaires has fallen by 35,000, new study reveals. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/number-british-property-millionaires-fallen-100000267.html

Housing costs: Five surprises explained. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47293697

US startup pilots a new way to evaluate credit history. https://www.springwise.com/us-startup-pilots-a-new-way-to-evaluate-credit-history/?utm_campaign=1417703_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Feb-20%20NON-MEMBERS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,UDWN,2V1FMX,357QG,1

Belfast pilots smart city programme to attract tourists. https://www.springwise.com/belfast-pilots-smart-city-programme-to-attract-tourists/?utm_campaign=1417703_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Feb-20%20NON-MEMBERS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2%2CUDWN%2C2V1FMX%2C357QG%2C1

24.02.2019: Ministers spend £100m on Brexit consultant contracts. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47338534

No-deal Brexit would devastate Britain’s organic industry overnight, experts warn. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/brexit-no-deal-organic-farming-agriculture-michael-gove-defra-soil-association-a8791936.html

Is Liam Fox to blame for our lack of Brexit trade deals? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/brexit-explained/brexit-trade-deal-liam-fox-global-britain-japan-turkey-explained-a8792361.html Not if he's working for American corporate interests as has widely been suggested.

Royal Mail hikes price of first class and second class stamps by 3p from March. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/stamps-price-increase-first-class-royal-mail-a8792021.html

Most mortgages go to first-time buyers, Halifax research shows. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47336500

Persimmon: House-building giant faces loss of contract amid government concerns over Help to Buy scheme. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/persimmon-house-building-contract-help-to-buy-james-brokenshire-a8793181.html

'We won't be war profiteers': Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/22/microsoft-protest-us-army-augmented-reality-headsets Microshite hypocrisy and propaganda. It was sired to profit American 'warmongering' and has been doing so since its inception. Or to put it more accurately - genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, terrorism, murder, fraud, extortion, theft and lies. The very mainstays of the American economy.

23.02.2019: UK manufacturing growth weakens amid continued Brexit uncertainty. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-manufacturing-growth-weakens-no-deal-brexit-uncertainty-cbi-survey-a8789521.html

We’ve upset Japan, China and Bangladesh this week alone – post-Brexit Britain won’t have any trade links at this rate. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-trade-deal-eu-japan-china-bangladesh-shamima-begum-isis-a8790521.html

Fraudsters posing as landlords leaving victims out of pocket and without a home. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/21/fraudsters-posing-as-landlords-leaving-victims-out-of-pocket-and/ Sounds like bent, cowardly, criminal councils which own blocks of flats like Grenfell Towers.

Cyber criminals trawl LinkedIn to scope out targets in 'sextortion' scams. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/linkedin-cyber-crime-gang-sextortion-email-scam-pornography-digital-shadows-a8789926.html

Will I face roaming charges abroad after Brexit? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/brexit-explained/brexit-deal-roaming-charges-mobile-phone-network-eu-europe-uk-cost-a8788806.html

Why the swapped passport incident shows that some airline security checks are a charade. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/url-airline-airport-security-klm-allan-poole-steve-vincent-flight-prague-a8791596.html So-called airport security has become just a huge, money-spinning scam - with the help of the criminal, fake news media, of course.

22.02.2019: Retailers in Ireland and UK issue stark no-deal Brexit warning. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/retailers-ireland-uk-issue-stark-000100098.html

City centres 'could become ghost towns'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47307865

Tax online retailers to save UK high streets, MPs say. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/online-sales-tax-uk-high-streets-decline-mp-report-a8789496.html

US Groups Continue To Raise Millions For Hard Brexit. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/economic-regime-change-us-groups-continue-raise-millions-for-hard-brexit/

Heathrow urges passengers to continue to book flights despite no-deal fears. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/21/heathrow-urges-passengers-to-continue-to-book-flights-despite-no/

Best Jobs and Side Gigs for Introverts. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/best-jobs-and-side-gigs-for-introverts-4145339?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15979082&utm_term=

Online Small Business Training Courses. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/online-business-training-for-small-business-owners-2951646?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15979300&utm_term=

Bootstrap Marketing Techniques for Small Business Owners. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/promoting-business-small-budget-2951734?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=16025565&utm_term=

21.02.2019: Michael Gove Warns There Is 'No Guarantee' UK Could Export Food To EU After No-Deal Brexit. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/michael-gove-warns-no-guarantee-131042729.html Glaringly obvious now. One wonders why Mr Gove, his fellow Brexit traitors and the country's official, fake news media failed to raise such possibilities from the very outset of the Brexit debate?

A ship has left the UK for Japan with no guarantee of unloading its cargo due to Brexit. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/ship-left-uk-japan-no-145250556.html

Jeremy *unt asks Germany to lift ban on weapons sales to Saudi Arabia because of impact on arms dealers. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/jeremy-hunt-saudi-arabia-arms-sales-germany-yemen-war-crimes-nato-a8787866.html Just in case there are any lingering fantasies out there that Brexit is taking place for the benefit of the British people.

