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Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st April 2018
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
 30.04.2018:
Millennial housing crisis engulfs Britain.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/28/proportion-home-owners-halves-millennials
Brexit:
Britain set to offer EU immigration deal 'very
similar' to free movement. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-talks-latest-eu-immigration-free-movement-offer-a8326101.html
Fake
five-star reviews being bought and sold online.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43907695
How
can I recycle my inkjet printer? https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/apr/29/recycle-waste-printer-council-environment
Fun,
fashion and halal lipstick: retailers cash in
on £200m Ramadan economy. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/29/ramadan-eid-fun-fashion-halal-lipstick-retailers-economy
US
Holocaust Museum exhibition examines America's
response to nazism abroad. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/29/us-holocaust-memorial-museum-exhibition-americans-and-the-holocaust
And absolutely nothing about US Big Corp
which actually helped the Holocaust happen?
Now there's a surprise! Almost
as 'surprising' as Britain ignoring the Holocaust
while it took place yet accusing today's main
political opposition party of 'anti-Semitism'!
As befits a nation guilty of genocide and war
crimes itself and hiding behind seventy years
of propaganda.
29.04.2018:
UK economy in weakest growth since 2012.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43919094
It's a shame the North Korean crisis has
now been defused. That certainly presented a
golden opportunity for Little Ingerlandt's fagging
military cronies to have given the Americans
a hand to murder a few hundred thousand defencleless
civilians and that, would have been very good
for the country's growth indeed. As always.
Ah, well. There's still Syria, Palestine, the
Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, assorted African countries
and even Ruskyland! Well. Maybe Ruskyland. If
Little Ingerlandt's playground bullies can get
into a gang that's big enough.
The
Cosy Relationship Between Government And The
Arms Industry. http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/the-cosy-relationship-between-government-and-the-arms-industry/
The relationship between successive governments
and the arms (murder) industry is far, far more
than just 'cosy'! It's a killer!
Labour
'weaponising Windrush to distract from antisemitism
row'. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/28/labour-weaponsing-windrush-to-distract-from-antisemitism-row
Or, 'Tories (and Blairite) war criminals
weaponising Labour's alleged 'antisemitism'
to distract from Israeli and American-Jewish
terrorism.'
Rail
franchising is 'broken' say MPs. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/rail-franchising-broken-mps-thameslink-southern-great-northern-east-coast-public-accounts-committee-a8324421.html
British MPs never cease to amaze with how
up-to-speed they are. Unlike rail franchising
- or anything else they have promoted and backed
until now.
Hundreds
of flights potentially cancelled as Air France
staff call strike. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/air-france-strikes-may-flights-cancelled-dispute-french-railways-a8323591.html
I'm surprised Donald The Trump didn't give
his French attack poodle some advice on labour
relations recently. Strikes by civil aviation
staff are most definitely a threat to national
security and in civilised countries, would warrant
armed forces intervention. Give them a break
from all that semi-clandestine terrorist activity
in Syria; lend a hand to their oppressed compatriots
for once, instead of just grovelling to the
taxpayer-subsidised French murder industry all
the time.
Profit
from your vacation: where to buy a holiday home
in Europe for the best rental returns. https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/buying/holiday-homes/where-to-buy-a-holiday-home-in-europe-for-the-best-rental-returns-a119831.html
SMEs
are you ready for GDPR? https://www.k2-partners.com/smes-ready-gdpr/
How
to Make More Money in Business. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/business-money-makers-2948297?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12947946&utm_term=
25
Ways to Cut Costs in Your Home Business.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/25-ways-to-cut-costs-in-your-home-business-4101253?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12947946&utm_term=
CNET
Community: Do you still need to defrag your
hard drive these days? https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/do-you-still-need-to-defrag-your-hard-drive-these-days/?ftag=CAD5920658&bhid=22951757626637189212880527427435
CNET
Community: What can I expect when Microsoft
stops supporting Windows 7? https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/what-can-i-expect-when-microsoft-stops-supporting-windows-7/?ftag=CAD5920658&bhid=22951757626637189212880527427435
28.04.2018:
More bank computer chaos expected. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43922410
DVLA
hands out millions of car owners' details to
private parking firms for just £2.50.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/27/dvla-hands-millions-car-owners-details-private-parking-firms/
PayPal
reveals it shares customers' data with more
than 600 companies. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/04/27/paypal-reveals-shares-customers-data-600-companies/
Baby
boomers' equity release borrowing endangers
inheritance: use these three tricks to beat
the system. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/personal-banking/mortgages/considering-equity-release-worried-inheritance-use-three-tricks/
27.04.2018:
Some praise our gig economy flexibility. I call
it exploitation. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/26/gig-economy-flexibility-exploitation-record-employment-low-wages-zero-hours
UK
houses now cost almost eight times average earnings,
says ONS. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-house-prices-average-earning-ratio-latest-unaffordable-housing-crisis-a8323086.html
Millennials
don't need living rooms, says leading architect.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/25/millennials-dont-need-living-rooms-says-leading-architect-says/
Getting
on the ladder: the Family Springboard mortgage
is just one option for first-time buyers with
a low deposit. https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/mortgages/family-springboard-mortgage-is-just-one-option-for-firsttime-buyers-with-a-low-deposit-a119836.html
Large
numbers of English homes face losing water supply
because of drought, report warns. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homes-england-drought-water-supply-loss-infrastructure-a8322781.html
Minister's
female diary secretary under investigation for
selling escort services through 'sugar daddy'
website. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dominic-raab-secretary-sex-sell-sugar-daddy-website-whitehall-investigation-tory-minister-a8322996.html
Why
can't you take food across international borders?
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/food-borders-pay-apple-import-fine-delta-airlines-customs-internal-a8321996.html
10
Junk Drawer Items to Sell on eBay. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/10-junk-drawer-items-to-sell-on-ebay-4078798?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12832903&utm_term=
10
Most Damaging Growing Pains in a Small Business.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/growing-pains-in-small-business-1200437?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12937598&utm_term=
Question
Key Assumptions in Your Business Plan. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/question-key-assumptions-in-your-business-plan-1200853?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12937598&utm_term=
Secret
to Home Business Success. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/secret-to-home-business-success-1794133?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12937598&utm_term=
Smart
clothing monitors the wearer’s heartbeat.
https://www.springwise.com/smart-clothing-monitors-wearers-heartbeat/?utm_campaign=1166870_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-20&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,P0D2,2V1FMX,2K61D,1
Campaign
encourages bag re-use through hidden discount
code. https://www.springwise.com/campaign-encourages-bag-re-use-hidden-discount-code/?utm_campaign=1166870_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-20&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,P0D2,2V1FMX,2K61D,1
Researchers
develop milk bottles made of antimicrobial bioplastic.
https://www.springwise.com/researchers-develop-milk-bottles-made-antimicrobial-bioplastic/?utm_campaign=1166870_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-20&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,P0D2,2V1FMX,2K61D,1
26.04.2018:
Fraud against small businesses has cost 50,000
UK jobs, new study shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/fraud-small-businesses-sme-uk-jobs-barclays-sol-campbell-a8320081.html
Oooo. That's almost 10% of the UK jobs lost
to American Big Corp and its murder industry.
