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Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st June 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
 30.06.2019:
UK seeks new no-deal Brexit freight plan. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48810069
After the Tory regime's first contract debacle,
latest official reports have confirmed that
the new freight plan has been awarded to Led
Zeppelin.
EU
and Mercosur agree huge trade deal after 20-year
talks. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48807161
Obviously seeing American/Israeli terrorist
allies, Britain, leaving the EU fold, has made
all the difference.
Young
adults ‘half as likely to own a home now
as 20 years ago’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/28/young-adults-a-half-as-likely-to-own-a-home-now-as-20-years-ago/
But five times as likely to be homeless and
ten times as likely to be broke. And every one
of them a Torygeddon 'self-employed entrepreneur'!
8
Things Every Startup Needs to Know. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/things-every-startup-needs-to-know-2948556?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17299637&utm_term=
The
22 Best Websites for Learning New Skills.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/websites-learn-new-skills-1200627
French
startup develops hi-tech anti-pollution mask.
https://www.springwise.com/technology-innovation-antu-pollution-mask-rpur/?utm_campaign=1515566_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jun-26&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,WHF2,2V1FMX,3DZSA,1
29.06.2019:
Consumer confidence slips amid signs of ‘turbulent’
summer for retailers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/27/consumer-confidence-slips-amid-signs-of-a-turbulenta-summer-f/
Government
will ban sale of new-build houses as leasehold.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-ban-sale-new-build-houses-leasehold-freehold-a8978776.html
Mobile
phone customers can switch networks by text
from Monday. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/switch-mobile-phone-networks-by-text-how-to-pac-a8978761.html
Gig
economy making jobs ever more tenuous. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/28/friday-briefing-gig-economy-making-jobs-ever-more-tenuous
Or 'fake', if you prefer.
Boris
Johnson called the French 'turds' over Brexit
but it was cut from BBC documentary. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/28/boris-johnson-called-the-french-turds-over-brexit-but-it-was-c/
So that is why the report is now appearing
in the country's fake news media? Mind you,
as the Tory regime's leading appointee for licking
American, Israeli and Saudi terrorist arses,
BoJo certainly knows what turds looks like.
Airlines
must ban ‘rip-off’ no-show flight
clauses, says Which? https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/which-airline-no-show-flight-clause-cancel-no-refund-air-travel-a8978801.html
Tired
of Google following you? It is now easier to
clear location data. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/27/google-following-you-clear-location-data-history
What’s
the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jun/27/whats-the-best-cheap-tablet-or-e-reader-for-pdf-files
28.06.2019:
Bank of England’s Carney sees clouds on
the horizon for UK consumers. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bank-of-england-carney-slow-pay-growth-uk-consumers-a8975846.html
Four
in 10 older scam victims ‘keep the crime
a secret from family’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/26/four-in-10-older-scam-victims-a-keep-the-crime-a-secret-from-fa/
Betting
companies hit with fines of £19.6m over
a year. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/27/betting-companies-hit-with-fines-of-a-19-6m-over-a-year/
Europol
reveals 50% rise in arrests over illegal eel
trade. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/27/europol-reveals-50-rise-in-arrests-over-illegal-eel-trade/
Online
estate agent plans to roll out ‘sell homes
for free’ service. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/26/online-estate-agent-plans-to-roll-out-a-sell-homes-for-freea/
Tourism
Exchange GB launches soon. https://www.visitbritain.org/tourism-exchange-great-britain-launches-soon
Provided by VisitEngland, the new online platform,
Tourism Exchange Great Britain, is a one-stop
exchange for English tourism suppliers (such
as accommodation providers and attractions)
to link with distributors with reach all over
the world.
eBay
small businesses pop-up shop opens in Wolverhampton.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-48227589
'I
turned a side hustle into millions'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48774345
How
Customer Perception Can Make or Break Your Business.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-customer-perception-can-make-or-break-your-business-4171512
How
to Make Money With Online Courses. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-make-money-with-online-courses-4148198?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17299575&utm_term=
27.06.2019:
Small businesses ‘feeling the pressure’
over business rates. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/26/small-businesses-a-feeling-the-pressurea-over-business-rates/
Boris
Johnson clashes with Bank of England chief over
whether Britain can strike a deal to continue
free trade with EU after Brexit. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/boris-johnson-clashes-bank-england-093000383.html
It's all about who you can trust. A supreme
professional charged with safeguarding the country's
economy. Or, a serial-lying, vile American war
criminal and Donkey Trump groupie who has already
caused losses of billions - with trillions still
to come.
Private
renters living in hazardous homes thanks to
'weak regulations', says Citizens Advice. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/private-renting-hazardous-conditions-citizens-advice-a8974431.html
Not to mention the millions living in their
own hazardous homes thanks to 'weak' regulations,
piss-poor D.I.Y. skills and cowboy tradesmen.
