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31.07.2019
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down for: A Home and Small Business
Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st July 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
 31.07.2019:
Bankruptcies at highest quarterly level since
2014. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/30/bankruptcies-at-highest-quarterly-level-since-2014/
Welcome to Torygeddon.
More
businesses close than start up. https://internetretailing.net/industry/10-uk-businesses-close-for-every-seven-new-start-ups-study-shows-19931
For every 10 businesses that close down in the
UK seven are being set up according to a PwC
study.
Pound
falls lower on no-deal Brexit prospect. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49162356
Torygeddon strikes again.
Brexit:
Boris Johnson says farms will thrive as PM visits
Wales. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-49151870
This assurance coming from an American, serial-lying
war criminal, Welsh farmers will be fearing
the worst.
Millions
‘gambling with personal data’ by accessing
fake wifi hotspots, poll suggests. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/fake-wifi-hotspots-malware-security-data-warning-a9025441.html
GiffGaff
fined £1.4m for overcharging millions
of mobile phone customers. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/giffgaff-fine-overcharging-customers-phone-goodybags-ofcom-a9026386.html
Monzo
down: Cards stop working as app-powered bank
hit by technical problems. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/monzo-down-not-working-card-payments-broken-fail-transactions-a9025326.html
Google
reveals fistful of flaws in Apple's iMessage
app. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49165946
Most
e-commerce start ups fail within 120 days.
https://internetretailing.net/themes/90-of-e-commerce-start-ups-end-in-failure-within-the-first-120-days-19930
Research by digital marketing agency Marketingsignals.com
has revealed that 90% of e-commerce start ups
fail within the first 120 days. The two most
common reasons for failure are poor online marketing
and not being found by search engines. Other
reasons for failure include lack of product
demand, running out of money, poor customer
service and problems with pricing.
Notre
Dame fire: activists launch lawsuit over 'toxic
fallout'. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/30/notre-dame-fire-activists-launch-lawsuit-over-toxic-fallout-paris
Paris has been a filthy, polluted, toxic
shithole for the past fifty years and its only
appeal these days is to people of limited intelligence
who believe what they read in fake news and
reviews. And a few million parasite fonctionnaires
sponging off European taxpayers.
Six-year-old
YouTuber buys £6.5m house with profits
from controversial toy review channel. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/youtube-channel-most-popular-boram-south-korea-toy-review-controversy-a9025521.html
Really? And not adults leeching off the six-year-old's
success?
Startup
turns your carbon footprint into a worthwhile
investment. https://www.springwise.com/sustainable-innovation-project-wren-carbon-offset?utm_campaign=1536053_Springwise%20Edit%20%2824%20July%202019%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,WX85,2V1FMX,3FTQ7,1
An
autonomous shuttle bus service for seniors.
https://www.springwise.com/autonomous-innovation-busbolt-via?utm_campaign=1536053_Springwise%20Edit%20%2824%20July%202019%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,WX85,2V1FMX,3FU6T,1
30.07.2019:
Minimum wage has boosted pay for self-employed
workers, study finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/minimum-wage-pay-self-employed-workers-resolution-foundation-a9024686.html
A Tory Brownshirt propaganda study. The 'self-employed'
don't receive 'wages'. Especially from Tory
donors and sponsors.
More
Than Four Million People Are Living More Than
50% Below Official Poverty Line. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/poverty-four-million-people-below-official-breadline_uk_5d3e91a3e4b0ef792e0ec362?ncid=news-aol
Pound
hits new two-year low as no-deal Brexit rhetoric
hardens. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/29/pound-hits-new-two-year-low-as-no-deal-brexit-rhetoric-hardens/
Number
of homes flipped for quick resale ‘down
dramatically on early 2000s’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/27/number-of-homes-flipped-for-quick-resale-a-down-dramatically-on/
Home-buyer
mortgage approvals at five-month high in June.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/29/home-buyer-mortgage-approvals-at-five-month-high-in-june/
Airbnb
host fined £100,000 for letting council
flat. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49149983
Only
one month left to claim for PPI mis-selling.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/27/only-one-month-left-to-claim-for-ppi-mis-selling/
29.07.2019:
Amazon has done more good than bad for small
business.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/28/amazon-small-business-benefits
‘It was sex work or starvation’: How
poverty is forcing women to perform for men
on webcams.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cam-girls-webcam-work-poverty-sex-a9021061.html
The
UK Film Industry – sector focus for July.
