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29.06.2020:
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down for: A Home and Small Business
Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st June 2020
By
way of explanation. The
term 'home business' consists of two words.
'Business' is the second one; it's there to
qualify and support the word 'home' and all
that goes with it - and not vice versa. Consequently,
we also list below, items which are of interest
and value to the home. Whether in its context
as an office or as a part of your family and
lifestyle but always
directed at the improved prospects and enjoyment
that running a business from home, in its entirety,
can bring.
For a current, multi-part
overview of
starting and running a
business from home,
go here: http://www.homebusiness.org.uk/features.htm
 29.06.2020:
Companies have hit rock bottom after months
of shutdown, study suggests. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/26/companies-have-hit-rock-bottom-after-months-of-shutdown-study-s/
Full of 'revelations' these days, the fake
news media.
Holiday
bookings 'explode' as travel restrictions ease.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53206148
That will be all those patriotic Brexit Knobheads
falling over themselves to get shit-faced in
Spain.
'Complacent'
regulator failing to protect consumers from
problem gambling, MPs warn. https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/complacent-government-failing-to-protect-consumers-from-problem-gambling-mps-warn
The Tories are hardly going to want to kill
the goose that lays lots of golden eggs.
28.06.2020:
UK to open up European holidays from 6 July.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53199089
Post
Office ends travel money suspension. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53194215
UK
ready to quit EU on 'Australia terms' if no
Brexit deal, Johnson says. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu/uk-ready-to-quit-eu-on-australia-terms-if-no-brexit-deal-johnson-says-idUKKBN23Y0J6?rpc=401&
'Crooked corporate America terms', actually.
But fagging, serial-lying, ex-public schoolboys
never received much lerning at jography.
Why
the home-working boom could tumble London's
skyscrapers. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/27/why-the-home-working-boom-could-tumble-londons-skyscrapers
Yet another 'home-working boom'/teleworking/SoHo/home
business story/prediction. We've been reading
about these for the past thirty years.
Coca-Cola
suspends social media advertising despite Facebook
changes. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53204072
Long overdue. What is needed next is a ban
on advertising in the hate-preaching, disinformation,
fake news, fake conspiracy, Semitic gutter media
generally.
27.06.2020:
COVID-secure reopening guidance for businesses
in England. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/opening-certain-businesses-and-venues-in-england-from-4-july-2020
Reopening
guidance has been published for hospitality
and tourism sectors in England. Hospitality
and tourism businesses along with hair salons,
libraries and museums will be allowed to reopen
from 4 July 2020 provided they adhere to COVID-secure
guidelines and the latest social distancing
measures.
New
measures to boost construction industry.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plans-to-get-britain-building-in-coronavirus-recovery
Measures to help the construction industry increase
building activity and return to work safely
have been introduced by the Ministry of Housing,
Communities & Local Government. The measures
include extended planning permission deadlines
and a faster process for planning appeals. Builders
and local authorities will also be able to work
together to agree more flexible working hours.
More
than a million new homes 'not fit for purpose',
government climate change advisers say. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/more-million-homes-not-fit-172006821.html
The criminal Tory regime's 'housing policy'
has always been about maximising vile profits
for its donors and never about meeting the public
need.
Two
in five families spending more money on children
during lockdown – survey. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/25/two-in-five-families-spending-more-money-on-children-during-lock/
Internet
use hits record high, with people now spending
more than a quarter of their life online.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-internet-use-uk-lockdown-facebook-google-a9583701.html
90% of which is waiting for Google Adshit
to load with slower-than-advertised internet
connectivity.
Office
workers call for greater flexibility with remote
working post-lockdown. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/remote-working-from-home-flexible-office-commute-mental-health-hours-a9583671.html
According to a whitewashing 'poll' conducted
on behalf of the criminally incompetent Tory
regime.
Independent
Bookshop Week: The sellers to buy from instead
of Amazon. https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/books/independent-bookshop-week-books-online-delivery-uk-london-a9570826.html
26.06.2020:
Shoppers ‘think supporting local businesses
will be key to economic recovery’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/24/shoppers-a-think-supporting-local-businesses-will-be-key-to-eco/
Unfortunately, this does not coincide with
the corrupt Tory regime's 'key to economic recovery'
of licking American corporate arse and handing
tax-dodging, offshore companies loadsa taxpayers'
money.