Assuming you can even get a cowboy tradesman
these days.
Flat-pack
home? Ikea moves in on UK housing. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48774340
A step up from the hundreds of thousands
of homeless living in cardboard boxes under
Torygeddon.
Facebook
agrees to name hate speech suspects in France.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-hate-speech-france-internet-a8974821.html
This obviously excludes any official hate-preaching
aimed at France's Muslim majority, refugees
escaping sustained terrorist attacks from the
Coalition of Evil of Americans, the British,
the Israelis and err, the French; and any hatred
and disinformation aimed at anyone from the
Middle East, Africa, Russia and China. And Ingerlandt!
(Especially during the Tour de France.)
The
Best Ways to Get Free Website Promotion.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/the-5-best-ways-to-get-free-website-promotion-2948444?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17229200&utm_term=
Things
Retailers Should Never Say. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/things-retailers-should-never-say-2890108
26.06.2019:
Brexit has heaped pain on UK economy and more
damage highly likely, researchers warn. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-uk-economy-damage-no-deal-impact-a8972176.html
Three-quarters
of business haven’t heard of T-levels ahead
of launch, says BCC. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/british-chambers-of-commerce-apprenticeships-t-levels-a-levels-technical-education-brexit-government-a8972221.html
Automatic
upgrades suggested for consumers left in poor
financial services deals. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/25/automatic-upgrades-suggested-for-consumers-left-in-poor-financia/
Charity’s
new accessibility standards help consumers with
mental health issues. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/24/charitya-s-new-accessibility-standards-help-consumers-with-ment/
25.06.2019:
Consumer spending predicted to outperform economy.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/22/consumer-spending-predicted-to-outperform-economy/
Household
energy bills increase by £1.2bn in six
months. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/23/household-energy-bills-increase-by-a-1-2bn-in-six-months/
Online
tool to help business prepare for Brexit.
https://www.gov.uk/business-uk-leaving-eu
The Department for Business has launched a new
online tool to help businesses in the UK prepare
for Brexit. Users of the tool can submit answers
to seven simple questions in order to be directed
to the Brexit-related government guidance that
is most relevant for their sector and the types
of activities they carry out. There is also
the opportunity to sign up to receive emails
when the guidance is updated.
New
measures to tackle late payment. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/broad-new-measures-to-ensure-small-businesses-get-paid-on-time
New measures to improve payment practices in
public and private sector supply chains have
been announced by the Department for Business.
The measures include a new requirement for company
boards to report on payment practices in their
annual reports, as well as greater powers for
the Small Business Commissioner to tackle unfair
payment practices. New powers could include
fines for larger businesses that do not pay
their smaller suppliers on time and measures
to increase transparency and accountability
on payment terms.
HMRC
urged to delay IR35 for the private sector.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252465181/HMRC-urged-to-delay-April-2020-extension-of-IR35-rules-to-private-sector-by-at-least-12-months
HMRC should delay the extension of IR35 rules
to the private sector by at least 12 months
to give the sector more time to prepare, according
to research by ContractorCalculator. The proposed
extension would require private sector businesses
to determine whether IR35 rules apply to the
contractors they hire. However, ContractorCalculator
has revealed that businesses will not have enough
time to prepare for this new responsibility
if it comes into force on 6 April 2020 as planned.
Two-thirds
of small business owners ‘get sleepless
nights over valuations’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/22/two-thirds-of-small-business-owners-a-get-sleepless-nights-over/
EE
fined for sending customers marketing texts
without consent. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/24/ee-fined-for-sending-customers-marketing-texts-without-consent/
In
today’s business world, reputation matters
more than any good idea. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/business-risk-reputation-corporations-trust-government-a8966971.html
24.06.2019:
Sole traders wrongly preparing for IR35. https://www.freelanceuk.com/news/16565-freelance-sole-traders-wrongly-preparing-ir35-reform-april.shtml
Almost 20% of sole traders are preparing for
the introduction of IR35 reforms in the private
sector despite the rules not being applicable
to them, according to the Freelancer & Contractor
Services Association. The rules, which will
come into force from April 2020, will only apply
to freelancers who are trading as a limited
company, personal service company or partnership.
How
can I steer clear of holiday villa scammers?
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/holiday-villa-scams-recognise-fake-sites-avoid-a8970176.html
Staycation.
Woman
loses £300,000 to fraudster in romance
scam. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/23/woman-loses-a-300-000-to-fraudster-in-romance-scam/
Sounds like a Boris Johnson girlfriend who
he persuaded to vote for Brexit.