How to screw up trade deals like an expert. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/how-to-screw-up-trade-deals-like-an-expert/

Britons may need £52 visa to visit mainland Europe after Brexit. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/20/britons-may-need-52-visa-to-visit-mainland-europe-after-brexit

Millennials ‘spend £3,300 a year on coffees, clothes and treats’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/19/millennials-a-spend-a-3-300-a-year-on-coffees-clothes-and-trea/

Fortnite, Netflix and Uber accounts being sold for just £8 on the dark web. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/fortnite-account-sale-dark-web-price-index-netflix-uber-cyber-crime-a8786686.html

20.02.2019: Small businesses facing ‘life or death’ no-deal Brexit struggle. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/19/small-businesses-facing-a-life-or-deatha-no-deal-brexit-strug/

Smaller businesses cautious ahead of Brexit. https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/smaller-businesses-exercising-caution-ahead-of-brexit-finds-latest-british-business-bank-research/ Over a quarter of smaller businesses expect Brexit to have a negative impact on their business, according to research by the British Business Bank. The research also revealed that 34% of smaller businesses believe accessing finance will be more difficult after the UK leaves the EU. The research also indicates that smaller businesses are delaying investment decisions due to Brexit and that demand for finance has fallen.

'Obviously it’s a statement of fact that the UK is not within the Pacific': Australia pours cold water on British hopes of joining key trade agreement post-Brexit. https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/brexit-trade-deal-australia-says-uk-will-not-be-able-to-join-trans-pacific-partnership-2019-2?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Business_Insider_select

Japan almost cancelled Brexit talks due to 'high-handed' letter from Fux and *unt – report. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/18/japan-almost-cancelled-brexit-talks-high-handed-letter-liam-fox-jeremy-hunt Absolutely typical of the legacy of Britain's fake history of empire and gunboat diplomacy. I'm surprised our two social and cultural Brexit lepers and war criminals didn't threaten to drop another couple of nuclear bombs if they didn't get the co-operation they wanted.

UK employment hits another record high. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47290331 Latest Tory propaganda based on 'fake' employment statistics which wouldn't have been admitted twenty years ago.

Retailers will be paid to offer cashback in scheme to boost access to banknotes. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/19/retailers-will-be-paid-to-offer-cashback-in-scheme-to-boost-acce/

Billionaire Brexiteer Sir Jim Ratcliffe to relocate to Monaco in bid ‘to ‘save £4bn in tax’. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-brexiteer-sir-jim-ratcliffe-195053424.html Yet another fake Brexit patrat jumping off the sinking ship off to join Messrs Dyson and almost the entire UK mainstream (hate-preaching, lying, fake news and conspiracy) media.

Rail customers 'unable to collect pre-paid tickets'. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47289777

19.02.2019: Just 36% feel confident in UK economy, report finds. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/18/just-36-feel-confident-in-uk-economy-report-finds/

Theresa May must investigate 'foreign influence and voter manipulation' in Brexit vote, say MPs. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-vote-investigate-law-breaking-influence-manipulation-theresa-may-facebook-a8783746.html That will be Britain's foreign-owned, offshore, hate-preaching, fake news media/propaganda and American/Israeli sponsored politicians, then? Who look as if they have just received instructions from Tel Aviv to set up their own divisive faction - The Independent from the interests of the British public Party.

Britons stockpiling euros as Brexit day draws nearer. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/euros-pounds-sterling-currency-brexit-no-deal-29-march-a8783591.html

Brexit: Food prices to rise up to 20% 'virtually instantaneously' after leaving EU, warns Birds Eye boss. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-food-price-rise-birds-eye-warning-wto-tariffs-a8784246.html

US Food Standards – The Pink Slime In Your Burger. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-states/us-food-standards-the-pink-slime-in-your-burger/ And under a post-Brexit-US trade deal, the war criminal, traitor and serial-liar, Slime Fux, has agreed to the removal of the burger altogether, leaving just pink slime.

Train firms want overhaul of ticket system. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47258909 Whereas the travelling public first want an overhaul of the train firms - despite the rigged feedback used in this article.

Facebook needs regulation as Zuckerberg 'fails' - UK MPs. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47255380 That makes a change for Britain's MPs whose arse-lickin' of all things American internet contributed to the problem from the very outset. And will we see any effective regulation, anyway? No. Musn't upset the American military/state assets.

18.02.2019: How a No-Deal Brexit Is Shaping Up, From Banks to Food Supplies. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/no-deal-brexit-shaping-banks-050000082.html

Brexit ‘prepper’ course teaches how to survive no deal by eating dog food and fighting off rioters. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-survival-course-weekend-prepper-tom-linden-food-shortages-power-outs-emergency-planning-a8778421.html

Social media companies could face criminal sanctions – Culture Secretary. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/17/social-media-companies-could-face-criminal-sanctions-a-culture/ Way, way too late, having seen them manipulate The Orange Revolution, The Arab Spring, assorted coups in Africa and South America and now, Brexit.