Loan
sharks face fresh government crackdown.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43877669
Broadband
flaw left 400,000 British homes open to hacking
– was your router vulnerable? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/04/24/broadband-flaw-left-400000-brits-open-hacking/
Quite
an achievement for a telecoms industry which
normally struggles to achieve 400,000 genuine
broadband connections in a day.
Hotel
door locks worldwide were vulnerable to hack.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43896360
Amazon
will now deliver packages to the boot of your
car. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/amazon-in-car-delivery-volvo-general-motors-prime-a8320761.html
TSB
is 'up and running' - for some. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43890408
GoCompare
advert encouraged four-year-old to eat coins,
says watchdog. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43892839
Daily
Express helped create 'Islamophobic sentiment',
admits newspaper’s editor. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/daily-express-islamophobic-sentiment-editor-gary-jones-home-affairs-select-committee-a8321026.html
And it's not only The Daily Express that
helped create 'Islamophobic sentiment' - or
'hate-preaching', 'lies' and 'disinformation'
as a spade would call a spade. The entire Tory
Terrorist fake news media/propaganda is at it,
including the British Bullshit Corporation (BBC).
And then there's anti-Russian sentiment, or
anti-East European sentiment generally. Anti-black.
Anti-Asian. Anti-anything, really. Except anti-Israeli
terrorist, war criminal, murderer and thief
which is of course, 'anti-Semitic', requiring
millions of column-inches from self-appointed
Jewish 'leaders', their scribes and voices -
and a change in the law.
UK
among worst in Western Europe for freedom of
press after 'staggering decline', Reporters
Without Borders index claims. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-among-worst-western-europe-freedom-press-reporters-without-borders-index-a8320691.html
Born out of the increasing reluctance to
finger Israeli, American, French, Saudi and
British terrorists because that's being 'anti-Semitic',
of course.
App
for EU citizens Brexit registration won't work
on iPhones, Government admits. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-app-eu-citizens-iphone-android-uk-government-a8320471.html
Must have been a fake American guru in the
mix there somewhere.
25.04.2018:
High Street crisis forces hundreds of store
closures. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43871596
Food
bank use in UK reaches highest rate on record
as benefits fail to cover basic costs. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/food-bank-uk-benefits-trussell-trust-cost-of-living-highest-rate-a8317001.html
UK's
worst cities for mobile phone signal ranking
topped by Birmingham, Leeds and London.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-worst-cities-mobile-signal-best-worst-london-birmingham-leeds-o2-three-vodafone-ee-a8318491.html
Vodafone
rated worst mobile provider by Which? survey.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43877267
Tech
firms could face new EU regulations over fake
news. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/apr/24/eu-to-warn-social-media-firms-over-fake-news-and-data-mining
As we have been reporting for a number of
years - the internet has increasingly become
a source of non-aligned, non-propaganda reporting
which has been causing 'official' fake news
sources much embarassment as their lies and
disinformation have been exposed. The EU - and
Britain and the States, of course - can't be
having it!!! (The threatened probe into the
recent takeover of two of the regime's favourite,
hate-preaching and fake news titles by an ownership
which doesn't promote Tory terrorism, war crimes
and murder, also being a case in point. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43873482)
Streaming
is music's biggest money-maker. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43877494
Hard
Brexit would mean more and cheaper British fish
– but there's a catch. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/24/hard-brexit-would-mean-more-and-cheaper-british-fish-but-theres-a-catch
We
need to get rid of the great British breakfast
and embrace matcha green tea lattes, even if
they do taste like grassy milkshakes. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/british-breakfast-hotel-travelling-green-tea-buffet-jenny-eclair-a8317821.html
Another fine example of a fake news nutter
who doesn't get out much. If at all.
The
senior citizens taking on coding. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-43880869/the-senior-citizens-taking-on-coding
24.04.2018:
82% of Brits would rather not have a trade deal
with The Shithole of American Terrorists - poll.
http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/liam-foxs-trade-deals-come-up-against-the-reality-of-public-opinion/
As not being reported by the regime's official,
fake news, media propaganda.
Number
of zero hours contracts rises by 100,000 in
2017, says ONS. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/zero-hours-contracts-number-ons-gig-economy-latest-a8317646.html
Reality dawns on 'the best place in the
world to start and run a business.' And to
be an 'entrepreneur'. As propounded by
the present Tory regime, its Brownshirt
toads and fake gurus and its propaganda in the
run-up to the last elections.
Martin
Lewis launches legal action to ‘give Facebook
a bloody nose’ over scam ads. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/martin-lewis-sue-facebook-scam-fake-ads-money-saving-expert-a8317351.html
Isn't Arsebook a scam in its entirety, though?
When it's not being used as a military tool?
OTS
urges overhaul of business tax system.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplifying-the-taxation-of-key-events-in-the-life-of-a-business
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published
a new report setting out ways to simplify the
business tax system. The 'OTS Business Lifecycle
Report' investigates the impact of the tax relief
and charges that apply at each point in the
business lifecycle, such as when a business
starts up or incorporates. In the report, the
OTS calls for a complete overhaul of the business
tax system and for tax reliefs to be made less
complex to support business growth.
Practical
support for businesses impacted by Carillion.
https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/banks-offer-support-to-business-customers-impacted-by-carillion/
UK Finance has published information about what
the banks are offering their business customers,
with appropriate helpline numbers, as well as
support available from HMRC and the British
Business Bank.
Russia
raises the stakes with wide-reaching and blunt
internet clampdown. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-internet-censorship-facebook-regulations-rules-a8315656.html
Travel
chaos hits France as rail and air strikes coincide.
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/air-france-sncf-french-rail-staff-strike-cancelled-trains-flights-a8317136.html
23.04.2018:
No-deal Brexit 'disastrous' for food firms.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43855639
Britain,
headquarters of fraud. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/22/the-sunday-essay-britain-headquarters-of-fraud
ID
theft levels soar as criminals set their sights
on new targets. https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/id-theft-criminals-identity-fraud-increase-mobile-phones-credit-cards-a8311481.html
City
gangs behind burgeoning crop of countryside
crime. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/21/organised-gangs-behind-rural-crime-wave-drugs-theft
Jeremy
Hunt threatens social media with new child-protection
laws. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43853678
Importing
apple trees instead of apples, Russia secures
food supply. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/importing-apple-trees-russia-secures-food-a8297211.html
The Russians are now making and producing
almost everything they used to import - from
the EU especially. The irony is that once 'sanctions'
are lifted, there will be no going back for
the vast majority of their traditional suppliers
who are now far worse off than their replacement
Russsian counterparts. (As not reported by US/British/European
fake news propaganda.)
Wallpaper
detects fire and prevents it from spreading.
https://www.springwise.com/wallpaper-detects-fire-prevents-spreading/?newsletter-token=b3f97d1d6c7369cd518e10ad04b7d17e&utm_campaign=1163966_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-18&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OY4E,2V1FMX,2JXUD,1
Startup
allows in-store cameras to collect data.
https://www.springwise.com/start-allows-store-cameras-collect-data/?newsletter-token=59d586239d565cd2d7f5f04e49a3fcf7&utm_campaign=1163966_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-18&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OY4E,2V1FMX,2JXUD,1
Dissolvable
packaging reduces construction waste. https://www.springwise.com/dissolvable-packaging-reduces-construction-waste/?newsletter-token=2f8a5498f7265ebfbf583dcb7f5d7a5a&utm_campaign=1162367_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-17&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OWVZ,2V1FMX,2JT3T,1
AI
solution generates yield prediction for commercial
greenhouses. https://www.springwise.com/ai-solution-generates-yield-prediction-commercial-greenhouses/?newsletter-token=7bbf9da8099e9c700c248c34f03ba41c&utm_campaign=1165264_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-19&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OZ4G,2V1FMX,2K1TP,1
22.04.2018:
Are you being ripped off by the gig economy?
https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/gig-economy-work-security-living-wage-self-employed-a8311466.html
It is after all, the reason the country's
government, backed by their fake news propaganda,
have invented 'the gig economy'.