Apple
warns some MacBook laptops can heat up so much
they are dangerous. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-macbook-pro-recall-15-inch-serial-number-am-i-eligible-heat-unsafe-a8967856.html
11
of the Best Places to Learn to Code for Free.
https://www.thebalancecareers.com/best-places-to-learn-to-code-for-free-2071392?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17229074&utm_term=
Bootstrap
Marketing Techniques for Small Business Owners.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/promoting-business-small-budget-2951734?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17228950&utm_term=
A
music label in an app for independent artists.
https://www.springwise.com/a-music-label-in-an-app-for-independent-artists/?utm_campaign=1510632_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jun-19&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter
Startup
allows people to earn stock when they shop.
https://www.springwise.com/fintech-innovation-bumped-stock-app/?utm_campaign=1510632_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jun-19&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter
Solar
panels with style move into the living room.
https://www.springwise.com/solar-panels-with-style-move-into-the-living-room/?utm_campaign=1505468_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jun-12%2005%3A16&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter
23.06.2019:
Majority of people in Britain think the country
is 'on the wrong track', global survey finds.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/britain-brexit-public-opinion-concerns-country-politics-a8967861.html
Unfortunately, as Little Ingerlandt is no
longer a democracy but a mere county in The
Kingdom of Trump and The Israelites, what the
majority of the country thinks isn't going to
count for diddly squat.
Deliveroo
and Just Eat customers complain of fraud. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48719098
More cases of take-away food poisoning coming
up!
Almost
half of packaging in UK supermarkets cannot
be recycled easily. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/supermarket-packaging-recycle-tesco-asda-aldi-tesco-waitrose-a8969156.html
Errr. That's the idea.
Facebook
cryptocurrency 'rips off' startup's logo.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-libra-cryptocurrency-logo-current-calibra-a8968371.html
It's the only way the Americans do business
- by thieving. At least the start-up is lucky
to have escaped sanctions, starvation, bombing
and/or a drone attack accompanied by column-miles
of fake news, disinformation, propaganda and
blurry pics.
22.06.2019:
Carney: '150,000 firms not fully ready for no-deal
Brexit'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48710999
And then there are 4.5 million businesses
which have no idea of what Brexit means having
been advised on the subject by serial-lying
politicians and their serial-lying, fake news
media/propaganda.
Facebook
and eBay urged by watchdog to stop fake review
sales via their sites. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/21/facebook-and-ebay-urged-by-watchdog-to-stop-fake-review-sales-vi/
How
to spot a fake review online. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/21/how-to-spot-a-fake-review-online/
Amazon
delivery drones could be used to spy on homes,
new patent reveals. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/amazon-delivery-drones-surveillance-patent-a8966991.html
21.06.2019:
Gloomy weather hits UK retail sales as shoppers
hold off summer purchases. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-retail-sales-fall-weather-summer-purchases-ons-a8966871.html
UK
arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful, Court of
Appeal rules. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-saudi-arabia-arms-sales-court-appeal-ruling-yemen-war-weapons-a8966731.html
It's not just the taxpayer-subsidised starvation,
maiming and murder of millions of Yemenis which
is 'unlawful' but that of Afghans, Iraqis, Libyans,
Syrians and Palestinians, too. Just as are the
vile, cowardly, war criminal, terrorist scum
responsible for those actions, currently cowering
behind 'anti-semitic' and Brexit lies.
London
revealed as UK capital of fraud and scams.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-fraud-hotspots-london-online-shopping-scams-which-a8966016.html
Hardly 'revealed'. London has been Britain's
scam capital since a group of sheep-shagging
rustlers decided to set up a political party
referred to as the Tories and try their hand
at politics.
Do
you live in a fraud hotspot? https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/19/do-you-live-in-a-fraud-hotspot/
i.e. Do you live in the UK?
US
joins four rogue countries seen as likely forces
for bad, poll finds. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/19/us-russia-saudi-arabia-israel-iran-forces-for-bad-poll-finds
'Joins'? The US has been seen as the world's
leading 'rogue' (cowardly, terrorist, criminal,
etc) state since the end of the Second World
War and the only reason this 'poll' has taken
so long to acknowledge this is because the internet
has been completely and undeniably awash with
that fact for over twenty years!!!
The
fake French minister in a silicone mask who
stole millions. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48510027
The 'fake' French minister? Really? How
is he more 'fake' than any other French minister?