Tories 'signalling Islamophobia is acceptable' by failing to tackle it within party, say Hope not Hate. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tory-party-islamophobia-conservatives-hope-not-hate-state-of-hate-2019-a8783371.html Fully backed of course, by the country's Jewish-owned, hate-preaching, fake news media screeching 'anti-semitism' whenever anyone wants to exercise their democratic freedom of choice or speech, the facts, or stand up and be counted in the fight against Israeli and American terrorism - including the huge majority of ordinary Jews themselves whose voices are never heard. Of course, Yugoslavs, Afghans, Iraqis, Libyans, Syrians, Yemenis, Palestinians, East Europeans, blacks, Asians, Russians, the Chinese, Koreans, Iranians, Venezualans, the elderly, the homeless, the self-employed and the deceased are fair game, too. All in the name of Oh, my god, Shekel.

Key Job Facts About the Gig Economy. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/job-facts-about-gig-economy-4138171?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15979247&utm_term=

5 Quick Ways to Organize Your Home Office. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/organizing-home-office-2948511?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15979247&utm_term=

New hotel suite promises 100% vegan experience. https://www.springwise.com/new-hotel-suite-promises-100-vegan-experience/?utm_campaign=1412216_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Feb-13%20NON-MEMBERS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,U9O8,2V1FMX,34Q7K,1

Supermarket offers e-commerce style payment and delivery services. https://www.springwise.com/supermarket-offers-e-commerce-style-payment-and-delivery-services/?utm_campaign=1412216_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Feb-13%20NON-MEMBERS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,U9O8,2V1FMX,34Q7K,1

17.02.2019: Cabinet minister warns of ‘adverse effect’ of no-deal Brexit. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/16/cabinet-minister-warns-of-a-adverse-effecta-of-no-deal-brexit/ Quick off the mark, or what?!

Chancellor will not make trade trip to China next week amid fury at Gavin Williamson pledge to send aircraft carrier. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chancellor-china-trade-visit-gavin-williamson-aircraft-carrier-pacific-a8782211.html So this is how lunatic Tory Brexiteers propose filling the void left by the loss of all their current trading deals while symbolically offering up their arses to their warmongering, American terrorist sponsors; and not having read the latest reporting that the USA and China may be about to broker a deal; such journalism not being the stuff of the hate-preaching, fake news which normally appears in Tory state propaganda.

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia are causing ‘significant’ civilian deaths in Yemen, damning report by peers says. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/saudi-arabia-uk-arms-sales-weapons-yemen-civil-war-house-lords-report-a8781181.html And this is how cowardly Tory war criminals keep their American and Israeli terrorist sponsors happy.

Trump welcomes new UK-US deal, promising to 'very, very substantially' increase trade after Brexit. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-uk-us-trade-deal-brexit-eu-leave-theresa-may-china-talks-national-emergency-a8781606.html I'm sure there will be a very substantial increase in trade for America after Brexit. It's why US Big Corp has patiently been grooming bent, supine, Tory political traitors.

London council demands £360,000 from homeowner after mistakenly selling him £700,000 flat for half price. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-islington-council-flat-mistakenly-sold-half-price-homeowner-antony-zomparelli-a8781856.html

Coffee Meets Bagel dating app hack exposes private details of 6 million people. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coffee-meets-bagel-dating-app-hack-a8781176.html

Food waste apps do battle to turn leftovers into big business. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/indyventure/food-waste-apps-karma-too-good-to-go-olio-winnow-a8777236.html

'Killer car seats' sold online for £8. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47253546 That's a lot of cheaper than mobile phones used in cars to kill people.

16.02.2019: Brexit puts £44bn worth of business per day at risk, RBS warns. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/rbs-brexit-no-deal-risk-cross-border-payments-royal-bank-scotland-government-sale-share-price-a8780421.html

EU, America and China will all get new medicines ahead of Britain after Brexit, drug company boss warns. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-medicine-shortage-eu-china-us-drug-stockpile-a8779321.html

UK retail sales bounce back in January. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47250753

Hermes bracing for £10m hit from ‘groundbreaking’ self-employed worker deal. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/14/hermes-bracing-for-a-10m-hit-from-a-groundbreakinga-worker-de/

Metro Bank and First Direct top consumer current account satisfaction surveys. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/15/metro-bank-and-first-direct-top-consumer-current-account-satisfa/

7 Biggest Money Mistakes New Business Owners Make. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/money-mistakes-new-business-owners-make-4106965?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15907371&utm_term=

Why Small Businesses Fail and How to Avoid Failure. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/why-do-small-businesses-fail-2948582?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15979187&utm_term=

5 Steps to Naming Your Business. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/steps-to-naming-your-business-1201070?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15907371&utm_term=

How to Determine Customer Satisfaction. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/what-is-customer-satisfaction-2296683?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15979187&utm_term=

15.02.2018: Brexit already costing UK £800m per week, Bank of England economist says. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-cost-uk-economy-bank-of-england-jan-vlieghe-economist-a8779171.html