Six
shops defying the High Street downturn.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43823810
America
is plagued by experts without expertise.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/21/media-experts-without-expertise
And
sadly, all too many of them can be found in
Britain posing as 'gurus' - thanks to fagging
politicians and the fake news media.
How
firms you have never interacted with can target
your Facebook. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/21/how-firms-you-have-never-interacted-with-can-target-your-facebook
Kaspersky
banned from advertising on Twitter over security
fears. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/04/20/kaspersky-banned-advertising-twitter-us-security-fears/
Terrorist tools like Microshite and Arsebook
are OK though.
Farmers
hit by record straw prices. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43821985
21.04.2018:
Brexit divorce cost uncertain, say auditors.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43829282
Unusual to read a truthful statement about
Brexit in the fake news media?
2018
Global Trust Barometer Reveals New Crisis For
Britain. http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/2018-global-trust-barometer-reveals-new-crisis-for-britain/
Clearly, murdering children in the Middle
East and spewing asinine propaganda doesn't
seem to be cutting it outside the regime's own
fake news media.
Poorest
families 'going without food or power'.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43827846
'Let them eat bombs.'
Scottish
Power to raise gas and electricity prices.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-43838976
Exploitation
of companies like Amazon, Facebook and Instagram
has caused a $1.5 trillion boom in cyber crime.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/cyber-criminals-facebook-amazon-instagram-earnings-terrorism-trafficking-money-laundering-tech-a8313801.html
Fuelled by millions of morons who can't reed,
rite or do summs. But they have got dummyphones
and an internet connection!
Telegram
ban in Russia takes down major sites. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/russia-telegram-ban-amazon-google-fifa-spotify-nintendo-twitch-down-latest-updates-a8313776.html
Are
these sites really so 'major' that they can
be taken down so easily?
France
apparently doesn't understand veggie sausages.
https://www.indy100.com/article/france-apparently-doesnt-understand-veggie-sausages-8313636?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100
France doesn't understand ANY decent sausages.
(Unless they are made by its immigrants.)
The
10 Highest-Paying Gig Economy Jobs of 2018.
https://www.thebalancecareers.com/highest-paying-gig-economy-jobs-4163094?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12832880&utm_term=
How
to Start a Profitable Airbnb Business. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-start-a-profitable-airbnb-business-4154273?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12832880&utm_term=
Robot
illustrator creates personalized wall art on
any surface. https://www.springwise.com/robot-illustrator-creates-personalized-wall-art-surface/?newsletter-token=16a0a5f3381b862da55875130a94ad3f&utm_campaign=1157910_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-11&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OTG6,2V1FMX,2JF8Z,1
Retailer
introduces in-store AR experience. https://www.springwise.com/retailer-introduces-store-ar-experience/?newsletter-token=4486335c81e150e5908044827d5563ad&utm_campaign=1157910_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-11&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OTG6,2V1FMX,2JF8Z,1
New
dive fins bring high tech to the water.
https://www.springwise.com/new-dive-fins-bring-high-tech-water/?newsletter-token=e52e3151789a7f2d9c14cf7593505748&utm_campaign=1161488_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-16&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OW7K,2V1FMX,2JQA8,1
20.04.2018:
Rogue landlords 'should have properties confiscated'.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43821254
A bit drastic, even for the present regime.
Wouldn't it be better to cancel rogue landlords'
membership of the Tory party, instead? Or aren't
they making enough from 'confiscating' the homes
they've bombed in Palestine. And Iraq. And Afghanistan.
And Libya. And Syria. And the Yemen?
Sellers
forced to cut asking prices by £25k as
housing market cools. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/sellers-forced-cut-asking-prices-25k-housing-market-cools/
UK
house price rise set to continue into 2018,
despite London dip. https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/buying/uk-house-price-rise-set-to-continue-into-2018-despite-london-dip-a119651.html
Brexit:
Liam Fox has underestimated difficulty of getting
British farmers a good trade deal, MEPs warn.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-liam-fox-britain-farmers-trade-deal-agriculture-meps-leaked-letter-a8310841.html
Not really Liam Fox's scene, this. Not like
lying, arms dealing and fagging for American,
Israeli and Saudi terrorists.
Britain
wants the EU to protect its products from imitation
post-Brexit, but is reluctant to return the
favour. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-regional-specialities-eu-protect-trade-deal-europe-cheese-food-drink-wine-a8312171.html
Nigel
Farage admits two of his children have German
passports. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-children-german-passports-brexit-eu-citizens-free-movement-a8311691.html
At least the man is every bit as much a lying
hypocrite as the rest of Little Ingerlandt's
politicians.
Facebook
moves 1.5bn users out of reach of new European
privacy law. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/19/facebook-moves-15bn-users-out-of-reach-of-new-european-privacy-law
'Taste
the difference': Farm-to-fork movement takes
off in urban Flanders. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/19/taste-the-difference-farm-to-fork-movement-takes-off-in-urban-flanders
Apprenticeship
levy 'unfit for purpose' in current form.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43809679
It was only ever meant to be a Tory regime
PR exercise - just as its fake 'US-guru'-inspired
blueprints for business start-up and business
support generally.
Why
shops need to connect with their customers.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43813154
TalkTalk
and Vodafone top complaints chart again.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43822624
PPI
complaints soar as Arnie tells people to 'do
it now'. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43823623
Can you imagine the absolute morons who are
actually responding to this ad?
More
choose budget funerals, says Dignity. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43809672
Or,
if you take a cheap flight to Syria, you can
get a taxpayer-funded funeral for free. It's
the latest Special Offer from the Coalition
of Evil. (Currently America, Britain and France.)
Plastic
stirrers, straws and cotton wool buds could
be banned in England as early as next year.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/04/18/plastic-stirrers-straws-cotton-wool-buds-could-banned-england/
Air
France braced for thousands of strike compensation
claims after EU court ruling. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/air-france-strike-flight-compensations-cancellations-delays-passengers-ecj-ruling-a8309971.html
Now there's a proper 'mouvement social'
for you. All that's needed now is for criminal
striker fonctionnaires to be liable for compensation
out of their own pockets.
The
holiday village run by spies. http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43702764
We've got some of those in Britain. Westminster
is probably the best-known. Although Porton
Down and Salisbury have been in the news most
recently following NATO chemical agent attacks
in Syria and on a treacherous Rusky spy. (http://www.voltairenet.org/article200692.html
and http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/syrian-rebels-used-sarin-nerve-gas-sold-by-britain/)
Dream
ticket: how sleep became a billion-dollar business.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/17/sleep-billion-dollar-business-tiredness-spooning-robots-cuddle-blankets-luxury
19.04.2018:
UK company De La Rue says it will not appeal
decision to have blue passports made in France.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-passports-blue-de-la-rue-appeal-gemalto-government-a8309816.html
Nothing to do with Britain owing Donald The
Trump's EU attack poodle, Emmanuel Macron, a
favour?