Where’s
the cheapest place to store 500GB of data online?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jun/20/wheres-the-cheapest-place-to-store-500gb-of-data-online
Online
Small Business Training Courses. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/online-business-training-for-small-business-owners-2951646?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17163705&utm_term=
Why
Small Businesses Fail and How to Avoid Failure.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/why-do-small-businesses-fail-2948582?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17163619&utm_term=
5
Quick Ways to Organize Your Home Office.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/organizing-home-office-2948511?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17163664&utm_term=
20.06.2019:
Eight million people in working households in
relative poverty – report. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/18/eight-million-people-in-working-households-in-relative-poverty-a/
60-day
‘breathing space’ scheme for people
struggling with problem debt. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/18/60-day-a-breathing-spacea-scheme-for-people-struggling-with-p/
Identity
fraud in UK at record high as number of cases
surges to almost 190,000. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/identity-fraud-uk-credit-card-scam-social-media-a8963486.html
Regulators
must act promptly to address loyalty penalty
for consumers – watchdog. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/18/regulators-must-act-promptly-to-address-loyalty-penalty-for-cons/
US
cyber chief warns China will use Huawei to ‘spy,
steal and attack’ UK. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/19/us-cyber-chief-warns-china-will-use-huawei-to-a-spy-steal-and/
Nothing new. The country's used to it, having
long suffered the same fate at the hands of
Blairite and Tory fags for America and Israel.
(The ones trying to divert attention from their
war crimes and treason with squeals of 'anti-Semitism'
in the fake news media at the moment.)
19.06.2019:
More than 10% of UK businesses not aware of
new tax requirement, survey claims. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/uk-business-sme-tax-rule-digital-records-vat-hmrc-a8962161.html
Libra
cryptocurrency: Facebook, PayPal and Visa unveil
major new currency to rival US dollar. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-libra-cryptocurrency-launch-announcement-bitcoin-a8962936.html
Facebook
reveals digital currency details. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48664253
'Money
mules': Rising numbers are in middle age.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48671542
Can
Ofcom’s ‘fairness framework’
improve Britain’s dismal broadband industry?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/ofcom-fairness-framework-broadband-providers-mobile-phones-bills-contracts-high-prices-switching-a8962056.html
Airbnb
for clutter: the people renting out storage
space in their homes. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/17/airbnb-clutter-rent-household-space-storage-declutter
18.06.2019:
Bank of mum and dad ‘expected to hand out
£6.3bn of loans in 2019’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/15/bank-of-mum-and-dad-a-expected-to-hand-out-a-6-3bn-of-loans-in/
Number
of over-50s households privately renting ‘surges
61% since 2012’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/15/number-of-over-50s-households-privately-renting-a-surges-61-si/
Ofcom
pledges to stamp out unfair mobile, broadband
and TV practices. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/17/ofcom-pledges-to-stamp-out-unfair-mobile-broadband-and-tv-pract/
So what have Ofcon been doing for the past
16 years?
Phone
services restored after outage affects homes.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/17/phone-services-restored-after-outage-affects-homes/
Half
of Britons socialise with family and friends
at most once a month. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/17/half-of-britons-socialise-with-family-and-friends-at-most-once-a-month
Fish
and chips under threat from climate change,
study says. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/fish-chips-climate-change-cod-haddock-extinct-smaller-research-a8961201.html
‘It’s
getting like Disneyland’: Bruges pulls
up drawbridge on tourists. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/16/bruges-crackdown-tourist-numbers
17.06.2019:
No money from French tycoons as US donors foot
Notre Dame repair bills. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/no-money-french-tycoons-us-131258748.html
It makes a change from the US being just
the world's leading donors and sponsors of terrorism,
war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes
against the planet, starvation, theft and money-laundering.
Not that the French are exactly reputed for
keeping their word, on the other hand. Especially
now that it's common knowledge Notre Dame has
become a pretext for re-developing the Ile de
la Cite.
Illegal
eel exporters exposed by Countryfile. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-48647168
Or, eel exporters going about their business
as they have for generations.
Grapes
of wrath: how wine could bottle the Israeli-Palestinian
peace process. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-palestine-wine-vineyards-west-bank-psagot-settlement-eu-a8959301.html
What 'peace process'? The Israelis, the Americans,
the British and the French moved to another
planet, have they?
The
countries Britons leave the UK for - and why.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/countries-britons-leave-uk-why-092035019.html
16.06.2019:
Chance of disorderly Brexit jumps; eventual
free trade deal still likely - Reuters poll.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/chance-disorderly-brexit-jumps-eventual-120119092.html
Soaring
second home ownership hitting young people.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48637484
15.06.2019:
Brexit: EU believes UK economy could be hit
10 times as hard by no deal as its own. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-no-deal-uk-eu-economy-impact-tory-leadership-boris-johnson-a8957366.html
Investigation
into disgraced RBS small business unit branded
a 'whitewash' by MPs. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/rbs-investigation-grg-fca-whitewash-small-businesses-a8957391.html
It's why the Tory regime and its criminal
cronies have surrounded themselves with watchpuppets.