Most English local authorities 'plan to raise council tax'. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47234880

Number of home repossessions at lowest level since 1980. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/14/number-of-home-repossessions-at-lowest-level-since-1980/

What you don’t know about 5G but will find out when its too late. https://truepublica.org.uk/global/what-you-dont-know-about-5g-but-will-find-out-when-its-too-late/

Criminals target holidaymakers with fake offers of cheap flights. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/14/criminals-target-holidaymakers-with-fake-offers-of-cheap-flights/

EU politicians finalise new copyright rules that could transform the internet. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/eu-copyright-rules-new-article-11-13-youtube-google-meme-ban-a8779101.html

14.02.2019: Brexit: UK has rolled over just £16bn out of £117bn trade deals. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/13/brexit-uk-trade-deals-eu That's quite an achievement. For serial-lying, criminal, Tory fags and traitors.

Brexit doubts leave firms 'hung out to dry'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47217801

Hauliers warn they face going out of business ‘overnight’ in event of no deal. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/13/hauliers-warn-they-face-going-out-of-business-a-overnighta-in/ As if they didn't have enough on their plates already with regular, striking French criminals. And never a word of sympathy, much less actual help, from the Tory Traitor Party.

Brexit: Guy Verhofstadt suggests Leave campaigners could ‘end up on the guillotine’. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/guy-verhofstadt-suggests-brexiteers-could-121000968.html One lives in hope. Just make sure all their assets are seized first. And those of everyone who voted for Brexit. Just like Germany had to pay reparation for its Nazis. Even if the majority were just gullible sheep. Like Brexit Knobheads.

Galliford warns over no-deal Brexit threat to new homes market. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/13/galliford-warns-over-no-deal-brexit-threat-to-new-homes-market/

Dark money is pushing for a no-deal Brexit. Who is behind it? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/13/dark-money-hard-brexit-targeted-ads-facebook We could start by asking all the Tory fags and traitors who are doing its bidding.

Fakebook bans book investigating Brexit. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/brexit-the-book-facebook-has-censored/

Price of flats fell in England last year, says Land Registry. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47223988

Clicking on terrorist propaganda even once could mean 15 years in prison under new law. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/terrorist-propaganda-website-online-prison-sentence-uk-isis-a8776226.html Which would spell the welcome end of Little Ingerlandt's tabloids, in that case. Even the BBC. But of course, one man's 'terrorist' is another terrorist's 'hero'. And this will be an extremely useful weapon against anyone who's version of the truth doesn't coincide with the official versions of state war criminals, murderers, thieves and American Big Corp.

Dark web data dump sees 620 million accounts from hacked websites go on sale. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/dark-web-data-hackers-dubsmash-myfitnesspal-myheritage-cyber-security-a8775666.html

Gambling adverts banned from websites and computer games popular with children. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gambling-advert-ban-asa-children-celebrities-under-25-advertising-standards-a8776861.html Gambling ads should be banned altogether on the same grounds as cigarette smoking. If the gambling industry wasn't such a generous supporter of the Tory regime. Which is why they won't be.

Tenants can sue landlords for cold or damp homes under new laws. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/landlords-sue-cold-damp-homes-law-tenants-renting-housing-a8776671.html

13.02.2019: No-deal Brexit would leave many businesses facing ‘extinction’, warns food industry chief. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-no-deal-food-drink-shortage-business-theresa-may-vote-commons-a8775071.html

Government sued by Eurotunnel over no-deal ferry contracts. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47206303

Nearly a fifth of the EU's budget goes on livestock farming, says Greenpeace. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/12/nearly-a-fifth-of-eu-budget-goes-on-livestock-farming-greenpeace

Traffic jams 'cost drivers a week of their lives a year'. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47175799 Yet - railway chaos costs commuters that kind of loss every month.

‘Alarming’ bank and ATM closures mean more action needed to protect cash: Which? https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/11/a-alarminga-bank-and-atm-closures-mean-more-action-needed-to/ Don't hold your breath. Banks and their corrupt political stooges want a cashless society.

Nearly half of Britons work more than contracted hours every day, survey claims. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/work-overtime-hours-stress-relationships-tired-health-survey-a8773896.html Excluding the millions of self-employed who have always worked more than the conventional number of hours every day?

Fraudster families ‘running multimillion pound pension scams’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/12/fraudster-families-a-running-multimillion-pound-pension-scamsa/

Bitcoin scam warning over fake Android app that steals cryptocurrency from your phone. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/android-app-cryptocurrency-fake-clipper-bitcoin-scam-money-a8773376.html

Dairy industry to take legal action against vegan ‘cheesemonger’. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/vegan-cheese-plant-based-dairy-eu-laws-cheesemonger-a8775001.html

Taxation News February newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/taxationweb/february2019?e=45c941d6f6

12.02.2019: UK economy shrinks 0.4% in December as Brexit uncertainty bites. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-economy-brexit-impact-uncertainty-gdp-business-data-a8773286.html

UK manufacturing output at 15-month low amid Brexit fears – report. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/10/uk-manufacturing-output-at-15-month-low-amid-brexit-fears-a-re/ And when Brexit finally takes hold, Little Ingerlandt, (American colony) won't have any manufacturing output at all.