Retailers
remain pessimistic as sales drop again in June
– CBI. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/25/retailers-remain-pessimistic-as-sales-drop-again-in-june-a-cbi/
Papers
Reveal How Jenrick's Department Ignored Need
For Affordable Homes To Save Tory Donor Millions.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jenrick-affordable-housing-westferry_uk_5ef3cd24c5b66c3126819bb4?ncid=news-aol
This
has been commonly reported in the independent
press for years. As in NOT the snout-in-trough,
offshore, tax-dodging, serial lying, disinformation,
fake conspiracy and fake news Semitic gutter
media.
Planning rules lifted for fairs, markets and
car boot sales in England. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/24/planning-rules-lifted-for-fairs-markets-and-car-boot-sales-in-england
Council
tax debt collection methods ‘need reform
before bailiff visits resume’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/24/council-tax-debt-collection-methods-a-need-reform-before-bailif/
More
than 90 per cent of Britons back continued ban
on chlorinated chicken imports. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chlorinated-chicken-ban-public-support-us-uk-trade-deal-a9583446.html
A pity Britain isn't a democracy any more
instead of some fagging, chicken-shit colony
of the USA.
Many
European countries set to be exempt from quarantine.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53177282
Or,
the same countries which were the main contributors
to the pandemic in the UK in the first place.
(Plus the USA, of course.)
Illegal lockdown parties hosted in online rentals.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53171583
We know this from Tory advisers who have
been flouting lockdown rules to attend these
'parties'. And other more clandestine events.
One
of Britain’s smallest pubs says they will
not reopen under relaxed restrictions.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-pubs-reopening-the-nutshell-bury-st-edmunds-a9583911.html
Ten
reasons to be concerned about 5G – and
it has nothing to do with C-19. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/ten-reasons-to-be-concerned-about-5g-and-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-c-19/
25.06.2020:
New advice for businesses in England on how
to reopen safely. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53161280
That's if anything the present Tory regime
says can be deemed 'advice'!
Lockdown
Britain scrambles for ‘staycations’.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/24/lockdown-britain-scrambles-for-a-staycationsa/
Except for Tory MPs who will be blatantly
flouting all 'advice' and jetting off to the
terrorist state of Israel to continue giving
away British taxpayers' money.
EU considers barring Americans from travel
list. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53161447
A ban which is decades overdue if only on
the grounds of prevention of terrorism.
Amazon creates Counterfeit Crimes Unit to
fight fake goods. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/23/amazon-creates-counterfeit-crimes-unit-to-fight-fake-goods/
This being the same Amazon which conducts
its business with fake reviews.
Initiative
sells unsold stock to support unemployed factory
workers. https://tinyurl.com/yasfnye5
Face
shield uses plastic rubbish for protection.
https://tinyurl.com/y8wuytj9
A
virtual keg that can be exchanged for pints
post-lockdown. https://tinyurl.com/yauu58fu
24.06.2020:
UK grocery sales surge as Britons shop online,
locally during lockdown. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-grocers-kantar/uk-grocery-sales-surge-as-britons-shop-online-locally-during-lockdown-idUKKBN23U0UP
Self-employed
must register properly to avoid National Insurance
snag hitting pensions. https://www.aatcomment.org.uk/trends/coronavirus/hmrc-updates/hmrc-self-employed-nic-hitting-pensions/
'There
will be a shortage of holiday cottages'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53147752
23.06.2020:
Consumers frustrated by online banking services,
survey finds. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/20/consumers-frustrated-by-online-banking-services-survey-finds/
Another publicity-seeking survey telling
us what has been common knowledge for twenty
years.
Poorer
households funding lockdown with debt, says
think tank. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53131643
It doesn't take much to belong to a 'think
tank' in the UK.
Average
current account balances have increased during
lockdown, says bank. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/22/average-current-account-balances-have-increased-during-lockdown/
Energy
firms permitted to chase unpaid bills again.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53137278
Should
be rich pickings since everyone has been obliged
to stay and work at home all hours. More shekels
on the way to Tory coffers.
Liz Truss expects Australian trade deal to be
an ‘exemplar’ for other countries.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/22/liz-truss-expects-australian-trade-deal-to-be-an-a-exemplara/
The
two countries have certainly got a lot in common
already: genocide, terrorism, enemies of the
planet, criminality, racism, hate-preaching
and the fake news gutter media which was first
tossed off against a urinal wall in Australia,
of course.