Help
to Buy scheme handed billions to people who
could afford homes, spending watchdog finds.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/help-to-buy-scheme-uk-housing-market-national-audit-office-a8955931.html
As above.
Shell
Energy ordered to pay £390,000 after overcharging
thousands of customers. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/shell-energy-refund-fine-compensation-overcharged-customers-ofgem-a8958321.html
And - as above again. Although this fine
isn't coming out of directors' or managements'
pockets, as we all know. It will simply be a
case of the bill being passed onto the cutomers.
Jeremy
Hunt tells broadcasters to ‘grow up’
and stop calling him ‘Jeremy C***’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-c-word-victoria-derbyshire-tory-leadership-race-contest-a8958426.html
I'm
sure this won't be bothering his American, Israeli
and Saudi superiors who have found him being
a c*** quite gratifying. Plus, it's a lot easier
to say than 'vile, cowardly, murdering terrorist,
war criminal and traitor.'
14.06.2019:
Prince Andrew comments on UK businesses after
Brexit.
https://www.aol.co.uk/video/view/prince-andrew-comments-on-uk-businesses-after-brexit/5d01430241aecf68d70d68e4/
Help to Buy: 'Most users did not need help report
finds'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48610977
Vodafone
suffers faults across Europe. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48623922
Most
'meat' in 2040 will not come from dead animals,
says report. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/12/most-meat-in-2040-will-not-come-from-slaughtered-animals-report
How
to take over your town: the inside story of
a local revolution. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/12/how-to-take-over-your-town-the-inside-story-of-a-local-revolution
13.06.2019:
Brexit: UK firms 'not even close to ready' for
no deal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48611754
Competition
watchdog launches probe into potential leasehold
mis-selling. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/11/competition-watchdog-launches-probe-into-potential-leasehold-mis/
'We've
been caught in a leasehold trap'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48597203
TSB
launches business advice programme across 25
high street branches. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/11/tsb-launches-business-advice-programme-across-25-high-street-bra/
Is this a bad joke? Or another Tory propaganda
exercise?
eBay
down: Auction site and app stop working.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ebay-down-latest-website-not-working-app-mobile-online-selling-buying-auction-a8954696.html
Wordpress
down: Websites across world stop working after
strange glitch. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wordpress-down-not-working-website-sun-problem-help-a8954431.html
WhatsApp
to take legal action against spammers who send
too many messages. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/whatsapp-spam-report-legal-action-rules-terms-messages-mute-a8954156.html
7
Biggest Money Mistakes New Business Owners Make.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/money-mistakes-new-business-owners-make-4106965?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17093238&utm_term=
5
Steps to Naming Your Business. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/steps-to-naming-your-business-1201070?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17093238&utm_term=
The
8 Best Logo Design Software Programs of 2019.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/best-logo-design-software-4171321
12.06.2019:
Manufacturing confidence plummets to six-year
low, survey finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-manufacturing-confidence-falls-sixyear-low-bdo-survey-a8951661.html
Criminals
targeting residents in council tax scam 'barrage',
local authorities warn. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/council-tax-scam-criminals-targeting-residents-barrage-local-authorities-warning-a8949526.html
Improvements
needed to IR35 assessment tool. https://www.tax.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/press-release-improvements-needed-hmrc%E2%80%99s-assessment-tool-payroll-working
HMRC's Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST)
tool needs to be significantly improved before
the rollout of IR35 rules in the private sector.
This is according to the Chartered Institute
of Taxation (CIOT), which believes the CEST
tool fails to give an accurate assessment of
an individual's employment status and recommends
that a review of IR35 rules is carried out.
The CIOT also recommends the review should take
place in 2022 after the rules have been introduced
in the private sector.
Financial
support package for exporters. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/liam-fox-announces-gamechanger-financial-support-package-for-uk-sme-exporters
A financial support package for small and medium-sized
exporters has been announced by the Department
for International Trade and UK Export Finance.
The package is made up of the Small Deal Initiative,
the General Export Facility and increased financial
support for exporters' supply chains. The Small
Deal Initiative will guarantee loans for overseas
buyers of British-made goods to help make the
UK more competitive. The General Export Facility
will support exporters' overall working capital
requirements.