Food industry warns Gove on Brexit 'crisis'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47200688

Liam Fox’s department u-turns on Brexit trade deal pledge. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/11/liam-foxa-s-department-u-turns-on-brexit-trade-deal-pledges/ What!? Despite the support this serial-lying traitor has received from the country's pro-Brexit (hand over to US Big Corp) serial-lying, fake news, hate-preaching media (propaganda)? Next week, the turncoats will be saying they have always been 'Remainers'.

Total private rental bill paid by tenants ‘shrinks for first time in a decade’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/09/total-private-rental-bill-paid-by-tenants-a-shrinks-for-first-t/ Simply because more and more people are becoming homeless.

Multibillion foreign aid budget should be spent to advance Britain's 'political and commercial interests', Boris Johnson says. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-foreign-aid-budget-cut-gdp-dfid-penny-mordaunt-a8773241.html Serial-lying, Anglo-American war criminal, Johnson, has run out of the massive savings to be had from Brexit already? All the 'funding for the NHS' (grooming for American take-over) lies having been exposed, it's now time to raid so-called foreign aid. Or, cash bungs for favours as it's better known. Especially for Johnson's terrorist allies and mates or, American and Israeli 'political interests'.

E.On hikes bills for millions of customers days after energy price cap is raised. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/eon-energy-bill-rise-gas-electricity-price-cap-ofgem-a8773311.html

Lloyds customers hit by online banking woes. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47198710

HMRC has not tested employment status tool. https://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/hmrc_still_conducted_formal_testing_cest_547410_news.aspx HMRC has admitted that the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool has not been formally tested since it was released almost two years ago, according to a freedom of information request by Contractor Calculator. This is despite claims from HMRC that the tool is under constant review. Contractor Calculator also found that the CEST tool hadn't undergone an informal assessment to check if it adheres to the Government's Digital Service (GDS) Standards. The CEST tool is used to check if a sub-contractor should be classed as employed or self-employed for tax purposes. The Tory regime and its Brownshirts clearly don't want a reality check affecting their long-running, bogus self-employment statistics!

Paris to sue Airbnb over 'illegal ads'. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47198746

Russia plans to 'unplug' from internet. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47198426 With the Chinese and the French effectivedly plotting the same course (among other smaller players) could this herald the end of the end of the internet as an American military and state asset?

Tinder-style app for cows tries to help the meat market. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47200686

11.02.2019: Women 'victims in 63% of romance scams'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47176539

Challenger bank Tide backs calls for SME tribunal. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/10/challenger-bank-tide-backs-calls-for-sme-tribunal/

Supermarkets ‘trick customers into buying chickens that suffered in industrial farming’. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chicken-supermarket-offers-industrial-farming-price-asda-aldi-lidl-tesco-sainsbury-morrisons-a8758861.html Or at least, customers with a 'Vote Brexit' intellect who in future, will be able to gorge themselves on American industrially farmed chicken which has been saturated with steroids and doused in chlorine, as well.

8 Home Business Ideas for Creative People. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/creative-home-business-ideas-1794534?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15907300&utm_term=

How to Build a Profitable Part-Time Home Business. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-run-a-part-time-home-business-1794794?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15907334&utm_term=

10.02.2019: Brexit: UK ‘forcing poor nations into risky trade deals’. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-trade-deal-liam-fox-eu-tariffs-exports-africa-central-america-caribbean-a8770391.html If not, the same fate awaits them as befell Yugoslavia; or Afghanistan; or Iraq; or Libya; or Syria; or the Yemen. And is awaiting Venezuala. And Iran. And North Korea.

Brexit: Chris Grayling terminates no-deal ferry contract with company which has no ships. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-chris-grayling-cancels-ferry-contract-no-deal-ships-seaborne-freight-dover-calais-a8770976.html Looks like the Tory regime didn't received its customary cash suppository.

Thousands of bus routes 'at risk' of being scrapped, warn councils. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47182101 Under Brexit, everyone will be expected to 'get on their bikes' instead. If they can afford them.

‘Buy your wine now’: the Bordeaux vineyards bottling before Brexit. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/09/buy-your-wine-now-the-bordeaux-vineyards-bottling-before-brexit They can bottle all they want but Slime Fux and his Brexit collaborators have already sold out that particular 'trade deal' to the Nappa Valley.

International garden photographer of the year. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2019/feb/08/international-garden-photographer-of-the-year-in-pictures

Story Terrace: the memoir-writing service turning a million lives into books. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/indyventure/story-terrace-memoirwriting-biography-books-startup-a8769051.html

09.02.2019: No-deal Brexit: UK exporters risk being locked out of world's harbours. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/no-deal-brexit-uk-exporters-143328410.html That won't worry the Tories. Their only recollection of harbours comes from ships carrying slaves. Now, they just fly everywhere. Especially to Israel.