Leading
Brexit campaigner praised ‘very clever’
Nazi and Isis propaganda techniques. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/andy-wigmore-brexit-nazi-propaganda-cambridge-analytica-isis-recording-hitler-a8308186.html
The
similarity between Nazis and the Tories (and
the Blairites) doesn't end there. Although being
fagging copycats doesn't mean quite so much
of the 'very clever'.
Pound
sterling plummets as UK inflation slows to less
than economists predicted. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pound-sterling-price-latest-updates-uk-inflation-data-ons-bank-of-england-a8309996.html
And just one day after the regime's propagandascheisewriters
were singing sterling's praises!
Facebook
to force its users to agree to tracking.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-gdpr-latest-data-ad-tracking-opt-out-stop-ads-marketing-a8310031.html
Pret
a Manger adverts which claimed it uses natural
ingredients banned for being ‘misleading’.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pret-a-manger-advert-ban-natural-food-claim-misleading-asa-a8309026.html
Landlord
offering 'sex for rent' arrangement with women
says he is not breaking the law. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/landlord-sex-for-rent-this-morning-law-prostitution-a8309496.html
Ukad
to increase testing by 50 per cent and deploy
sniffer dogs at sporting events in bid to rebuild
reputation. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/ukad-uk-anti-doping-strategy-plan-sniffer-dogs-a8309096.html
We really don't why it's taken UKAD so long
- it went to the dogs years ago.
Russia
won bid to host 2018 World Cup by corruption,
says David Cameron. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/russia-world-cup-2018-bid-david-cameron-corruption-a8309671.html
Pretty much the same claim was made of London
when it won its bid for the Olympics. Except
that the criticism then was far more universal
than the mere opinion of a lying war criminal.
(And the country's state propaganda.)
18.04.2018:
Pound remains close to post-Brexit high.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43793605
Typical fake news disinformation. The £
is only at a 'post-Brexit' high against the
terrorist currency of the US $. Against the
much more relevant yardstick of the euro, it
is down on the year by 0.3.
Russian
hackers targeting millions of devices around
the world, US and UK warn. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russian-hackers-target-millions-devices-cyber-attacks-us-uk-intelligence-warn-a8307696.html
And on this we have the word of the west's
serial-lying, fake news and propaganda, war
criminals, terrorists, murderers and thieves.
Number
of Facebook users whose data was compromised
'far more than 87m', MPs told. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/17/facebook-users-data-compromised-far-more-than-87m-mps-told-cambridge-analytica
Obviously - if the source was American or
British then it was bound to have been a lie.
China's
ZTE deemed a 'national security risk' to UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/chinas-zte-a-national-security-risk-to-uk-warns-watchdog
Of course. If it's not the Ruskies it's bound
to be the Chinese. In fact, everybody's at it
- except America's terrorist mates, the British,
the French, the Israelis and the Saudis.
Which?
warns over buying World Cup tickets online.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43789098
Up
to a third of millennials 'face renting their
entire life'. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43788537
Support
to help small firms apply for government contracts.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-changes-to-encourage-small-businesses-to-apply-for-government-contracts
The Cabinet Office has announced plans to introduce
new measures to support smaller firms to become
Government suppliers. Under the plans, contractors
who cannot demonstrate fair payment practices
with their small business sub-contractors will
be banned from bidding for large public sector
or government contracts. All contractors will
also have to advertise sub-contracting opportunities
via the Contracts Finder website. Other measures
include giving sub-contractors more powers to
report poor payment practices to buying authorities,
as well as requiring all main contractors to
submit evidence to the Government to prove that
small businesses in their supply chain are benefiting
from the contract.
We
have been hearing these promises for as long
as we have been hearing pledges to cut red tape
or roll out a credible, national broadband service.
In the event, the opposite is generally true.
(Unless it's small businesses tendering to produce
armaments, drones or chemical and biological
weapons to murder children in the Middle East.)
The
brothel operating 'in full view of police'.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43784251
Macron:
political divisions in Europe are like a civil
war. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/17/emmanuel-macron-europe-civil-war-illiberalism-nationalism
Perhaps instead of wasting time bombing children
in Syria because the Syrians don't want to do
business with the French, Macron should force
some regime changes in Europe by bombing closer
to home, instead? Starting with his own country,
which can look like 'civil war' every time his
parasite fonctionnaires go on strike.
How
Micro-Marketing Can Get Big Results for Your
Business. https://www.thebalance.com/how-micro-marketing-can-get-results-for-business-4156524?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12832827&utm_term=
Company
funds female entrepreneurship with donations
to newborn girls. https://www.springwise.com/company-funds-female-entrepreneurship-donations-newborn-girls/?newsletter-token=9879b2a08e88d9e526b0860c17f4cca1&utm_campaign=1157078_Custom%3ASpringwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-09&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OST2,2V1FMX,2JCNT,1
Blockchain
toothbrush brushes teeth and mines cryptocurrency.
https://www.springwise.com/blockchain-toothbrush-brushes-teeth-mines-cryptocurrency/?newsletter-token=41cf942789f89923c64ee5a1f13b86ca&utm_campaign=1157078_Custom%3ASpringwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-09&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OST2,2V1FMX,2JCNT,1
Beetle
inspired ultra-white paint alternative is edible.
https://www.springwise.com/beetle-inspired-ultra-white-paint-alternative-edible/?newsletter-token=9ebac8b534501fb493590fcb965999c0&utm_campaign=1160384_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-12&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OVCW,2V1FMX,2JMZ8,1
17.04.2018:
How Brexit is set to cause chaos at Europe's
ports. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-ports-customs-union-u-turn-rotterdam-eu-trade-single-market-theresa-may-david-davis-a8303436.html
Sadly, Brexit Knobheads think that 'port'
is something you drink.
Millions
could face financial disaster due to hidden
credit files errors. https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/credit-file-errors-personal-finance-uk-consumers-mortgages-mobile-contracts-a8299196.html
Wetherspoon
pub chain shuts its social media accounts.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43781281
Pretty much on-trend with all reputation-conscious
businesses.
Car
insurance cost drops for first time in three
years. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43751418
UK
car leasing costs driven up 9% in a year because
of Brexit, research shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-car-leasing-costs-increase-weak-sterling-eu-import-supply-chain-expensive-a8303331.html
Tourism
pressures: Five places tackling too many visitors.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-43700833
Britons
living in rest of EU are mainly working age,
not over-65s. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/brits-living-in-rest-of-eu-are-mainly-of-working-age-not-pensioners
Consultation
on proposals to strengthen consumer rights.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/business-secretary-unveils-reforms-to-give-consumers-a-better-deal
The Department for Business has launched a consultation
on proposals to strengthen consumer rights.
The consultation is asking for feedback about
how to improve the enforcement of consumer rights,
simplify terms and conditions and improve competition
in the utilities market. The consultation is
also seeking feedback about how to improve consumer
access to alternative dispute resolution services
and introduce a standard set of principles to
protect vulnerable consumers. The consultation
closes on 4 July 2018.