DVLA
‘released personal details of 23m drivers
last year’. https://www.aol.co.uk/cars/2019/06/10/dvla-a-released-personal-details-of-23m-drivers-last-yeara/
20
Right and Wrong Reasons to Start Your Own Business.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/right-and-wrong-reasons-to-start-business-4066585?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17093154&utm_term=
8
Home Business Ideas for Creative People.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/creative-home-business-ideas-1794534?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17093189&utm_term=
Startup
predicts weather using cell phone signals.
https://www.springwise.com/startup-predicts-weather-using-cell-phone-signals/?utm_campaign=1499599_Springwise%20Edit%202019-Jun-05&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,W53J,2V1FMX,3CJ83,1
11.06.2019:
UK economy hit by 'dramatic' fall in car output.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48579630
UK
signs post-Brexit free trade deal with South
Korea. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48577667
Action
plan to tackle rural skills gap launched.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/10/action-plan-to-tackle-rural-skills-gap-launched/
Alan
Titchmarsh urges gardeners to support specialist
UK nurseries. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/10/alan-titchmarsh-urges-gardeners-to-support-specialist-uk-nurseri/
Tried
and tested scams still pose huge threat, says
Citizens Advice. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/08/tried-and-tested-scams-still-pose-huge-threat-says-citizens-adv/
'It
didn't feel like a scam, but I lost £520'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48582117
Trump
and Macron's friendship tree dies. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-macron-tree-friendship-white-house-oak-belleau-wood-a8951596.html
10.06.2019:
Epic legal showdown could have been avoided
if e-sports players just unionised. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/tfue-faze-clan-lawfuit-fortnite-contract-youtube-a8950036.html
Teens
are making up to $300,000 selling secondhand
clothes on this Instagram-like shopping app.
https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/
how-to-make-money-selling-clothes-depop-2019-5?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%202019-06-07&utm_term=Business%20Insider%20Select
How
to Make Your Small Business More Successful.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-make-your-small-business-more-successful-4060804?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17030105&utm_term=
Raise
Extra Money by Selling Your Stuff. https://www.thebalance.com/raise-extra-money-by-selling-your-stuff-2385672?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17001868&utm_term=
5
Ways to Research a Rare Item Before Selling
on eBay. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-research-rare-items-before-selling-on-ebay-4087708?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=17001868&utm_term=
Receipts
get more visual and useful in concept redesign.
https://www.springwise.com/receipts-get-more-visual-and-useful-in-concept-redesign/?utm_campaign=1494016_Springwise%20Edit%202019-May-29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,W0SG,2V1FMX,3C0XV,1
Australian
startup brings Wi-Fi to remote farms. https://www.springwise.com/australian-startup-brings-wi-fi-to-remote-farms/?utm_campaign=1494016_Springwise%20Edit%202019-May-29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,W0SG,2V1FMX,3C0XV,1
09.06.2019:
Brexit: No-deal outcome could force shopping
bills up by £800 a year, says union. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-shopping-bills-gmb-union-supermarket-price-rise-a8949896.html
Energy
bills to rise for 4 million vulnerable households,
warns watchdog. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/energy-bills-gas-electricity-price-cap-vulnerable-households-a8948831.html
Facebook's
cryptocurrency will be 'available at ATMs'.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-cryptocurrency-globalcoin-libra-bitcoin-atm-a8948531.html
6
Steps for Finding and Registering the Perfect
Domain Name. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/steps-to-register-domain-name-2951651?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=16949939&utm_term=
How
to Start a Home-Based Photography Business.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-start-a-home-based-photography-business-1794522?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=16949939&utm_term=
08.06.2019:
May house prices increased by 5.2% annually,
Halifax reports. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/07/may-house-prices-increased-by-5-2-annually-halifax-reports/
High
street suffers worst May on record. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/06/high-street-suffers-worst-may-on-record/
Perhaps shoppers were all economising to
be able to meet the huge surge in house prices?
If the fake news media are ever to be believed.
Boris
Johnson will not face prosecution over £350m
EU claim after court victory. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/07/boris-johnson-will-not-face-prosecution-over-350m-eu-claim-afte/
No surprises there as the British judiciary
has long endorsed the right of its politicians
to perpetrate war crimes and crimes against
humanity, commit acts of terrorism and treason,
be corrupted and thieve, within the context
of which, serial-lying and fraud are a mere
bagatelle. The judges did not give a reason
for their decision but are currently thinking
of trying 'anti-Semitism'.
Bank
overdraft fees targeted in major shake-up.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48553193
Amazon
trials pop-up station kiosks. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48555539
Thousands
of overseas travellers need emergency treatment
every week – insurers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/06/thousands-of-overseas-travellers-need-emergency-treatment-every/
07.06.2019:
Five million households in England struggling
to afford housing costs, study finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/affordable-housing-millions-struggle-to-meet-costs-a8945756.html
One
in 10 UK adults rarely uses cash amid rise of
contactless and mobile banking. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/06/one-in-10-uk-adults-rarely-uses-cash-amid-rise-of-contactless-an/
Or in other words, over 90% of the UK's adult
population prefers and regularly uses cash.
And the reason there is a 'rise' in contactless
and mobile banking is because under Torygeddon
and criminal banking incompetence, wholesale
branch closures and a gradual decline in the
numbers of ATMs, there is less cash to be had.