Places with biggest and smallest falls in ATM
withdrawals revealed. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/20/places-with-biggest-and-smallest-falls-in-atm-withdrawals-reveal/
‘Chilling’
report suggests one in six firms pay ransoms
to hackers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/21/a-chillinga-report-suggests-one-in-six-firms-pay-ransoms-to-h/
China
suspends US poultry imports from Covid-19-affected
business. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/22/china-suspends-us-poultry-imports-from-covid-19-affected-business
That's why the Americans have foisted the
Brexit Chicken-Shit Trade Deal on Little Ingerlandt
with the collaboration of its toe-rag American
Prime Minister, Boo-hoo Johnson. To take up
the shortfall when any other country puts the
interests of its consumers and businesses first.
22.06.2020:
Government to 'bring forward proposals' on reducing
2m social distancing rule. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53127213
Britain
to join despised TTP. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/britain-to-join-despised-ttp-wikileaks-a-huge-transfer-of-power-from-people-to-big-business/
UK
accused of selling arms to Saudi Arabia a year
after court ban. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/21/uk-accused-of-selling-arms-to-saudi-arabia-a-year-after-court-ban
It's not just 'arms' but taxpayer-subsidised
boots on the ground as well and not just in
the Yemen, of course. Then, when their victims
take exception to seeing their families murdered
and their countries, homes and businesses destroyed,
the west's taxpayer-subsidised propaganda, fake
news and disinformation media can call them
'terrorists'. In the meantime, 5 million small
business and self-employed who aren't murderers
or terrorists get no help from the taxpayer
at all, as bent, fagging war criminals posing
as politicians and governments, look the other
way.
Parliamentary
group asks how lockdown has affected digital
skills. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484811/Coronavirus-Parliamentary-group-asks-how-lockdown-has-impacted-digital-skills
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on
Digital Skills has launched a call for evidence
to assess what impact the coronavirus pandemic
has had on digital skills, and whether anything
learnt during the outbreak could contribute
to improve digital skills in the future.
The
latest money scams you should be aware of. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/the-latest-money-scams-you-should-be-aware-of-110649916.html
Potential
Coronavirus pandemic business winners and losers.
https://www.k2-partners.com/potential-coronavirus-pandemic-business-winners-and-losers/
Students design solar lamps from rubbish.
https://tinyurl.com/ybayc9lw
Egg-based
edible preservative keeps perishables fresh.
https://tinyurl.com/y7yoym63
21.06.2020:
Queen speaks of ‘great pride’ as UK
businesses start to reopen after lockdown. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/queen-uk-businesses-reopen-lockdown-coronavirus-royal-family-a9576816.html
Coronavirus
has ‘finished’ high street and urgent
Government measures needed for survival, says
retail boss. https://inews.co.uk/news/coronavirus-high-street-shops-reopening-boris-johnson-451717
Increase
in consumer confidence could lead to a spike
in UK domestic tourism. https://www.globaldata.com/increase-in-consumer-confidence-could-lead-to-a-spike-in-uk-domestic-tourism/
Coronavirus:
UK to issue new guidance for hospitality sector
to reopen. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-uk-to-issue-new-guidance-for-hospitality-sector-reopen-111837007.html
‘Replace
business rates with online tax,’ say firms.
https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2020/06/replace-business-rates-with-online-tax-say-firms/
What
Do Struggling Small Businesses Need Most? Time
– and Bankruptcy Can Provide It. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/06/what-do-struggling-small-businesses-need-most-time-and-bankruptcy-can-provide-it.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29
20.06.2020:
Expert warns over ‘dead cat bounce’
as consumer confidence rebounds. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/18/expert-warns-over-a-dead-cat-bouncea-as-consumer-confidence-r/
Retail
sales in May partly recover after DIY boost.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53094129
Further
help on overdrafts and credit cards to be offered
under FCA plans. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/19/further-help-on-overdrafts-and-credit-cards-to-be-offered-under/
More
than 12 million people in UK take financial
hit during coronavirus crisis. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/coronavirus-uk-economy-income-fall-12-million-covid-19-a9572596.html
Border
controls to be introduced in stages post-Brexit.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-accelerates-border-planning-for-the-end-of-the-transition-period
Border controls for EU goods imported into Great
Britain will be introduced in stages when the
Brexit transition period ends on 31 December
2020, to give businesses affected by coronavirus
more time to prepare. From January 2021, traders
importing standard goods will need to prepare
for basic customs requirements and will have
up to six months to complete customs declarations.