How
to conquer your emails. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/16/how-to-conquer-your-emails
6
Ways to Get and Stay Motivated in Your Small
Business. https://www.thebalance.com/small-business-stay-motivated-2951814?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12832787&utm_term=
Smartphone
attachment can identify contaminated water.
https://www.springwise.com/smartphone-attachment-can-identify-contaminated-water/?newsletter-token=8bfa563746a579775d3a5797e8a49dd2&utm_campaign=1159236_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-11&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OUH0,2V1FMX,2JJE1,1
Hotel
turns old linens into new pyjamas. https://www.springwise.com/hotel-turns-old-linens-new-pyjamas/?newsletter-token=243be8a81d770e74fbf5f3785906a606&utm_campaign=1159236_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-11&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OUH0,2V1FMX,2JJE1,1
App
helps farmers identify plant diseases and deficiencies.
https://www.springwise.com/app-helps-farmers-identify-plant-diseases-deficiencies/?newsletter-token=e5d169321bd96533eb4eb0943694eecd&utm_campaign=1159236_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-11&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OUH0,2V1FMX,2JJE1,1
16.04.2018:
Only a quarter of Britons back Theresa May's
decision to launch military operations against
Syria, new poll reveals. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/syria-latest-air-strikes-poll-theresa-may-chemical-weapons-trump-assad-a8304716.html
Unfortunately, Theresa May and the Tory regime
do not represent the interests of Britain: they
slag and fag for American terrorism. And Israeli
terrorism. And Saudi terrorism. While the vast
majority of Britain's business community whistles
for £ billions lost every day under the
leadershit of its cowardly war criminals, murderers
and liars.
Half
of Britons back Theresa May's handling of Salisbury
novichok incident, new poll shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-salisbury-novichok-skripal-corbyn-a8304926.html
This would be the Brexit Knobhead contingent
again. As thick, clueless and open to manipulation
by lying regime propaganda as ever.
Who
is losing out from Trump's tariffs? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43731798
The
accidental landlord: is running an Airbnb in
London more hassle than it's worth? https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/renting/is-running-an-airbnb-in-london-more-hassle-than-its-worth-a119501.html
15.04.2018:
Trade with the Commonwealth isn’t actually
a priority for post-Brexit Britain. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-trade-commonwealth-heads-of-government-meeting-not-priority-a8302881.html
Once again, another example of fake, non-news.
Everyone knows that Brexit Britain's priority
will be fagging for America including terrorising,
murdering, thieving and lying on its behalf.
UK
households must brace for more energy price
hikes. https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/british-gas-energy-price-hikes-uk-household-budget-centrica-a8299181.html
Firms
relabelling low-skilled jobs as apprenticeships,
says report. http://www.bbc.com/news/education-43739963
What's new?
Five
things to do with empty retail space. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43699263
Brexit
to result in UK losing .eu domain names.
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/notice-stakeholders-withdrawal-united-kingdom-and-eu-rules-eu-domain-names
Individuals and businesses in the UK will no
longer be able to use .eu domain names after
the UK leaves the EU, the European Commission
has announced. The domain names will become
unavailable in the UK once the transition period
starts. This means EURid, the organisation responsible
for administering .eu domain names, will be
able to revoke existing .eu domain names owned
by UK individuals and businesses, and refuse
UK applications to grant or renew an .eu domain
name.
Why
is France's transport system mired in strikes?
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/france-rail-air-strikes-latest-british-passengers-industrial-action-emmanuel-macron-a8302951.html
Because French politicians spend more time
trying to terrorise and force other countries
into doing as they say rather than leading by
example and clearing up the shit on their own
doorsteps instead.
7
things you're doing that make people distrust
you immediately. http://www.businessinsider.fr/us/bad-first-impression-signs-people-dont-trust-you-2018-4?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BISelect&pt=385758&ct=Sailthru_BI_Newsletters&mt=8&utm_campaign=BI%20Select%20Weekend%202018-04-14&utm_term=Business%20Insider%20Select
Or, if you admit to being American, British
or French.
The
9 Best Small Business Books to Buy in 2018.
https://www.thebalance.com/best-small-business-books-4154269?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12757427&utm_term=
The
26 Best Websites for Learning New Skills.
https://www.thebalance.com/websites-learn-new-skills-1200627?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12757303&utm_term=
11
Of the Best Places to Learn to Code for Free.
https://www.thebalance.com/best-places-to-learn-to-code-for-free-2071392?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12757303&utm_term=
5
Side Hustles You Can Do at Home. https://www.thebalance.com/side-hustles-you-can-do-at-home-4137761?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12757427&utm_term=
The
3 Essential Criteria for a Successful Startup.
https://www.thebalance.com/the-3-essential-criteria-for-a-successful-startup-1201059?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12757303&utm_term=
3D
printed house can be built in a day. https://www.springwise.com/3d-printed-house-can-built-day/?utm_campaign=1155086_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-09&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OR9Q,2V1FMX,2J6ET,1
New
fabric can generate electricity. https://www.springwise.com/new-fabric-can-generate-electricity/?utm_campaign=1155086_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-09&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OR9Q,2V1FMX,2J6ET,1
14.04.2018:
Google loses 'right to be forgotten' case.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43752344
A rare victory for human rights. Especially
against Shithole of US Big Corp.
Brexit:
Confidence in UK economy turns positive for
first time since Article 50 triggered. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-uk-economy-confidence-positive-article-50-triggered-theresa-may-a8301891.html
Jeremy
Hunt referred to Parliament’s sleaze watchdog
over buy-to-let breaches. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/04/13/jeremy-hunt-referred-parliaments-sleaze-watchdog/
Tenants
spend more than half their wages on rent.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/design/uk-housing-market-generation-rent-tenants-wages-home-ownership-buyers-crisis-a8296116.html
And the other half on dummyphones, takeaways
and Sky subscriptions.
Decline
in bees puts supply of raw materials for global
business at risk, says report. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bees-decline-business-supply-chain-un-cambridge-university-asda-pepsico-a8301736.html
Another story as old as the hills; and totally
secondary to the propaganda and the profits
of Big Agricorp. Especially Shithole of America
Agricorp.
The
Gig economy is the future and women can lead
the charge. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/business/everyone-benefiting-gig-economy-apart-women/
Much the same thing was promised for teleworking;
homeworking; running a business from home; and
self-employment. Unfortunately, this is not
a future which figures highly in the minds of
supine politicians fagging for American terrorists.
Working
for free can bring rich rewards. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/working-free-can-bring-rich-rewards/
13.04.2018:
Rate rise doubts as property demand falls, says
RICS. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43724002
Universal
Credit penalty for self-employed, says Citizens
Advice. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43738110
EU
plans to give consumer more rights against big
companies. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/consumer-rights-eu-companies-power-european-commission-dieselgate-scandal-brexit-a8300081.html
That's been in the pipeline for years and
is probably reason enough alone for Big Corp
to have 'fixed' the recent Brexit vote.
'Misleading'
delivery claims banned. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-43725591
New
holiday law to make online agents deliver better
service. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/holiday-law-changes-online-travel-agents-package-holiday-protection-a8300551.html
EDF
Energy raises electricity prices by 2.7%.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43736532
Ofgem
opens investigation into gas network company
Cadent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadent-gas-ofgem-investigation-energy-network-pipeline-system-a8299146.html
More
than 100,000 homeless households to be trapped
in temporary accommodation by 2020, warns report.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-households-temporary-accommodation-2020-report-housing-crisis-poverty-a8299951.html
The Tory regime is reported to be truly saddened
by the situation: so many homeless without a
single, profitable bomb being dropped; not one
child out on the streets without several first
being murdered.