Government paving the way for trade deals with the likes of the USA with backdoor legislation. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/government-paving-the-way-for-trade-deals-with-the-likes-of-the-usa-with-backdoor-legislation/ As not being reported by mainstream Brexit propaganda.

Brexit: EU mobile roaming charges could return overnight after no deal, government admits. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-roaming-mobile-charges-data-no-deal-europe-tourism-holiday-a8768246.html

Grieving families could be forced to pay a 'death tax' of up to £6,000. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/grieving-families-forced-pay-death-tax-6000-112211169.html All part of the Tory regime's plans to continue financing tax avoidance by US Big Corp, the supply of weapons of mass destruction to the world's terrorists, creating refugees and assorted crimes against humanity.

Is Identity Theft Protection Worth Your Money? https://www.thebalance.com/is-identity-theft-protection-worth-your-money-4157718?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15836301&utm_term=

Reasons Why You Might Not Want to Work at Home. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/should-i-work-from-home-10-reasons-you-should-not-1794194?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15836241&utm_term=

Raise Extra Money by Selling Your Stuff. https://www.thebalance.com/raise-extra-money-by-selling-your-stuff-2385672?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15836241&utm_term=

5 Ways to Research a Rare Item Before Selling on eBay. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-research-rare-items-before-selling-on-ebay-4087708?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15836241&utm_term=

L’Oréal sensor matches products to skin type. https://www.springwise.com/loreal-sensor-matches-products-to-skin-type/?utm_campaign=1406725_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Feb-06%20NON-MEMBER&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,U5FP,2V1FMX,348VD,1

Digital billboard helps the homeless find shelter. https://www.springwise.com/digital-billboard-helps-the-homeless-find-shelter/?utm_campaign=1400689_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jan-30%20NON-MEMBERS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2%2CU0S1%2C2V1FMX%2C33PPR%2C1

08.02.2019: 50 Days until America’s ‘Brexit Prize’ becomes reality. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/50-days-until-americas-brexit-prize-becomes-reality/

Brexit has already cost average UK worker more than week's wages due to post-referendum price rises, research shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-prices-economy-household-bills-wages-income-finance-a8767306.html

Bank forecasts worst year for UK since 2009. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47155537

UK housing market experiences new year chill. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47155720

Energy prices to increase for millions as Ofgem raises cap. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47133564

Brexit holding back farm exports worth millions. https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/markets-and-trends/brexit-holding-back-farm-exports-worth-millions UK farmers and their customers are losing out on millions of pounds worth of commodity and food exports as both buyers and sellers are unwilling to take the risk of tariffs being imposed after 29 March.

Payment Systems Regulator confirms review into card payments market. https://www.acs.org.uk/news/payment-systems-regulator-confirms-review-card-payments-market The Payment Systems Regulator has confirmed the terms of reference for its Market Review into card payments, investigating whether retailers are being fairly treated by acquirers and payment facilitators such as Worldpay and Barclaycard.

Google launches Chrome extension to find if someone has stolen your password. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-password-safety-extension-chrome-security-privacy-search-a8765756.html

The Italian villages selling houses for one euro. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/07/you-can-buy-a-house-in-an-italian-village-for-a-euro/

How to Make Your Small Business More Successful. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-make-your-small-business-more-successful-4060804?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15836319&utm_term=

07.02.2019: Major tobacco companies pay almost no UK corporation tax despite massive profits, study finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/tobacco-companies-uk-corporation-tax-profits-university-bath-study-a8764841.html And Brexit Knobhead smokers will no doubt blame Brussels for the impact this has on Little Ingerlandt's lack of revenue. Not to worry. Tory and HMRC proposals for increasing taxes on the self-employed, the elderly, the unemployed and the dead, are already in the pipeline.

Hotel booking sites agree to end ‘misleading’ sales tactics. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/06/hotel-booking-sites-agree-to-end-a-misleadinga-sales-tactics/ Is there anybody out there who ever believed hotel booking sites? Oh, yes. Americans, of course. And Brexit Knobhead-types.

Right-wing think tank Institute of Economic Affairs issued with formal warning after Brexit report ‘breached charity law’. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/institute-economic-affairs-brexit-report-warning-charity-commission-a8764776.html Just as 'spin' has become a whitewash word for 'propaganda', so 'think tank' really means a disinformation unit pushing the agenda, usually of corporate interests but also of political, religious and economic extremists. And the benignly-named Institute of Economic Affairs certainly and infamously, falls into this category.

'We didn't ask for Brexit': Conservative minister Chris Grayling told he is not welcome in Calais. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-chris-grayling-calais-port-no-deal-planning-ferries-ramsgate-ostend-a8765256.html Are Tory quislings welcome anywhere? Even the Americans and the Israelis don't trust them.