No shortage of fake news stories for the media,
though.
Heathrow
scanners mean liquids can stay in bags. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48526019
Amazon
drone deliveries to begin 'in months'. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/amazon-drone-deliveries-where-when-date-a8946566.html
And as more and more people find themselves
out of jobs, hate-preaching politicians and
the fake news media will still claim that it's
all the fault of immigration and Brussels.
Unputdownable!
The bookshops Amazon couldn't kill. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/06/amazon-booksellers-beating-odds-book-shops
Tourist's
lucky guess cracks safe code on first try. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48477081
06.06.2019:
UK service sector grows as staff numbers jump
higher.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/05/uk-service-sector-grows-as-staff-numbers-jump-higher/
Liam
Fox’s former trade chief – “Brexit
trade deals will be worse than current EU deals”.
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/liam-foxs-former-trade-chief-brexit-trade-deals-will-be-worse-than-current-eu-deals/
That
much goes without saying - especially now that
Brexit's snouts-in-troughs have revealed their
hands.
Funding of £4.5 million announced to help
grow Scottish food and drink exports. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/04/funding-of-a-4-5-million-announced-to-help-grow-scottish-food-an/
Nuclear:
Energy bills 'used to subsidise submarines'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48509942
It's not just 'energy bills' and 'submarines',
is it? UK revenues are used to thieve, murder,
terrorise and commit war crimes all around the
world in every scenario the Americans and the
Israelis dictate.
Does
porn still drive the internet? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48283409
05.06.2019:
Retail sales fall in May at fastest rate in
24 years.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/03/retail-sales-fall-in-may-at-fastest-rate-in-24-years/
Still more Brexit Happy Days!
UK
construction sector shrinks as Brexit uncertainty
spreads. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-construction-sector-shrinks-brexit-uncertainty-a8943121.html
Perhaps the country's Semitic media should
offer an apology for its vile hate-preaching
and disinformation campaigns which drove hundreds
of thousands of skilled construction workers
away from Britain's shores? And then pay reparation
to all the homeless people who can't find roofs
to put over their heads? Then there's compensation
to pay to all the sub-contractors and allied
trades. Before we even start to assess the damage
done with all its Brexit fake news, lies and
distortion.
Finance
watchdog announces crackdown on peer-to-peer
lenders. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/04/finance-watchdog-announces-crackdown-on-peer-to-peer-lenders/
Increase
in number of independent stores. https://www.localdatacompany.com/blog/2018-sees-growth-in-independent-stores-across-shopping-centres
In 2018, the number of independent stores that
opened in shopping centres increased by 1.1%,
according to research published by the Local
Data Company and Bira. The research also revealed
that independent retailers opened 4.5% more
stores in 2018 than in 2017. The growth in independent
stores has been attributed to landlords becoming
more flexible and splitting larger vacant stores
into smaller units which are more suited to
smaller retailers.
UK
business insolvencies and distress indicators
continue to rise. https://www.k2-partners.com/uk-business-insolvencies-and-distress-indicators-continue-to-rise/
Chlorinated
chicken: ‘Dangerous’ practices at
major US plant stoke fears of contaminated food
in UK after Brexit. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chlorinated-chicken-us-uk-food-poultry-practices-brexit-eu-regulation-a8942331.html
14
Economy-Proof Business Ideas. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/economy-proof-business-ideas-2951454?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=16949913&utm_term=
Buying
a Home-Based Franchise. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/buying-a-home-based-franchise-4058581?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=16949913&utm_term=
How
to Write a New Customer Welcome Letter.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-write-a-new-customer-welcome-letter-2951440
04.06.2019:
Manufacturing shrinks as Brexit stockpiling
halts. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48497083
And the UK hasn't even left the EU yet!
Brexit:
NHS could be 'on the table' as part of US trade
deal, ambassador says. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-nhs-trade-deal-woody-johnson-matt-hancock-a8940861.html
Experts and the independent media (ie not
mainstream, Tory fake news and propaganda) have
been warning of the sell-out of the NHS to the
Americans for years. In the meantime, much Tory
disaster-grooming of this taxpayer asset has
been taking place and its final demise is considered
imminent.
IR35
will negatively impact contractors. https://www.brooksonlegal.co.uk/news/contractors-at-risk-in-ill-judged-ir35-crackdown/
Over
half of private sector firms (59%) that use
contractors are considering taking a blanket
approach to managing the new IR35 rules, which
come into force in April 2020. Research by Brookson
Legal has revealed that many firms don't have
the time to assess contractors on an individual
basis. However, 41% say they would not take
a blanket approach since this would risk wrongly
assessing contractors. The research has also
revealed that 73% of firms believe IR35 will
have an impact on the number of contractors
they hire.