From April 2021, products of animal origin,
such as meat, milk or egg products, will require
pre-notification and the relevant health documentation.
Finally from July 2021 traders moving all goods
will have to make declarations at the point
of importation and pay relevant tariffs.
Reopening
guidance for tourism businesses.
https://www.visitbritain.org/information-businesses-getting-ready-reopen
VisitBritain
have published resources that cover practical
guidance to help tourism businesses reopen during
the COVID-19 pandemic.
19.06.2020:
Streamline customs checks for SMEs, says ICC.
https://www.cips.org/supply-management/news/2020/june/streamline-customs-checks-for-smes-says-icc/
Reality
arrives: not so much 'Brussels' as Brexit red
tape, instead.
Covid-19:
self-employed grant extended to new parents.
https://www.accountancydaily.co/cch_uk/tat/news_011720_covid19_self_employed_grant_extended_to_new_parents
Chances
of trade deal by US election day ‘virtually
nil’, Government told. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/18/chances-of-trade-deal-by-us-election-day-a-virtually-nila-go/
A bit of good news for a change. Hopefully
to be followed by no trade deal with American
terrorists whatsoever.
Brexit
trade deal with New Zealand will have 'close
to zero' benefit to UK economy, government admits.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-trade-deal-new-zealand-economy-jacinda-ardern-a9571421.html
The Tory regime has been overheard muttering
that further 'revenge' exports to New Zealand
of Covid-infected Little Ingerlanders appears
to be in order.
The
post-pandemic freelancing solution.
https://www.drapersonline.com/news/comment-the-post-pandemic-freelancing-solution/7040729.article?blocktitle=Comment&contentID=15998
18.06.2020:
Some
firms locked out of Government loan support,
MPs warned. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/17/some-firms-locked-out-of-government-loan-support-mps-warned/
17.06.2020:
Government backs £38bn in loans to struggling
businesses. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/16/government-backs-a-38bn-in-loans-to-struggling-businesses/
Coronavirus
exposes Britain’s bogus self-employment
problem. https://truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/coronavirus-exposes-britains-bogus-self-employment-problem/
US/UK
trade deal – what your digital life will
look like. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/us-uk-trade-deal-what-your-digital-life-will-look-like/
Dismay
after UK fails to join EU-led scheme to revive
tourism. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/16/dismay-uk-fails-join-eu-scheme-revive-tourism
Over
a third of shoppers ‘will continue using
at-home products and services’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/15/over-a-third-of-shoppers-a-will-continue-using-at-home-products/
Allbirds
and Adidas team up to develop next-level sustainable
sneakers. https://tinyurl.com/yaq5nw3t
Ad
platform helps brands avoid third-party cookies.
https://tinyurl.com/y8rh6ycp
Carpet
tile designed to help businesses with social
distancing efforts. https://tinyurl.com/ycpltnrn
16.06.2020:
Chancellor urged to act as more than one million
miss out on coronavirus support. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/13/chancellor-urged-to-act-as-more-than-one-million-miss-out-on-cor/
Well, he has 'acted', hasn't he? Ensuring
as many people as possible miss out on 'coronavirus
support'. (Non-Tory supporters, in other words.)
US
trade deal poses greatest threat to food safety
since mad cow disease, Britons warned. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/us-trade-deal-food-safety-mad-cow-disease-which-uk-a9566196.html
And carrying on Britain's distinguished 'mad
cow' traditions of fagging ex-public schoolboys
signing deals which are against the public interest.
One
in three Britons targeted by scam since lockdown
started, survey suggests. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/13/one-in-three-britons-targeted-by-scam-since-lockdown-started-su/
Of which the biggest scam has been official
taxpayer handouts to offshore, tax-dodging,
non-British companies.
Average
landlord selling property in 2019 ‘gained
£78,100 on what they paid’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/13/average-landlord-selling-property-in-2019-a-gained-a-78-100-on/
Meal
kit and grocery deliveries soar as lockdown
keeps shoppers at home. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/14/meal-kit-and-grocery-deliveries-soar-as-lockdown-keeps-shoppers/
15.06.2020:
Coronavirus: Consumers 'should shop with confidence',
says PM. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53041178
Coronavirus:
Safe for the public to shop again - Sunak. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53041178
Really? So 'coronavirus' has been a huge
hoax after all? Or scam.