https://www.k2-partners.com/the-uk-film-industry-sector-focus-for-july/
Tips for making it big in the music industry.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49125427
The
8 Best Website Builders of 2019. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/best-website-builders-4169494?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17492625&utm_term=
16
Money-Making Mobile Business Ideas. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/money-making-mobile-business-ideas-4126148?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17492625&utm_term=
Tips
on Creating and Growing Your Personal Brand.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/creating-and-growing-personal-brand-2295814
How
to Create Demand for Your Products or Services.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/creating-demand-for-products-and-services-3515508?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17559507&utm_term=
28.07.2019:
UK retail sales slide for third month in a row
in July, CBI survey shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-economy-retail-sales-july-cbi-business-survey-a9020566.html
Trump:
US and UK working on 'very substantial' trade
deal. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49135045
Translation: two of the world's most
infamous, serial-lying criminals pretend they
are working on a 'very substantial' trade deal.
As being reported by their official fake news
and propaganda. Or, read, a complete and final
sell-out of British taxpayers' resources to
American corporations and temple moneylenders.
Housing
Crisis: Huge property deals facilitated by tax
havens and politicians. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/housing-crisis-huge-property-deals-facilitated-by-tax-havens-and-politicians/
Direct
debit fraud: 'My mother lost £14,000'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-your-money-49110187
101
Small Business Marketing Ideas. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/small-business-marketing-ideas-2951688?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17492517&utm_term=
How
Do I Search for and Reserve a Business Name?
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-do-i-search-for-and-reserve-a-business-name-397446?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17492370&utm_term=
27.07.2019:
Trump administration to pay farmers $16bn to
make up for damage from trade war with China.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/trump-china-us-trade-war-farmers-aid-economy-a9021741.html
And
how much is Donkey Trump's terrorist administration
going to pay European and British farmers who
have also been harmed by US trade wars (read
fraud, theft and crimes against humanity) not
just with China but also with Russia, Iran,
Venezuala, North Korea, Palestine, etc - just
for the benefit of a handful of evil temple
moneylenders?
Britain
watches as Europe braces for Trump trade war.
https://truepublica.org.uk/eu/britain-watches-as-europe-braces-for-trump-trade-war/
As any dutiful American colony would be required
to do, especially under a newly inserted, arse-lickin',
American Prime Minister.
Three
to give customers 5G at 'no extra cost'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49126035
Seems
like the right thing to do in return for 'no
extra performance'. Since dial-up days.
26.07.2019:
Average home in Britain gains £11 in value
per day in 2019. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/25/average-home-in-britain-gains-a-11-in-value-per-day-in-2019/
Amazon
hails popularity of one-day delivery as sales
rise 20%. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/25/amazon-hails-popularity-of-one-day-delivery-as-sales-rise-20/
HMRC
urges eligible businesses to register for MTD.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/businesses-are-being-urged-to-register-for-making-tax-digital-before-august
HMRC is urging businesses with an annual turnover
above £85,000 to sign up to Making Tax
Digital (MTD) before the next VAT filing date
on 7 August 2019. The MTD rules are mandatory
for all VAT periods that started on or after
1 April 2019. Therefore all eligible businesses
will be required to submit their first quarterly
VAT return using MTD software by 7 August -
or by 27 July if payment is made via direct
debit. According to HMRC, 600,000 of the 1.2
million eligible businesses have already registered
for MTD.
VAT
reverse charge comes into force in October 2019.
https://www.fmb.org.uk/about-the-fmb/newsroom/delay-disruptive-vat-changes-to-avoid-construction-chaos/
HMRC has failed to prepare the construction
industry for major VAT changes by publishing
inaccessible and contradictory guidance, according
to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
From October 2019, any VAT-registered sub-contractor
that provides certain construction services
to another VAT-registered business as part of
a supply chain will need to issue a VAT invoice
stating that the service provided is subject
to the domestic reverse charge. According to
the FMB, the reverse VAT charge will place a
significant administrative burden on smaller
construction firms and should be delayed to
allow time for the industry to prepare for the
change.