How would a no-deal Brexit affect domestic-focused UK firms? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/brexit-explained/brexit-no-deal-impact-domestic-company-business-finance-a8765946.html

Venice to introduce booking system and charge tourists up to €10 for entry. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/venice-booking-system-entry-fee-reserve-overcrowding-overtourism-a8765456.html

06.02.2019: Retail sales picked up in January as cautious shoppers seek out bargains. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/04/retail-sales-picked-up-in-january-as-cautious-shoppers-seek-out/

Shoppers turning to meat-free meals and alcohol to start the New Year. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/05/shoppers-turning-to-meat-free-meals-and-alcohol-to-start-the-new/

GMB and Hermes sign deal over gig economy workers while politicians dither. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/gmb-hermes-couriers-gig-economy-self-employed-plus-holiday-pay-wages-a8762116.html

New homes target threatened by labour shortage, say industry bosses. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/05/new-homes-target-threatened-by-labour-shortage-say-industry-bos/

Brexit: Britain’s trade application that the WTO rejected. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/brexit-britains-trade-application-that-the-wto-rejected/ As not being reported by Brexit fake news and propaganda. (The majority of the fake 'British' media.)

Questions and answers as social media companies face illegal content crackdown. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/05/questions-and-answers-as-social-media-companies-face-illegal-con/

Brexit woes stall UK service sector at start of 2019. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/05/brexit-woes-stall-uk-service-sector-at-start-of-2019/

London Bridge blocked by minicab drivers in protest over congestion charge. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/london-bridge-taxi-minicab-protest-congestion-charge-private-hire-tfl-a8762731.html

We should treat our military veterans better - by helping them to become entrepreneurs. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/entrepreneurs-military-veterans-heropreneurs-business-ptsd-a8764386.html It would be a better idea still if our 'veterans' hadn't been trained as institutional killers and were simply taught entrepreneurship from the very outset.

05.02.2019: Alarm as self-employed bankruptcies hit four-year high. https://www.freelanceuk.com/news/16499-alarm-self-employed-bankruptcies-hit-four-year-high.shtml The number of self-employed people declaring bankruptcy has increased to its highest level in four years, new figures show. Tory Brownshirts' and fake gurus' 'self-employed entrepreneurs' and 'anyone can start a business' Bob-Hopers coming home to roost. And still more knighthoods for the regime's groupies in the pipeline, no doubt.

UK construction output loses momentum as Brexit uncertainty weighs on firms. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/04/uk-construction-output-loses-momentum-as-brexit-uncertainty-weig/ The UK construction industry began to lose 'momentum' years ago when skill shortages began to bite, following a sustained campaign of lies, misinformation and hatred organised by the UK's mainstream (fake news) media which compelled ever-increasing numbers of skilled foreign workers to either start returning home or finding jobs in countries with justice systems and democracies.

EU-Japan trade agreement enters into force. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-19-785_en.htm Now, the largest trade zone in the world. Minus Brexit Britain, of course. Excluded by itself from Day 1.

Hermes in 'ground-breaking' pay deal for couriers. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47110934 Dear, oh dear. More bad news for the Tory regime's armies of fake, self-employed 'entrepreneurs'.

Female-founded new businesses get 1p for every £1 of venture capital investment. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/02/female-founded-new-businesses-get-1p-for-every-a-1-of-venture-ca/

Trump’s four-day UK visit cost police forces more than £14m, figures show. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trump-uk-visit-police-cost-security-us-president-met-police-thames-valley-essex-a8761341.html This statistic is months old although it does emphasise just how inadequate Little Ingerlandt's airport anti-terrorist security measures are.

Conservative MP says Taunton is like war-torn Aleppo, prompting widespread bemusement. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/taunton-aleppo-conservative-mp-ian-liddellgrainger-somerset-deane-council-a8758211.html And for today's quote from an total Tory tosser . . . . Perhaps they should divert all the planeloads of Tories making regular visits to Israel, to Syria, instead? (Or Iraq. Or Afghanisan. Or Libya.) Where they could be tried for war crimes at the same time.

Sheep farmer felt so guilty on way to slaughterhouse he drove lambs to sanctuary and became vegetarian. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sheep-farmer-vegetarian-lambs-sanctuary-slaughter-meat-industry-dairy-devon-a8754056.html

04.02.2019: Nissan takes swipe at Brexit ‘uncertainty’ as it confirms X-Trail Sunderland axe. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/03/nissan-takes-swipe-at-brexit-a-uncertaintya-as-it-confirms-x/ Not to worry. Little Ingerlandt's First American Prime-Minister-In-Waiting, Brexiter, serial-liar and war criminal, Boris 'Boo-boo Brexit' Johnson, has offered his personal guarantee that there will be no job losses from Brexit. So we know we can all sleep easy.

Pro-Brexit MP makes ‘totally false’ claim about Europe after WW2 on Twitter. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/02/pro-brexit-mp-makes-a-totally-falsea-claim-about-europe-after/ Although the Tory regime is synonymous with lies and fake news, there are still a significant number of voters who actually believe such rubbish!