Glass
milk bottles make a comeback. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43724314
World's
first 3D-printed home unveiled in France.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/3d-printed-home-world-first-france-a8298446.html
The
Brazilian villagers turning plastic pollution
into profit. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/12/the-brazilian-villagers-turning-plastic-pollution-into-profit
I'm
angry at Facebook – but I'm also addicted.
How do I break free? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/12/facebook-how-to-quit-delete-account-addiction-what-to-do
Go and sit in a cabbage patch where you belong?
France
has proof Assad regime used chemical weapons
in Syria. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/apr/12/uk-russia-tensions-rise-over-syria-attack-and-salisbury-poisoning-live-updates
'At least chlorine,' stated Macron - who
has been avoiding providing any answers to the
numerous questions which have been asked about
French involvement in the Skripal affair recently.
So - if we take French tapwater, then chlorine
is the least of your worries. After nitrates
and pesticides. It's why the huge majority of
French folk only drink bottled water. And why
the French regime feels it is thus qualified
to offer another story to help distract from
its own terrorist activities in Syria.
12.04.2018:
Brexit: 'Bonfire of rules' mean more costs than
benefits, CBI says. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43719924
Which rules would these be? The 15% of rules
which come from Brussels? OR the 85% which come
from Little Ingerlandt's very own apparatchuks?
(As not reported by fake news, state propaganda.)
High
Street stores opening at lowest rate in seven
years. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43709812
Zuckerberg:
Facebook is in 'arms race' with Russia.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43719784
As we have always said and keep saying: social
media is a military tool: for use by tools.
Facebook:
Cambridge Analytica data had private messages.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43718175
And after all that fawning admiration for
Arsebook and the rest of American Shithole social
media by British fake news media. What a kick
in the cajones.
Government
to announce £9m dark web crackdown to
tackle paedophiles, drugs and arms dealers.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dark-web-drugs-paedophiles-arms-dealers-uk-government-amber-rudd-home-secretary-a8298581.html
You
don't need to go to the dark web for paedos,
drugs and arms dealers. The country's Houses
of Parliament have all of those in abundance!
Facebook
and Google need ad-free options says Jaron Lanier.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43639712
I think the whole world has known that for
ever, hasn't it?
UK
manufacturing output falls 0.2% in February.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43724311
No
wonder the regime is anxious to find an excuse
to step up its bombing of Syrian and Yemeni
children. A nuclear war prompted by American,
Israeli, French and British terrorist lunatics
shows more promise still.
British
Gas price rise unjustified, says government.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43711556
Now there's novel!
Music
industry revenue growth back at Britpop levels,
BPI says. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43717002
UK
offices of Murdoch's 21st Century Fox raided
as EU probes sports broadcasting 'cartel'.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/london-offices-21st-century-fox-raided-european-commission-investigation-sports-broadcasting-rupert-a8298786.html
That means Fox Fake News & Propaganda
will be banned from the Olympics, does it? And
the World Cup? Sanctions applied to Fox Fake
News & Propaganda's American/British audience?
And while we are about it, investigate Fox News'
involvement in the latest Syrian chemical weapons
attacks, even if it was the Brits and the Israelis
who were almost certainly responsible? (Same
thing, really.)
The
first rule of working from home: never wear
pyjamas. https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/apr/11/rules-working-from-home-never-wear-pyjamas
I first heard this advice before 'homeworking'
became 'homeworking'. Must have been fifty years
ago.
11.04.2018:
EU has grown faster as market for UK exports
than Asia and US since Brexit vote, say company
directors. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-eu-export-market-faster-growth-uk-exports-asia-us-referendum-company-directors-a8296856.html
Mercenaries
Unleashed: Britain is Global Leader in Private
Military and Security. http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/mercenaries-unleashed-britain-is-global-leader-in-private-military-and-security/
Or, in the real world where you call a spade,
a spade, British professional terrorists, murderers
and criminals for hire.
New
“PropTech” Could Exploit Renters Like
Uber Does Workers. http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/new-proptech-could-exploit-renters-like-uber-does-workers/
British
Gas to increase gas and electricity prices by
5.5%. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43711556
Backpage.com
sex advert website owners face charges.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43699203
Secrets
of Providing Good Customer Service. https://www.thebalance.com/good-customer-service-secrets-2947164?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12685430&utm_term=
Free
Ways to Promote Your Business Online. https://www.thebalance.com/free-online-advertising-4148463?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12685430&utm_term=
Facial
recognition app to become e-gov ID service.
https://www.springwise.com/facial-recognition-app-become-e-gov-id-service/?utm_campaign=1154350_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-06&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OQPA,2V1FMX,2J47E,1
App
and smart keyboard helps disabled people get
online. https://www.springwise.com/app-smart-keyboard-helps-disabled-people-get-online/?utm_campaign=1150897_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-04&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OO1D,2V1FMX,2IUR3,1
Tiny
sensor can send information from a tooth.
https://www.springwise.com/tiny-sensor-can-send-information-tooth/?utm_campaign=1150897_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-04&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OO1D,2V1FMX,2IUR3,1
10.04.2018:
Public backs fresh referendum to have 'final
say' on terms of Brexit deal, new poll finds.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-second-referendum-theresa-may-final-deal-eu-autumn-negotiations-a8294986.html
Brexit
– Secrecy of US-UK trade talks must end,
say campaigners. http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/brexit-secrecy-of-us-uk-trade-talks-must-end-say-campaigners/
Tory
MP Threatened Business Leaders With Dismissal
If They Don’t Keep Quiet About Brexit.
http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/tory-mp-threatens-business-leaders-with-dismissal-if-they-dont-keep-quiet-about-brexit/
Housing
market: Number of buy-to-let landlords reaches
record high despite tax hike. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/housing-market-buytolet-landlords-investors-record-high-despite-tax-hike-stamp-duty-a8292146.html
Small
firms struggling to access bank finance.
https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2018/sme-alliance-uk-finance-bank-lending-smb-loans/
Small and medium-sized businesses in the
UK are still finding it difficult to obtain
bank loans. This is according to written evidence
submitted by the SME Alliance to the Treasury
Committee, as part of the committee's inquiry
into the state of the finance market for smaller
businesses. The SME Alliance reports that leading
banks are more reluctant to lend to smaller
firms and that banks are "even more keen
to ensure terms of lending are onerous and biased
in their favour".
New
register for fulfilment businesses. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/scheme-opens-to-help-combat-vat-evasion-by-non-eu-online-traders
HMRC has launched a new Fulfilment House Due
Diligence Scheme to tackle VAT evasion by online
traders based outside the EU. Under the scheme,
any fulfilment business that imports goods from
outside the EU, stores goods that haven’t
been sold in the UK before, or stores goods
on behalf of someone outside the EU will need
to be registered. Once registered, the business
will be required to keep certain records and
carry out checks on overseas customers. Existing
fulfilment businesses must be registered before
30 June 2018. Any business that fails to register
will not be allowed to trade from 1 April 2019
and could face a £10,000 fine and criminal
conviction.