20.07.2019:
Consumers warned to check energy deals as slew
of cheap tariffs end. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/18/consumers-warned-to-check-energy-deals-as-slew-of-cheap-tariffs/
No-fault
eviction ban will hurt tenants, landlords say.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49032915
Which
banks’ apps have consumers voted best for
features and usability? https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/19/which-banksa-apps-have-consumers-voted-best-for-features-and-u/
AI-platform
finds clothes that truly fit to reduce fabric
waste. https://prod.springwise.pro.pugpig.com/fashion-innovation-metail-memodel/?utm_campaign=1525715_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jul-10&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,WP8Z,2V1FMX,3EW40,1
Warehouse
collects unused produce and extends its life.
https://www.springwise.com/food-waste-innovation-produce-pit-stop/?utm_campaign=1525715_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jul-10&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,WP8Z,2V1FMX,3EW3X,1
BoringPhone
helps users disconnect. https://www.springwise.com/boringphone-helps-users-disconnect/?utm_campaign=1525715_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jul-10&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,WP8Z,2V1FMX,3EW3X,1
19.07.2019:
No-deal Brexit likely to cause UK recession,
says watchdog.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49027889
No-deal
‘risks year-long recession, tumbling pound
and house price crash’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/18/no-deal-a-risks-year-long-recession-tumbling-pound-and-house-p/
MPs
call for fresh Brexit reports from Bank of England
and Treasury. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/18/mps-call-for-fresh-brexit-reports-from-bank-of-england-and-treas/
Perhaps the country's MPs should have called
for Brexit reports before promoting Brexit and
persuading the country's dumb sheep to vote
for their fagging, self-promoting lies.
Retail
sales bounce back after washout May. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/18/retail-sales-bounce-back-after-washout-may/
BT
under investigation for overcharging business
customers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/18/bt-under-investigation-for-overcharging-business-customers/
They clearly have to claw back their bungs
to bent Tory politicians somehow!
Interest-free
periods offered on credit cards expected to
shorten over summer. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/18/interest-free-periods-offered-on-credit-cards-expected-to-shorte/
Christian
family fined after arguing taxes 'against God's
will'. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-49017512
18.07.2019:
Brexit has contributed to far bigger fall in
living standards than 1990s recession, research
finds.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-economy-uk-living-standards-household-income-recession-a9007821.html
Sterling
falls to seven-month low against euro just days
before school holidays. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/17/sterling-falls-to-seven-month-low-against-euro-just-days-before/
Top
story: Rent will soar to 80% of retirement income.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/17/wednesday-briefing-generation-rent-bound-for-homeless-old-age
Women
increasingly more likely than men to go financially
insolvent. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/17/women-increasingly-more-likely-than-men-to-go-financially-insolv/
Screwfix,
BAE Systems and BT among 18 companies shamed
for late payments. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/17/screwfix-bae-systems-and-bt-among-18-companies-shamed-for-late/
Including companies which are already substantially
subsidised by the taxpayer, of course. As usual.
Tory gongs all round, chaps!!!
Amazon
Marketplace to be investigated by the EU.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49014859
Oh, dear. More threats to come from American
terrorist leader, Donkey Trump. And more anti-EU
messages from their little Ingerlandt serfs,
Boo-hoo Johnson and Jeremy ***t.
'Cordless' Dyson fan advert falls foul of watchdog.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49003772
Labour
anti-Semitism row: Advert criticises Jeremy
Corbyn. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49012361
This would be the 'advert' taken out by Blairite
war criminals who spent more time and taxpayers'
money on promoting the interests of Israeli/American
terrorists than the interests of their own country,
and whose future prospects would recede dramatically
under a democratic, British, Corbyn government.
The
best things in life are free … but where
are they? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/17/the-best-things-in-life-are-free-but-where-are-they
17.07.2019:
UK banks 'prepared for Brexit and trade war
fall-out'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48949637
Thousands
of Tokyo commuters told to work from home to
avoid Olympic crush. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/16/thousands-of-tokyo-commuters-told-to-work-from-home-to-avoid-olympic-crush
12
Things No One Tells You About Running a Home
Business. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/12-things-no-one-tells-you-about-running-a-home-business-4078711?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17492332&utm_term=
Goal
Setting: Your Guide to Setting Goals. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/goal-setting-your-guide-to-setting-goals-2948131?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17492332&utm_term=
The
Differences Between Marketing and Advertising.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/marketing-vs-advertising-what-s-the-difference-2294825?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17492332&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=17429655&utm_term=
16.07.2019:
Post-Brexit trade pact with US may take some
time, says Liam Fox. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/15/post-brexit-trade-pact-with-us-may-take-some-time-says-liam-fox
Which is why American terrorist leader, Donkey
Trump, visited the UK recently to impress upon
his Tory serfs his choice of arse-licker Boo-hoo
Johnson as Little Ingerlandt's next Prime Minister.