Online
shopping: '50% of all reviews' are fake.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/online-shopping-half-of-all-reviews-are-fake-110529128.html
ONLY 50%? And the rest! (As not reported
by the fake news media.)
14.06.2020:
Five ways shopping will be different from now
on.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53005123
Council
Confirms Dominic Cummings ‘spare cottage’
– had no planning consent, pays no council
tax. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/council-confirms-dominic-cummings-spare-cottage-had-no-planning-consent-pays-no-council-tax/
In other words, yet another snout-in-trough,
criminal Tory. As not reported by the
snout-in-trough, fake news, fake conspiracy
and disinformation Semitic media.
Leather
business sees increase in sales after making
it big in Japan. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/12/leather-business-sees-increase-in-sales-after-making-it-big-in-j/
If only ALL the country's 5 million small
businesses were to receive this much attention
from Tory state propaganda.
13.06.2020:
Second wave fears hits business confidence –
Britain to fare worst of all developed countries.
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/second-wave-fears-hits-business-confidence-britain-to-fair-worst-in-all-developed-countries/
At least Little Ingerlandt under the fagging,
criminal Tory regime is #1 at something!
MPs
call for new autumn bank holiday and VAT cut
to help tourism firms. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/11/mps-call-for-new-autumn-bank-holiday-and-vat-cut-to-help-tourism/
Ending taxpayer subsidies for Tory regime
sponsors and donors would be much more productive.
Especially if it was to include the mainstream,
fake news media.
Brexit:
UK backtracks on full EU border checks amid
coronavirus crisis. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53018020
And tomorrow's Suck It 'n See Brexit policy
latest will be?
Bankruptcy
numbers in England and Wales ‘low compared
with pre-lockdown levels’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/12/bankruptcy-numbers-in-england-and-wales-a-low-compared-with-pre/
And that would be because . . . ?
Facebook
relaxes rules about coronavirus advertising,
including allow ads for non-medical masks.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-coronavirus-ads-face-masks-non-medical-covid-a9561391.html
'Life
attracts life': the Irish farmers filling their
fields with bees and butterflies. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/06/food-will-be-a-by-product-the-irish-farmers-creating-nature-friendly-fields
‘Coronavirus-free’
Italian village offers homes for under £1.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/italy-village-coronavirus-covid-19-free-one-euro-homes-houses-cinquefrondi-a9562301.html
12.06.2020:
More than a fifth of usual household spending
prevented by lockdown. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/11/more-than-a-fifth-of-usual-household-spending-prevented-by-lockd/
Make
homes more energy efficient to boost economy
after pandemic – report. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/10/make-homes-more-energy-efficient-to-boost-economy-after-pandemic/
Lloyds
fined £64m for failing struggling mortgage
customers. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53006077
Thousands
of pubs cannot reopen next month without government
help to pay rent, ministers warned. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pubs-reopen-uk-lockdown-rent-hospitality-a9559326.html
UK
internet speeds are among the slowest in the
developed world. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/internet-speed-fasted-best-broadband-uk-slow-loading-times-a9558491.html
That's been common knowledge for decades.
Twitter
asks users to actually read an article before
sharing it. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/twitter-android-update-retweet-article-read-a9559951.html
The whole point of joining Twatter is to
fraternise with other illiterate morons. And
now they want these social inadequates with
a mere 50-character vocabulary to read?!
An
open-source, contactless package delivery system.
https://tinyurl.com/y747h9yj
11.06.2020:
Shoppers plan to loosen purse strings
as lockdown lifts.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/high-street-retail-shopping-spending-lockdown-reopen-a9557096.html
The idea being that if the fake news media
tells the proletariat they are going to loosen
their purse strings, the dummies will try to
do exactly that.
Heavy
drinking, lower spending and more sustainable
living: how shoppers see the future of retail.
https://internetretailing.net/themes/themes/heavy-drinking-lower-spending-and-more-sustainable-living-how-shoppers-see-the-future-of-retail-21523
Or,
what they would 'like' to see as the future
of retail although quite how heavy drinking
can mean lower spending and more sustainable
living remains a mystery. Bent Tory politicians
living off cash suppositories might be able
to manage, perhaps?