09.04.2018:
Ditch trade deal with Trump rather than accept
chlorinated chicken, Britons say. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-trade-deal-theresa-may-us-uk-eu-chlorine-chicken-food-safety-standards-poll-a8292496.html
Any such trade deal has almost nothing to
do with 'Trump'. That's just the fake news media
implying that a US/UK trade deal under some
other American president would be of benefit
to the UK; and that would never be the case.
Why
the UK trade deficit with the EU is woeful and
widening. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/08/why-the-uk-trade-deficit-with-the-eu-is-woeful-and-widening
Government
to crack down on 'rogue' estate agents.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43688737
Ban
on home deliveries of knives in government crackdown
after surge in London stabbings. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/knives-ban-london-stabbings-home-delivery-online-government-crackdown-a8293686.html
UK
living rooms have shrunk by a third, survey
finds. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/08/uk-living-rooms-have-shrunk-by-a-third-survey-finds
It's not just living rooms!
Air
France strike: Thousands of passengers stranded
as airline cancels 30% of flights in pay row.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/air-france-strike-flights-cancelled-tickets-international-domestic-travel-pay-rise-eurostar-trains-a8294281.html
08.04.2018:
Brexit trade deal: US lays out 'wishlist' and
it does not look good for the UK. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-us-trade-deal-uk-wish-list-representative-negotiations-chlorine-washed-chicken-tariffs-a8292006.html
There has NEVER been a trade deal with the
US which 'looked good' or was good for the UK.
Flight
compensation: UK travellers have stronger rights
post-Brexit. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/airlines-department-transport-compensation-delays-cancellations-a8293471.html
UK
productivity ticks up, but still lags peers.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/04/06/uk-productivity-ticks-still-lags-peers/
Facebook
suspends AIQ data firm used by Vote Leave in
Brexit campaign. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43680969
And what difference is that going to the
Vote Leave fake 'majority'? Is the country,
including its dumb sheep, going to be given
the democratic opportunity of a vote without
being lied to or manipulated the next time?
Holidaymakers
warned about fake accommodation bookings.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43669007
Facebook
urged to block Nazi relic sales. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43667286
Twitter
stops working as users can't see new posts.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/twitter-down-not-working-broken-new-posts-loading-problem-issue-fix-a8292471.html
British
cheese now a 'status symbol' in the US and Japan.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/06/british-cheese-now-status-symbol-us-japan/
As it should be. And the rest of the world.
'I've
invested £35,000 in shares that dodge
inheritance tax'. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/investing/shares/invested-35000-shares-dodge-inheritance-tax/
07.04.2018:
One in 10 Britons admit they are bad with money,
study finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/money/britain-adults-bad-money-spenders-savers-austerity-survey-results-a8289941.html
Royal
Mail fined for sending 300,000 nuisance emails.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43669016
France
strikes: another weekend of disruption for travellers.
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/france-strikes-latest-updates-air-traffic-control-railways-sncf-eurostar-passengers-a8291311.html
The
Northern Business Exhibition, Wednesday
18th & Thursday 19th April 2018. 10am -
4pm, Manchester Central. https://northernbusinessexpo.com/index/registration/?=nbetosbeem
MLM
Startup Conference May 23, 2018. Las Vegas.
http://www.mlmlegal.com/srs2.html
06.04.2018:
Google should not be in business of war, say
employees. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43656378
You could say that most of the US economy
is based on 'war'. Or war crimes, crimes against
humanity and terrorism, to be precise. And as
far as the internet goes, it's all just a military
operation, from Microshite through to social
media in general.
UK
data protection chief welcomes Facebook privacy
changes. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/05/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-refuses-to-step-down-or-fire-staff-over-mistakes
Yeah? If the UK's fawning data protection
chief and her staff had been doing their jobs,
there wouldn't have been 'Facebook scandal'.
Facebook
scandal 'hit 87 million users'. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43649018
Superfast
5G mobiles are a step closer. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43653418
That should make the half of the population
which can't even get old dial-up speeds, feel
better.
Once
again, Boris Johnson is a liability to Britain.
Why is he still in the job? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/04/boris-johnson-liability-porton-down-russia
Because Britain is an American colony and
Johnson fags for the Americans. Just like the
mainstream fake news media, really.
Local
View: Salisbury continues to suffer while Theresa
May plays Novichok game. http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/local-view-salisbury-continues-to-suffer-while-theresa-may-plays-novichok-game/
Modernising
mortgages: first 'digital mortgage' signed for
house in Rotherhithe, London. https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/mortgages/first-digital-mortgage-signed-for-house-in-rotherhithe-london-a119226.html
Why
moving county could save you money. https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/move-county-house-cheap-taxes-housing-employment-a8290316.html
What
are your rights in tackling burglars? http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43652308
05.04.2018:
Brexit: UK should not rule out free trade deal
with Europe, say MPs. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/04/brexit-uk-free-trade-deal-europe
Like just before Brexit?
Construction
crushed by Beast from the East and Carillion
fallout. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/04/04/construction-crushed-beast-east-carillion-fallout/
AKA Vlad's Revenge and The Tories
Aren't Working.
Over-50s
hold three quarters of UK housing wealth.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/news/over-50s-hold-three-quarters-uk-housing-wealth/
Half
of European flights delayed due to system failure.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43633094
What 'system failure'? Idle, criminal,
French trade unionist thugs going on strike
again?
Treasury
Committee opens inquiry into VAT. https://www.professionaladviser.com/professional-adviser/news/3029182/treasury-committee-launches-inquiry-into-where-vat-causes-problems-for-business
The Treasury Committee has opened an inquiry
into VAT, which will investigate the VAT gap,
how VAT can be improved, the impact of Brexit
on the UK's VAT regime, and whether the regime
complies with principles of good tax policy.
Written opinions on these issues will be accepted
until 31 May 2018. Separate inquiries into tax
avoidance and evasion and tax disputes have
also been opened by the Treasury Sub-Committee.
Written
opinions can be submitted via:
https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/treasury-committee/inquiries1/parliament-2017/vat-17-19/
Review
of small business complaints in finance industry.
https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/simon-walker-cbe-appointed-independent-chair-of-uk-sme-complaints-and-resolution-review/
UK Finance has commissioned a review into how
the finance and banking industry handle complaints
from small business customers and alternative
dispute resolution (ADR) procedures. The review
will investigate the scale and complexity of
complaints, with particular focus on disputes
between financial services providers and small
business customers that could not be resolved
through normal customer complaint procedures.
Over
3.5 million UK residents now identify as vegan.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/vegans-uk-rise-popularity-plant-based-diets-veganism-figures-survey-compare-the-market-a8286471.html
Millennials,
save money and do a staycation – getting
to know your own country is so important.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/millennials-staycation-easter-break-travel-instagram-housing-ladder-money-a8284886.html
Pheasants
and quails to be sold in supermarkets as ready
meals. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/pheasant-quails-supermarket-sold-price-ready-meals-posh-a8285226.html
Washed
rinds, ripening and robots: inside the wonderful
world of aged British cheese. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/washed-rinds-ripening-robots-inside-wonderful-world-aged-britishcheese/
Amazon
adverts banned for 'misleading' customers over
savings. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43640335
Israeli
authorities block airport ads urging women to
refuse to give up seats. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/04/israeli-airport-blocks-ads-urging-women-to-refuse-to-give-up-seats
I suppose fair-minded people might see that
as an improvement on the statement made last
week by a hate-preaching, Israeli terrorist
goat who called black people 'monkeys'. (As
not reported by the UK's pro-Israeli terrorist
fake news propaganda, presently denouncing Jeremy
Corbyn and non-war criminal elements of the
Labour Party as 'anti-Semite' - of all things!)