Five
days needed to set up MTD direct debit.
https://www.accountancydaily.co/five-day-turnaround-time-mtd-direct-debits
HMRC has confirmed that it will take five working
days to set up a direct debit mandate for quarterly
VAT payments via Making Tax Digital (MTD). The
confirmation comes after HMRC was criticised
for confusion around how to register for MTD
and the filing requirements. Latest registration
figures have shown that a large proportion of
eligible businesses have not yet registered
for MTD.
Safety
plea as farming is named Britain's deadliest
industry. https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/business-management/health-and-safety/safety-plea-as-farming-is-named-britains-deadliest-industry
Agriculture is Britain's deadliest industry,
with one in five workplace fatalities occurring
on farms, according to the latest figures. Some
32 people were killed or fatally injured while
working on British farms in 2018.
Dozens
of lambs and sheep stolen or ‘slaughtered’
and left in fields for farmers to find. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sheep-slaughter-stolen-fields-northamptonshire-police-farmers-a9004381.html
Tories (https://www.etymonline.com/word/Tory)
up to their usual tricks again.
Craigslist's
Craig Newmark: 'Outrage is profitable. Most
online outrage is faked for profit'. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/14/craigslist-craig-newmark-outrage-is-profitable-most-online-outrage-is-faked-for-profit
Anything on the internet which isn't fake?
15.07.2019:
No-deal Brexit will cost £22bn a year
to compensate businesses, landmark analysis
reveals. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-no-deal-economy-boris-johnson-tory-leadership-business-analysis-a9002681.html
If businesses ever believe they are going
to receive compensation for any no-deal Brexit,
then they need to have their heads examined.
(Other than American businesses waiting to be
handed the rest of the taxpayer's silver by
bent, fake Brit Tories.)
Companies
lose more than two-thirds of insurance payment
disputes. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/14/companies-lose-more-than-two-thirds-of-insurance-payment-dispute/
No-deal
Brexit will leave UK ‘at mercy of French’
warns Hammond. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/no-deal-brexit-leave-uk-083442543.html
Judging by all the fake French security hardware
at Britain's airports and the limp-dick handling
of endless, criminal French strikes by fake
British politicians, we have been at the mercy
of our cross-Channel neighbours for a couple
of decades already!
How
using the internet damages the environment.
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/internet-environment-data-climate-change-global-warming-servers-centre-a8968296.html
10
Tasks to Do Before Starting Your Home Business.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/before-starting-your-home-business-1794281?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17429545&utm_term=
Tips
for Naming Your Business. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/tips-for-naming-your-business-3514832
14.07.2019:
Renting: How landlords can refuse to let to
tenants with children. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48938553
Facebook
'to be fined $5bn over Cambridge Analytica scandal'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48972327
Why
the real issues of debt are left unaddressed.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/hsbc-compensation-scheme-uk-debt-crisis-financial-services-a9000906.html
The
pound's fall: a tale of two cities. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48954323
Putting
pigs in the shade: the radical farming system
banking on trees. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/13/pigs-radical-farming-system-trees-climate-crisis
10
Easy Steps to Start an at-Home eBay Business.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/start-a-home-ebay-business-3993914
The
10 Commandments of Great Customer Service.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/ten-commandments-of-great-customer-service-2295997?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17429478&utm_term=
13.07.2019:
Regulators must work together to stop banks
and utility firms exploiting customers, say
MPs. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/banks-energy-utility-bills-debt-customers-public-accounts-committee-report-a9001616.html
Would-be
first-time buyers ‘expect to be nearly
40 when they purchase home’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/12/would-be-first-time-buyers-a-expect-to-be-nearly-40-when-they-p/
Heathrow
strike threat to summer holiday travel.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48968031
Trump
threatens more tariffs as France hits Google,
Amazon and Facebook with new tax. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/trump-tariffs-france-google-amazon-tax-tech-trade-a9000651.html
Airbnb
to show full prices for accommodation upfront
after EU crackdown. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/airbnb-full-price-private-professional-host-eu-commission-cost-a9001791.html
Yet another reason for Donkey Trump to impose
more tariffs. And rig Brexit Britain so it doesn't
work with its neighbours.
Brexit
party MEP called for EU fishing vessels to be
'sunk like Belgrano'. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/12/brexit-party-mep-criticised-over-belgrano-twitter-comments
We'll be seeing taxpayer-funded 'Brexit'
frigates, currently under American terrorist
command, returning home then?