Fraud Could Make Or Break Firms As Margins Squeezed
During Covid-19. https://minutehack.com/news/fraud-could-make-or-break-firms-as-margins-squeezed-during-covid-19
‘Money
laundering’: Fifth of people have tried
cleaning cash, says survey. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/08/a-money-launderinga-fifth-of-people-have-tried-cleaning-cash/
'People' have got cash now, have they? Or
does this mean 'money laundering' as in The
City, banks and Tory donors and sponsors?
Bogus
tax refund emails sent to students tell them
to watch out for scams. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/09/bogus-tax-refund-emails-sent-to-students-tell-them-to-watch-out/
These would be from the HMRC itself, of course.
As it hands out taxpayers' money to offshore
company scammers who don't pay any tax.
10.06.2020:
May 'another month of struggle for retail'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52942420
More
than one million businesses apply for coronavirus
loans. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/09/more-than-one-million-businesses-apply-for-coronavirus-loans/
£37.8m
boost for debt support services in England to
help struggling households. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/08/a-37-8m-boost-for-debt-support-services-in-england-to-help-strug/
Holidaymakers
staying in UK this year so they can splash out
in 2021. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/09/holidaymakers-staying-in-uk-this-year-so-they-can-splash-out-in/
German
Pesticide and Chemical Co’s gets £1bn
UK bailout despite mammoth dividend plan. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/german-pesticide-and-chemical-cos-gets-1bn-uk-bailout-despite-mammoth-dividend-plan/
Brexit:
UK and Japan to start negotiations over trade
deal. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-japan-trade-deal-eu-transition-period-a9555371.html
I'm sure the Japanese will be lured by the
prospect of importing goods from the far side
of the planet when they can buy the same thing,
better made, on their own doorstep. Still. All
part of the Brexit disinformation and propaganda
programme.
Agriculture
Bill Amendment Aims to Deregulate GMOs in the
UK. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/behind-covid-crisis-agriculture-bill-amendment-aims-to-deregulate-gmos-in-the-uk/
Appetite
for veganism, baking and long-life food is growing,
survey suggests. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/08/appetite-for-veganism-baking-and-long-life-food-is-growing-sur/
Still more bad news for the Tories' Chicken
Shit Trade Deal with the Americans. It looks
as if the only option will be to make it illegal
to refuse to eat American muck just as it is
illegal not to buy produce from the thieving,
murdering, terrorist state of Israel.
09.06.2020:
Quarantine: 14 days of self-isolation for arriving
travellers starts amid legal challenges. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/quarantine-uk-coronavirus-priti-patel-holiday-travel-a9553641.html
A somewhat ironic restriction for travellers
arriving in the most infected country in the
world. Even if fake official figures are taken
at face value - which they certainly shouldn't
be.
June
22 plan reported for reopening of England’s
pubs and restaurants. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/june-22-plan-reported-reopening-220840522.html
From
drug dealers to loan sharks: how coronavirus
empowers organised crime. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/07/drug-dealers-loan-sharks-organised-crime-coronavirus
And then of course, we have the really serious
crooks who don't pay UK taxes but who have received
taxpayer-funded coronavirus bungs just for being
Tory sponsors.
Smart
appliance makers ‘failing to be clear on
how long they provide updates’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/06/smart-appliance-makers-a-failing-to-be-clear-on-how-long-they-p/
'Duty-bound
to keep it going': the Australian man printing
the last newspaper for 500km. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/08/duty-bound-to-keep-it-going-the-australian-man-printing-the-last-newspaper-for-500km
08.06.2020:
Coronavirus 'a devastating blow for world economy'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52939846
Perhaps not so much coronavirus; after all,
other pandemics have been and gone with little
fuss. On the other hand, this is the first time
that criminal misfits like Trump, Johnson, snout-in-trough
Big Corp and the media have been running things.
ICAEW
and ICAS publish going-concern guidance.
https://www.icaew.com/about-icaew/news/press-release-archive/2020-news-releases/icaew-and-icas-publish-sme-guidance-on-going-concern
ICAEW and the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of Scotland (ICAS) have published guidance for
owners and directors of small and medium-sized
businesses to assess the prospects of their
business. The guidance outlines the importance
of cash flow forecasting and how to accurately
reflect the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
It also provides suggestions on how to work
with accountants during the pandemic and highlights
the importance of providing evidence that shows
that any conclusions made relating to going
concerns are reasonable.