New speaker to help Chinese language learners. https://www.springwise.com/new-speaker-to-help-chinese-language-learners/?utm_campaign=1398362_Remail%3A%20Copy%20of%20Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jan-23%20NON-MEMBERS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2%2CTYZE%2C2V1FMX%2C33IIH%2C1

Crowdsourced app targets counterfeit products. https://www.springwise.com/crowdsourced-app-targets-counterfeit-products/

New SaaS platform offers online image security. https://www.springwise.com/new-saas-platform-offers-online-image-security/

New NFC button prevents counterfeiting. https://www.springwise.com/new-nfc-button-prevents-counterfeiting/

03.02.2019: Buying house in UK city at least affordable level since 2007, study suggests. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/01/buying-house-in-uk-city-at-least-affordable-level-since-2007-st/

This Brexit Trade Myth Needs Busting Now. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/brexit-trade-myth-needs-busting-070019346.html Not a story which will be appearing in the Brexit/Tory regime's lying, hate-preaching, official fake news media, then.

Less Scottish fish for EU diners without Brexit deal - fishermen. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/less-scottish-fish-eu-diners-without-brexit-deal-164110913--finance.html

Energy firms under investigation are handed new customers. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47092066

The businesses demanding the 'free' from freelancers. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47086561

Consumers are doing everything they can to avoid ads. Here's how P&G, one of the world's largest advertisers, is finding a way around that. https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/how-pg-reaches-customers-trying-to-avoid-ads-2019-1?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Business_Insider_select Or, to 'find a way around P&G' and advertising generally, simply boycott anything which doesn't take your fancy. Especially Google Adshite.

Delete your account: leaving Facebook can make you happier, study finds. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/01/facebook-mental-health-study-happiness-delete-account As well as giving you a lot more street cred . . .

Why Amazon Prime may not be such a good thing for the company anymore. https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/amazon-free-shipping-offers-are-getting-more-costly-2019-1?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Business_Insider_select

02.02.2019: Two million self-employed adults stuck on poverty pay. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/two-million-self-employed-adults-stuck-on-poverty-pay/ More knighthoods for the Tory regime's fake gurus, groupies and Brownshirts?

Third of businesses ‘could shift operations abroad because of Brexit’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/01/31/third-of-businesses-a-could-shift-operations-abroad-because-of/

Fifth of UK firms have already moved operations abroad due to Brexit, new survey shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-uk-firms-moves-overseas-institute-of-directors-survey-a8756431.html

British motorists must apply for 70-year-old permit to drive in EU after no-deal Brexit. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/brexit-eu-uk-motorists-70-year-old-permits-no-deal-british-drivers-a8757531.html

Brexit: DUP's Sammy Wilson says people should 'go to the chippy' in case of food shortages. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-dup-sammy-wilson-chippy-food-shortages-a8756066.html

Call for measures to improve supply chain payment practices. https://www.fsb.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/three-point-plan-needed-to-avoid-another-carillion-payment-practice-scandal The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged the Government to introduce new measures to improve payment practices in public and private sector supply chains. The measures are in response to the Carillion collapse and are intended to ensure that smaller suppliers are protected against the impact of unfair payment terms and late payment. The FSB has also called for the Government to strengthen the Prompt Payment Code and introduce stricter penalties for firms that break the rules, as well as for project bank accounts to be used in all major public sector contracts to ensure smaller suppliers are paid on time.

More than 93% of eligible taxpayers filed returns by deadline. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/02/01/more-than-93-of-eligible-taxpayers-filed-returns-by-deadline/

Rail compensation: everything you need to know about getting your money back. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/train-delays-compensation-latest-uk-railway-claim-rights-money-back-weather-snow-a8394306.html

Facebook makes people less happy, study finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-happy-mental-health-social-media-stanford-university-study-a8757246.html

14 Economy-Proof Business Ideas. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/economy-proof-business-ideas-2951454?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15724453&utm_term=

Low-Cost Business Ideas You Can Launch This Weekend. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/low-cost-business-ideas-1200809?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15652999&utm_term=

7 Tips for Selling Items Fast on eBay. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/tips-for-selling-fast-on-ebay-1140117

Customisable jumper can adapt to fit anyone. https://www.springwise.com/customisable-jumper-can-adapt-to-fit-anyone/?utm_campaign=1390281_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jan-15%20NON-MEMBERS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,TSQX,2V1FMX,32TK6,1

Glow-in-the-dark cuisine combines food and entertainment. https://www.springwise.com/glow-dark-ramen-food-entertainment/?utm_campaign=1390281_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jan-15%20NON-MEMBERS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,TSQX,2V1FMX,32TK6,1

01.02.2019: BT warns disorderly Brexit could hit business and consumer confidence. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/01/31/bt-warns-disorderly-brexit-could-hit-business-and-consumer-confi/

Virgin Media and Vodafone top Ofcom quarterly complaints tables. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/01/30/virgin-media-and-vodafone-top-ofcom-quarterly-complaints-tables/

House price growth at near six-year low. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47063224

Official UK unemployment statistics – The fantasy figures of state propaganda. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/official-uk-unemployment-statistics-the-fantasy-figures-of-state-propaganda/

 

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