Superhuman:
the startup offering a shortcut to empty inbox
nirvana. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/12/superhuman-offers-users-a-shortcut-to-empty-inbox-nirvana
12.07.2019:
Branson warns pound to plummet in no-deal Brexit.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48942631
Another fake news media personality who has
long since lost sight of reality. The £
has already plummeted. It plumetted immediately
the country sucker-voted for Brexit after much
manipulation, serial-lying and disinformation
from a bunch of two-faced political whores and
the offshore fake news media, interested only
feathering their own nests. So. Does Mr Branston
mean the £ will plummet still further?
Savers
and pension holders wasting thousands of pounds
on hidden investment fees, research reveals.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/savings-pensions-investments-financial-advice-platform-fees-a9000196.html
Appetite
for buying a home ‘increases for first
time since 2016’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/10/appetite-for-buying-a-home-a-increases-for-first-time-since-201/
The appetite for buying a home has probably
remained undiminuished. Under Torygeddon however,
fewer and fewer people have been able to afford
one.
HSBC
extends scheme to compensate for unreasonable
debt collection charges. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/11/hsbc-extends-scheme-to-compensate-for-unreasonable-debt-collecti/
France
passes tax on tech giants despite US threats.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48947922
Good to see the French seizing the initiative
- despite recently being described as 'turds'
by the craven, vile, serial-lying war criminal
and traitor currently being groomed as Little
Ingerlandt's first American Prime Minister,
Boo-Hoo Johnson. Who, unlike Britain's ambassador
to the USA, did not resign after his words were
deliberately leaked, preferring to stick like
shit to a blanket, instead.
James
Dyson buys Singapore's most expensive apartment.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/james-dyson-buys-singapore-apartment-most-expensive-a8998426.html
Another 'patriotic' gesture from another
Fake Brit Brexiteer.
11.07.2019:
Help! My Family Doesn’t Support My Home
Business.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/help-my-family-doesn-t-support-my-home-business-1794779?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17367580&utm_term=
Before You Go Into Business with Family or Friends.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/before-you-go-into-business-with-family-or-friends-397525?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17367356&utm_term=
5
Reasons You Shouldn't Rely on Business Advisors.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/dont-rely-on-business-advisors-397410?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17367580&utm_term=
Building
a Marketing Strategy for Your Business. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-develop-a-marketing-strategy-in-5-easy-steps-2294833?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17367356&utm_term=
Airless
tires promise waste reduction and better safety.
https://www.springwise.com/airless-tires-promise-waste-reduction-and-better-safety/?utm_campaign=1518670_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jul-03&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,WJTA,2V1FMX,3E9BZ,1
Beauty
company turns social followers into brand ambassadors.
https://www.springwise.com/beauty-company-turns-social-followers-into-brand-ambassadors/?utm_campaign=1518670_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jul-03&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,WJTA,2V1FMX,3E9BZ,1
Smart
benches charge phones and provide security.
https://www.springwise.com/blockchain-innovation-include-smart-benches/?utm_campaign=1518670_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jul-03&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,WJTA,2V1FMX,3E9BZ,1
10.07.2019:
Chinese ethnic group biggest earners in the
UK. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48919813
How 'anti-Semitic' is that?
Private
rented housing unaffordable for working families
in two-thirds of England. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/housing-crisis-rent-private-england-london-working-family-a8996326.html
Boris
Johnson's Brexit plan for businesses dismissed
by head of WTO. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/boris-johnsons-brexit-plan-businesses-161900837.html
MPs
urge authorities to investigate allegations
of forged signatures at banks. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/09/mps-urge-authorities-to-investigate-allegations-of-forged-signat/
France
announces 'eco-tax' of up to €18 on tickets
for all flights leaving country. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/france-eco-tax-flights-tickets-airlines-planes-climate-change-a8996741.html
To finance the next round of pay rises for
idle, parasitic, striking French air traffic
controllers, no doubt.
Apple
co-founder Steve Wozniak says people should
find a way to get off Facebook. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-facebook-steve-wozniak-privacy-security-listening-a8995846.html
'The
kids emptied our bank account playing Fifa'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48908766
FIFA
doing what FIFA does!
09.07.2019:
Eight in ten finance bosses expect Brexit to
damage UK business sector. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/07/eight-in-ten-finance-bosses-expect-brexit-to-damage-uk-business/
10%
of British shops are empty. https://uk.fashionnetwork.com/news/10-of-British-shops-are-empty,1115144.html
One in 10 UK high street shops are sitting vacant
and around a third have been unoccupied for
more than two years, a new report has revealed.