Social
commerce platform turns shopping from home into
a group activity. https://tinyurl.com/yaofdxyy
Project
brings cinema to backyards. https://tinyurl.com/yaj5ansy
Video-first,
interactive platform creates virtual offices.
https://tinyurl.com/y86bndu5
07.06.2020:
Nine in 10 tenants have paid rent as usual despite
pandemic, say landlords. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/05/nine-in-10-tenants-have-paid-rent-as-usual-despite-pandemic-say/
I'll second that.
Renter
eviction ban extended. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-renter-eviction-ban-extended-092458230.html
Struggling
borrowers urged to avoid ‘quick cash fix’
offers from loan sharks. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/05/struggling-borrowers-urged-to-avoid-a-quick-cash-fixa-offers/
State
support for small businesses on the slide. https://moneyweek.com/economy/small-business/601437/state-support-for-small-businesses-on-the-slide
Third of firms getting emergency coronavirus
loans have tax haven links – study. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/06/third-of-firms-getting-emergency-coronavirus-loans-have-tax-have/
No surprises here from a regime of corrupt
fags led by Little Ingerlandt's first American
Prime Minister. In fact, it would be fair to
say that the Tories have been offering the pandemic
as an 'earnings opportunity' to its donors and
sponsors.
Sunday
trading laws could be relaxed to stimulate economy.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/05/sunday-trading-laws-could-be-relaxed-to-stimulate-economy/
And how would that happen if the public ain't
got no shekels? Apart from Tory criminals, that
is.
A third of Britons say WiFi has slowed in
lockdown, as companies insist they are withstanding
demand. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/internet-not-working-down-slow-wifi-survey-lockdown-isp-a9550906.html
As telecons companies tell as many lies as
Little Ingerlandt's American Prime Minister
then the truth will always be the exact opposite
of what they claim.
Jump
in searches for overseas properties seen by
website. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/05/jump-in-searches-for-overseas-properties-seen-by-website/
Very reminiscent of astute Germans/Jews getting
out of Germany while they could during the mid-1930s.
Google+
rebranded as Currents for business users.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-plus-currents-business-rebrand-a9550666.html
06.06.2020:
High street sales had their second-worst month
on record in May under lockdown - but online
sales had their best month. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-8392185/High-street-sales-second-worst-month-record-May.html
750,000
firms now on emergency loans, as lenders offer
27 million interest-free overdrafts. https://www.creditstrategy.co.uk/features/750000-firms-now-on-emergency-loans-as-lenders-offer-27-million-interest-free-overdrafts
Business
leaders demand delay to Irish Sea border checks.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jun/05/business-leaders-demand-delay-to-irish-sea-border-checks
05.06.2020:
Changes to insolvency laws will give struggling
businesses ‘breathing space’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/03/changes-to-insolvency-laws-will-give-struggling-businesses-a-br/
Sharp
fall in credit card spending as households shore
up savings. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/04/sharp-fall-in-credit-card-spending-as-households-shore-up-saving/
What 'savings'? Perhaps they have decided
instead, to prioritise buying food and keeping
warm to buying American plastic shit made by
child labour.
High
street banks guilty of ‘serious organised
crime’ against customers, says police commissioner.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-banks-signature-forgery-police-commissioner-crime-nca-a9547941.html
Or, what we have been saying for over
thirty years.
Google sued for $5bn for stealing data from
“every American with a PC or phone”.
https://truepublica.org.uk/global/google-sued-for-5bn-for-stealing-data-from-every-american-with-a-pc-or-phone/
A natural state of affairs: the words
'American' and 'thief' are synonymous..
Revealed: UK banks and investors' $2bn backing
of meat firms linked to Amazon deforestation.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/04/revealed-uk-banks-and-investors-2bn-backing-of-meat-firms-linked-to-amazon-deforestation
Hardly a 'revelation' in the non-aligned,
independent media where 'money-grubbing banks
and investors' have been exposed for their links
to every evil activity under the sun, for decades.
After all, the snout-in-trough mainstream media
wouldn't want to upset its advertisers: that
would be 'anti-Semitic'.
04.06.2020:
Services sector remains in ‘severe’
downturn but contracts at slower pace. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/03/services-sector-remains-in-a-severea-downturn-but-contracts-a/
Difficult to imagine more 'slowdown' once
rigor mortis has set in.