Retirement
experts warn against using pension pots to get
on property ladder. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/03/retirement-experts-warn-against-using-pension-pots-to-get-on-pro/
Regulators
launch consultation on professional driver conduct
guidance. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulators-launch-consultation-on-professional-driver-conduct-guidance
The Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain
has called on professional drivers, commercial
vehicle operators, legal representatives and
road safety stakeholders to take part in a review
of guidance on the conduct of drivers.
Trump
administration to force US visa applicants to
hand over social media details. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-visa-application-social-media-accounts-details-esta-check-a8940381.html
The American administration is seeking to
reassure itself that they have fake moron friends
beyond their own borders.
The
wealthy businessman who paid just £35.20
in tax. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48481320
Hovis
brings back much-loved ‘Boy on the Bike’
advert. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/02/hovis-brings-back-much-loved-a-boy-on-the-bikea-advert/
03.06.2019:
Government targets 'shameful' funeral plan sale
tactics.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48485772
The 'government' believes that everyone should
have free funerals as they do with its help
in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, the Yemen,
Palestine, etc, etc.
Trump:
Prepare for no deal and send in Farage.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48487973
Just to remind fagging, Tory toe-rag war
criminals who's boss and where his colony of
Little Ingerlandt, is heading.
US
government preparing potential investigation
into Google over its monopoly on competition.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/google-antitrust-investigation-us-department-of-justice-monopoly-silicon-valley-a8939631.html
Manufacturing
& Supply Chain, Conference & Exhibition,
June 25th 2019. Arena MK, Milton Keynes. www.manufacturingevent.co.uk/
02.06.2019:
HMRC blocks fraudsters from mimicking its call
centres.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/05/31/hmrc-blocks-fraudsters-from-mimicking-its-call-centres/
Lettings
fee ban brings cheer to tenants. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48474218
So who is going to take up the slack to help
tenants find much-needed housing now that there's
less profit to be had for letting agents? Local
councils whose social housing policies are determined
by fraud and manslaughter?
Although
the old sytem was far from ideal, it evolved
around a need just as did larger deposits, which
are also now being capped at 5 times the equivalent
weekly rent. The reason landlords and letting
agents usually took larger deposits was to accept
tenants who had a poor credit history and who
couldn't be covered by landlord insurance for
non-payment of rent. As it takes over three
months - not five weeks - to get rid of an erring
tenant plus the fees to do so, the outcome of
the latest legislation is that anyone with a
poor credit rating - often through no fault
of their own - will now be able to join the
Tory regime's record-breaking numbers of homeless,
instead.
Private
renters to benefit as new law bans letting agent
fees. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/05/30/private-renters-to-benefit-as-new-law-bans-letting-agent-fees/
China
creates blacklist of 'unreliable' foreign firms
in response to Trump's Huawei attacks. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/china-blacklist-unreliable-foreign-firms-huawei-trade-war-a8937986.html
That will be all American firms, then? And
those of its colonies, Little Ingerlandt and
Israel?
Is
it time to introduce UK veal onto our menus?
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/veal-meat-calves-cows-uk-peelham-farm-dairy-a8934746.html
01.06.2019:
Business lobby group CBI warns Tories over no-deal
Brexit. https://www.bbc.com/news/48465791
The only 'business' Tory traitors understand
is fagging for America, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Theresa
May’s Government ‘must push through
late payment reforms’, says FSB. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/05/30/theresa-maya-s-government-a-must-push-through-late-payment-ref/
Theresa May's 'government' (aka American/Israeli
regime) won't be doing that. It would be 'anti-Semitic'.
(Unless the Semitic, hate-preaching, fake news,
Daily Wail, tells it to do so.)
Mortgage
and business lending rises in April. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/05/31/mortgage-and-business-lending-rises-in-april/
UK
house price growth slows amid ‘subdued’
consumer confidence. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/05/31/uk-house-price-growth-slows-amid-a-subdueda-consumer-confiden/
Only two weeks after much reporting in the
fake news media that house prices were going
up? Tut, tut.
Urgent
action needed to support vulnerable energy customers,
says report. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/05/30/urgent-action-needed-to-support-vulnerable-energy-customers-say/
Rather than watchpuppets imposing fines which
are passed onto the consumer, more sackings,
directorial liability and imprisonment would
seem appropriate.
British
firm in turmoil as profits plunge after government
gives ‘Brexit’ blue passports contract
to French rival. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-de-la-rue-blue-passports-contract-profits-down-a8936381.html
The only surprise here is that the contract
hasn't gone to the Americans - which has usually
been the case under Torygeddon.
With
our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and
Cobweb Info.
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