Grayling
accused of trying to silence hauliers over no-deal
concerns. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/07/grayling-accused-of-trying-to-silence-hauliers-over-no-deal-conc/
VisitEngland
launches online business-to-business platform.
https://www.visitbritain.org/visitengland-launches-online-business-business-platform-connecting-tourism-businesses-england-world
The Tourism Exchange Great Britain (TXGB) platform
is a one-stop shop for English tourism suppliers
including accommodation providers, visitor attractions
and experiences, to link to distributors with
international reach and sell their products
overseas.
08.07.2019:
Public would prefer to cancel Brexit or hold
second referendum than Halloween no-deal, poll
shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cancel-second-referendum-no-deal-halloween-next-prime-minister-boris-johnson-a8991351.html
No-deal
Brexit would be ‘catastrophic’ for
farmers – NFU president. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/07/no-deal-brexit-would-be-a-catastrophica-for-farmers-a-nfu-p/
UK
plans £3m no-deal medicine transport.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48875402
One is hearing rumours that the regime has
awarded the contract to Sedgway.
Warning:
free hotel wifi is a hacker’s dream.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2019/jul/07/free-hotel-wifi-is-hacker-dream
Here's
exactly how much you should keep in a home repair
fund, because owning a home is always more expensive
than you think.
http://www.businessinsider.fr/us/how-much-money-save-for-home-repair-2019-7?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=
Business_Insider_select&pt=385758&ct=Sailthru_BI_Newsletters&mt=8&utm_campaign=Business%20Insider%20Select%202019-07-07&utm_term=Business%20Insider%20Select
07.07.2019:
UK productivity declines for third quarter in
a row. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/05/uk-productivity-declines-for-third-quarter-in-a-row/
The
big-tech tax bombshell just got real, as Europe
moves to hammer firms like Amazon, Facebook,
and Google.
www.businessinsider.fr/us/amazon-facebook-and-google-face-tax-on-revenues-2019-7?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Business_Insider_select&pt=385758&ct=
Sailthru_BI_Newsletters&mt=8&utm_campaign=Business%20Insider%20Select%202019-07-05&utm_term=Business%20Insider%20Select
Treasury
spends £3m on year-long contract for external
Brexit lawyers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/05/treasury-spends-a-3m-on-year-long-contract-for-external-brexit-l/
Suggestions
to simplify ‘clear as mud’ inheritance
rules welcomed. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/05/suggestions-to-simplify-a-clear-as-muda-inheritance-rules-wel/
Amazon
sellers use fake reviews, hacking, and bribery
to mislead online shoppers Which? investigation
finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/amazon-fake-reviews-hacking-briber-sellers-tactics-cash-bribes-which-a8989631.html
06.07.2019:
House prices dip in June amid ‘lack of
clarity’ on Brexit. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/05/house-prices-dip-in-june-amid-a-lack-of-claritya-on-brexit/
Corbyn
attacks Amazon over tax payments. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/05/corbyn-attacks-amazon-over-tax-payments/
Oh, dear. More shrieks of 'anti-Semitism'
from the UK's pro-USA/Israeli terrorist/big
corp factions.
Amazon
deal with Deliveroo under scrutiny by competition
watchdog. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/05/amazon-deal-with-deliveroo-under-scrutiny-by-competition-watchdo/
05.07.2019:
UK likely to fall into recession after no-deal
Brexit, top international credit rating agency
predicts. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-no-deal-uk-economy-impact-moodys-prediction-a8986306.html
Barclays
rapped by competition watchdog for forcing accounts
on small businesses. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/04/barclays-rapped-by-competition-watchdog-for-forcing-accounts-on/
Brazil
sent one million salmonella-infected chickens
to UK in two years. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/03/brazil-one-million-salmonella-infected-chickens-uk
'Don't ask questions: just eat.'
'Farm
to fork' review of UK food system. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gove-appoints-dimbleby-to-pioneer-farm-to-fork-revolution
Defra has announced a 'farm to fork' review
of the UK food system. The independent review
will be led by Henry Dimbleby, co-founder of
the Sustainable Restaurant Association, and
will consider issues such as improving the sustainability
of the agriculture sector, supporting rural
economies and protecting the natural environment.
The findings of the review will help the Government
inform a new National Food Strategy which will
be published in 2020.