Fashion
brand issues currency just for women. https://www.springwise.com/fashion-brand-issues-currency-just-women/?utm_campaign=1146998_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-03&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OL12,2V1FMX,2IN7K,1
Smart
tire reduces air pollution. https://www.springwise.com/smart-tire-reduces-air-pollution/?utm_campaign=1146998_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-03&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OL12,2V1FMX,2IN7K,1
Smart
contact lenses slow-release drugs directly into
wearers eyes. https://www.springwise.com/smart-contact-lenses-slow-release-drugs-directly-wearers-eyes/?utm_campaign=1146998_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-04-03&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OL12,2V1FMX,2IN7K,1
04.04.2018:
Brexit deal should be judged a failure if businesses
face ‘additional costs’ for EU trading,
MPs warn. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-trade-eu-theresa-may-business-mps-free-meaningful-vote-a8287141.html
UK
experts cannot prove novichok nerve agent used
on Skripals came from Russia, MoD says.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/salisbury-poisoning-russia-novichok-nerve-agent-porton-down-proof-evidence-mod-latest-a8286761.html
WHAT
a surprise!!! As if gobshite insults and commentary
from Boris Johnson and the rest of the UK's
fawning American fags and their gutter fake
news media wasn't enough proof already. And
of course, the question now is, who did do the
dirty deed? Expert opinion in the non-aligned,
independent press suggests the French are favourites;
closely followed by the Israelis; and of course,
the Brits themselves. (As not being reported
by the UK's official state propaganda.)
In
the meantime and yet once again, £ billions
have been lost in trade and business opportunities
while a cabal of public school wankers turned
war criminals play plastic sabre rattling games.
Shoppers
stay indoors over wet weekend. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43617496
'Being
cash-free puts us at risk of attack': Swedes
turn against cashlessness. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/03/being-cash-free-puts-us-at-risk-of-attack-swedes-turn-against-cashlessness
Aw, shucks!!! That's just what the criminal
banks, politicians and the fake news media were
hoping to avoid.
'More
than half' of UK households face broadband problems.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43617492
Another amazing discovery by the country's
fake news media. Let's hope it doesn't have
a negative impact on their advertising record
of taking money from crooks to fleece not only
the public at large, but their owm dumb punters.
New
legislation to reverse impact of 'staircase
tax'. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/legislation-introduced-to-help-businesses-affected-by-unfair-staircase-tax
A Bill that will reverse the impact of a 'staircase
tax' has been introduced by the Ministry of
Housing, Communities and Local Government. Under
a ruling by the Supreme Court, any business
that operates in adjoining units or rooms which
are accessed from a common corridor or staircase
receives separate rate bills for each unit.
For some businesses, this results in higher
business rates and the loss of small business
rate relief. The new Bill will allow businesses
to have their rates recalculated under the single
bill system and any savings due will be backdated.
Calor
gas shortages leave customers without heating.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43619732
Brits
only manage 37 days at home before booking their
next holiday. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/holidays-booking-when-to-book-next-how-long-often-uk-travel-a8284736.html
With still more borrowed money, of course.
Flight
delays possible as UK's air traffic controllers
switch from paper to digital. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/delays-nats-air-traffic-control-paper-flight-strips-digital/
France
strike: Rail misery as three-month action tests
Macron. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43617033
Let's hope that Macron steps up to the mark
and acknowledges who the real terrorists in
his country are.
02.04.2018:
April tax changes: Will I be better or worse
off? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43582249
Which?
investigation: anti-fraud credit monitoring
services are 'not value for money'. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/investigation-anti-fraud-credit-monitoring-services-not-value/
Donald
Trump steps up attacks on Amazon. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43606088
Makes a change from American presidents 'stepping
up attacks' against defenceless children.
Facebook
and Google are becoming too big to be governed,
French president Macron warns. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/facebook-google-too-big-french-president-emmanuel-macron-ai-artificial-intelligence-regulate-govern-a8283726.html
Perhaps now is the time for cowardly, striking
French thugs to demonstrate they can take on
more than the disabled, the elderly, young mums
pushing prams, children, and people who are
starving broke and desperate to go to work?
Theresa
May sets up Downing Street committee to boost
female entrepreneurship after Telegraph campaign.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/03/22/theresa-may-sets-downing-street-committee-boost-female-entrepreneurship/
All
the bad news Theresa May’s government just
tried to bury. http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/all-the-bad-news-theresa-mays-government-just-tried-to-bury/
Or tried to hide behind in the form of recent
Skripal and Jeremy Corbyn anti-semitism state
propaganda - while BILLIONS of people of all
nationalities, religions and persuasions from
all around the world are waiting for a lot more
than just 'apologies' from the regime, its allies
and its bedfellows . . .
The
country where the British are blamed for everything.
http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43560523
Errr. Just 'one' country?! In other words,
more fake news? (Mind you, it is the BBC - the
British Bropaganda Corporation.)
Avoid
debt in 3 simple steps! https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2018/04/01/avoid-debt-in-3-simple-steps/
Should
Freelancers Ever Work for Free? https://www.thebalance.com/should-freelancers-ever-work-for-free-4160968?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=12685159&utm_term=
That depends on whether or not they are working
for a Tory regime donor; in which case they
will probably have no say in the matter, especially
if the company is run along 'creative accounting'
lines by directors looking for soiled knighthoods.
01.04.2018:
Price hikes coming into effect this weekend
will cost UK consumers more than £2bn
in total. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/tv-licence-prescription-cost-price-dental-charge-flight-hikes-easter-sunday-a8280086.html
Plane
passengers charged 8,900% more for in-flight
food. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/plane-food-drink-mark-up-huge-charge-passengers-inflight-tea-easyjet-ryanair-jet2-a8279826.html
And the only idiots who didn't know that
were the fake news media (and Brexit Knobheads.)
Support
for young farmers in Scotland. http://www.fwi.co.uk/news/scottish-government-ploughs-4-2m-new-entrants-scheme.htm
The Scottish Government has announced that young
farmers across Scotland can apply for funding
to start their own farm. The Young Farmers Start-Up
Grant and New Entrant Start-Up schemes provide
start-up funding of €70,000 and €15,000
respectively to support eligible young farmers
to start and develop their own farming enterprise.
84%
of consumers trust word-of-mouth recommendations
the most. http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/the-future-is-digital-but-most-marketers-overlook-the-value-in-human-connection/
Top
5 Digital Trends Impacting Your Business.
http://www.chiefmarketer.com/top-5-digital-trends-impacting-business/
New
solar-powered communications hub connects off-grid
communities. https://www.springwise.com/new-solar-powered-communications-hub-connects-off-grid-communities/?utm_campaign=1145494_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-03-29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OJVA,2V1FMX,2IJ8C,1
App
helps disabled air passengers receive personalized
support. https://www.springwise.com/app-helps-disabled-air-passengers-receive-personalized-support/?utm_campaign=1144705_Springwise%20Daily%20-%202018-03-30&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,OJ9D,2V1FMX,2IH0X,1
With
our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and
Cobweb Info.
Len
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