Number
of new-build homes started at lowest quarterly
level since 2016. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/04/number-of-new-build-homes-started-at-lowest-quarterly-level-sinc/
Funding
boost for community businesses. https://www.powertochange.org.uk/news/1-6m-still-available-support-community-share-movement/
The Community Shares Booster programme is open
to applications to support local groups in England
to set up or grow a community business. The
programme is delivered by the Community Shares
Unit and helps local groups to raise finance
through community shares, which allow people
to invest in and become owners of a community
business. Initial grants of up to £10,000
are available to help local groups develop a
community share offer, as well as match equity
funding of up to £100,000 to enable the
group to launch its community share offer and
start raising investment for the business.
Photos
of abandoned buildings across the UK to go on
display in new exhibition. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/abandoned-buildings-photos-uk-exhibition-wales-birmingham-yorkshire-a8986591.html
Amsterdam
to close Red Light District brothel windows.
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/amsterdam-right-light-district-brothel-sex-work-prostitute-windows-a8987666.html
Can
I buy a phone that doesn’t use anything
from Google or Apple? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jul/04/can-i-buy-a-phone-that-does-not-use-anything-from-google-or-apple
10
Things You Can Make and Sell for Extra Cash.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/making-and-selling-things-for-extra-cash-4142344?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17299974&utm_term=
10
Small Business Opportunities to Start Right
Now. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/great-small-business-opportunities-2947978?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17367246&utm_term=
04.07.2019:
UK economy 'shrank in last quarter' as Brexit
fears hit companies - business live. https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2019/jul/03/eurozone-bond-christine-lagarde-ecb-services-business-live
And Brexit hasn't even been thrust on the
country yet!
UK's
dominant service sector suffers 'one of worst
performances' of past decade. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-services-sector-economy-pmi-survey-finance-a8985591.html
Lower
consumer confidence is ‘new norm’,
says The Works chief. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/03/lower-consumer-confidence-is-a-new-norma-says-the-works-chie/
Or, maybe consumers affected by growing awareness
as well as shrinking rolls of readies, are spending
less and less money on shite.
Internet
problems at Cloudflare take down many of world's
biggest services, including Discord and cryptocurrency
websites. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/discord-down-internet-not-working-cloudflare-cryptocurrency-a8984581.html
Mark
Carney warns Trump's trade war could 'shipwreck'
global economy. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/mark-carney-trump-trade-war-china-tariffs-impact-a8984886.html
EVERYTHING about the Americans has shipwrecked
the global economy already.
Gambling
firms commit £60m a year to treating addicts.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/gambling-pay-problem-gambler-treatment-addiction-a8984431.html
Absolute peanuts and a PR stunt - but at
least it's a start. Now let's be having a few
£trillion from the oil, plastics, banking
and murder industries and the world - as well
as the vast majority of proper businesses -
can start looking forward to breathing again.
Competition
watchdog launches digital markets probe.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/03/competition-watchdog-launches-digital-markets-probe/
The usual 'competition watchdog' timescale
again. Twenty years.
US
produces far more waste and recycles far less
of it than other developed countries. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/02/us-plastic-waste-recycling
They say the only waste the USA recycles
is the yellow trash it puts into its uniforms.
Nigel
Farage earns at least €30,000 a month from
media company. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/03/nigel-farage-earns-at-least-30000-a-month-from-media-company
Absolutely nothing compared to the revenues
pulled for generations by the rest of the serial-lying,
hate-preaching, fake news media.
The
Amazon effect: How independent booksellers are
fighting back. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/amazon-notting-hill-bookshops-online-delivery-books-a8924786.html
03.07.2019:
Construction output drops at sharpest rate since
financial crisis. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/02/construction-output-drops-at-sharpest-rate-since-financial-crisi/
Pound
hit by disappointing construction figures.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/02/pound-hit-by-disappointing-construction-figures/
Small
businesses worst offenders owing £14bn
in tax. https://www.accountancydaily.co/small-businesses-worst-offenders-owing-ps14bn-tax
The amount of uncollected tax has hit £35bn,
with small businesses accounting for the largest
percentage of the tax gap at £14bn.
Average
homeowners stays put for nearly 21 years, analysis
finds. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/01/average-homeowners-stays-put-for-nearly-21-years-analysis-finds/
02.07.2019:
Annual growth in consumer credit slowed to five-year
low in May. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/01/annual-growth-in-consumer-credit-slowed-to-five-year-low-in-may/
Jeremy
Hunt sparks business anger with no-deal Brexit
comment. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/30/jeremy-hunt-i-would-tell-bust-businesses-no-deal-brexit-was-worth-it
UK
manufacturing suffers sharpest contraction in
more than six years, PMI survey shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-manufacturing-contracts-june-pmi-survey-reduce-a8982201.html
UK
manufacturing growth level at its weakest for
years, BCC survey shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-manufacturing-growth-level-bcc-survey-a8979416.html
Tory
leadership: Jeremy Hunt pledges £6bn for
farmers in no-deal Brexit. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48819260
How
to switch mobile network provider with a text
message. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/07/01/how-to-switch-mobile-network-provider-with-a-text-message/
Mobile
banking ‘to be more popular than high street
branches by 2021’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/29/mobile-banking-a-to-be-more-popular-than-high-street-branches-b/
Global
tourism hits record highs - but who goes where
on holiday? https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jul/01/global-tourism-hits-record-highs-but-who-goes-where-on-holiday
01.07.2019:
From Ezine Matters - https://ezinematters.com
- which sadly, appeared for the last time with
its June issue.
NOTHING
BUT THE TRUTH? Reality TV is "a combination
of reality and produced elements" say ITV
after criticism of the veracity of its Love
Island reality show.
ITV
have a history of deceiving viewers. The company's
franchise holder, Carlton, was fined £2
million in 1996 by the Independent Television
Commission (ITC) for 16 deceptions in its faked
drug "documentary" The Connection.
And
the ITV network picked up a record total fine
of £5,675,000 in 2005 for a string of
serious breaches of Ofcom's Broadcasting code,
which included ignoring paid for telephone votes
from viewers for awards to celebrities when
they failed to nominate the celebrity the ITV
producers wanted to win, selecting competition
finalists before the lines were closed, selecting
finalists on the basis of their deemed suitability
to be on television rather than at random and
selecting finalists on the basis of where they
lived rather than at random. The size of this
fine would have been very much larger had not
ITV pledged £7.8 million for viewer compensation
and to charity.
ITV
programmes reportedly guilty of fakery over
the years include Love Island, the Jeremy Kyle
Show, the Trisha chat show, Ant and Dec's Saturday
Night Takeaway, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out
of Here!, Britain's Got Talent, The X Factor
and courtroom show Judge Rinder.
EMBARRASSING
FOR MPs. The fact, exposed by the Daily Telegraph,
that 377 MPs have had their credit cards suspended
for breaking expenses rules was the subject
of a failed cover up by the now discredited
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
(IPSA).
The
authority was set up after the 2009 expenses
scandal, which saw eight MPs and Lords jailed
for fraud, and tried to argue that publishing
the names of the latest crop of culprits would
damage its relationship with the MPs it was
charged with policing.
However,
High Court judge Sir Robert Owen ruled, under
the laws of Freedom of Information that the
risk of "embarrassing" the MPs was
no reason to keep the names secret.
So,
thanks to the Daily Telegraph, and others we
learn that some well-known names in Westminster
have had frozen credit cards, including Boris
Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn, Amber Rudd, Claire Perry,
Stephen Barclay and Chris Grayling. Apparently
nine MPs have had their cards suspended more
than ten times, including Damian Collins, who
leads the field with fourteen.
Trustworthy
bunch, then?
QUESTION
THE REVIEWS. Consumer group Which? have warned
that some of the products they have tested and
given a "Dont buy" rating to have
scored very highly in customer reviews posted
by retailers that sell the products.
Examples
are:
o
AfterShokz Trekz Titanium headphones that scored
a low 28% with Which? - owing to "low battery
life" and "awful sound" - were
nevertheless given an average rating of 4.2
stars by Amazon and 4.7 by Argos.
o
The Black and Decker SVJ520BFS 2 in 1 Dust Buster
scored a low 32% with Which? - where it was
deemed "awful at cleaning carpets"
- but was given 3.8 stars by Amazon and 4.6
stars by Argos.
o
The Nikon Coolpix A10 camera scored 34% with
Which? - for its "slow start up time"
and "poor image stabilisation" - but
was given 4.5 stars at Currys PC World and 4.6
at Argos.
Worth
checking with Which? before you buy?
The
9 Best Small Business Books of 2019. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/best-small-business-books-4154269
Free
Ways to Promote Your Business Online. https://www.thebalancecareers.com/free-online-advertising-4148463?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17299814&utm_term=
Customer
Service. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/restaurant-customer-service-4161540?utm_term=&utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17299814
With
our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and
Cobweb Info.
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