UK
shops slash prices as coronavirus causes sales
to plummet. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/uk-shops-slash-prices-coronavirus-050130274.html
Revealed:
US chlorinated chicken will be in trade deal.
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/revealed-us-chlorinated-chicken-will-be-in-trade-deal/
This
being The Chickenshit Trade Agreement with the
USA which was already agreed before the fake
Brexit referendum.
Petition calls for ban on low-quality food imports
in post-Brexit deals. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jun/03/petition-calls-ban-low-quality-food-imports-post-brexit-deals
Ironically, many farmers voted for Brexit,
believing that Tory ex-public school wankers
had their best interests at heart. Unfortunately,
they forgot that the first rule of a public
school education is 'how to fag'. Wanking is
only second on the list. And loyalty and patriotism
don't even figure.
Cards
used for more than half of payments for first
time in 2019. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/03/cards-used-for-more-than-half-of-payments-for-first-time-in-2019/
In other words, the public are now financing
more than half their purchases with debt - 'cos
they ain't got no shekels no more.
Stop
Covid-19 loans to companies deemed risky by
HMRC, former PAC chair urges. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/03/stop-covid-19-loans-to-companies-deemed-risky-by-hmrc-former-pa/
As opposed to all the 'offshore' companies
also deemed risky but which the HMRC regularly
bails out with taxpayers' money. Like the fake
news media, for example.
BT,
IBM and Screwfix among five companies reinstated
to Prompt Payment Code. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/03/bt-ibm-and-screwfix-among-five-companies-reinstated-to-prompt-p/
Consumers
‘may not get response to PPI complaints
until this summer’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/03/consumers-a-may-not-get-response-to-ppi-complaints-until-this-s/
Errr. It is summer.
03.06.2020:
Loans to Covid-hit businesses top £30bn.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/02/loans-to-covid-hit-businesses-top-a-30bn/
UK consumers repay record £7.4bn of debt
in Covid-19 lockdown. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/jun/02/uk-consumers-repay-record-74bn-of-debt-amid-covid-19-lockdown
This is very bad news for the Tory regime's
criminal sponsors which would explain at least,
why the unseemly haste in lifting lockdown when
the pandemic remains every bit as dangerous
now, as it was six months ago when American
terrorists first cut it loose.
House
prices see largest monthly fall for 11 years,
says Nationwide. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52888991
Further
help for struggling mortgage customers confirmed.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/02/further-help-for-struggling-mortgage-customers-confirmed/
Repossessions
banned until 31st October: FCA. https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/mortgages/repossessions-banned-until-31st-october-fca.html
Bosses
believe working from home saves money, poll
claims. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/working-from-home-cheap-save-office-business-boss-a9542781.html
Exactly what enlightened bosses claimed to
believe 25 years ago! And nothing changed. The
lure of milking the dumb was much too appealing.
Smartphone
Sales See Record Decline Due To Pandemic. https://www.silicon.co.uk/workspace/smartphone-decline-pandemic-345463
Interesting to see that there are people
who can still function without a dummyphone.
Amazon
stops telling people what they have bought in
emails. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/amazon-order-email-confirmation-shipping-details-a9543966.html
02.06.2020:
Official
propaganda statement.
How Government guidelines are getting UK firms
back to business safely. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/how-government-guidelines-are-getting-uk-firms-get-back-to-business-safely-a9526656.html
Second
support grant available for self-employed workers.
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/second-support-grant-available-for-self-employed-workers/
Taxation of coronavirus support payments. https://www.taxation.co.uk/articles/taxation-of-coronavirus-support-payments
Small
UK businesses shift £10bn of exports away
from EU. https://www.sharecast.com/news/news-and-announcements--/uk-small-businesses-shift-10bn-exports-eu--7525550.html
'Our
business can now get cracking' after lockdown.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52871303
Financial
watchdog launches probe into guarantor lender
Amigo. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/06/01/financial-watchdog-launches-probe-into-guarantor-lender-amigo/
01.06.2020:
High streets are preparing for the return of
shoppers with special measures to enforce social
distancing. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/31/high-streets-are-preparing-for-the-return-of-shoppers-with-speci/
HMRC
enquiries re-start as Government looks to replenishing
its coffers. https://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/in-business/hmrc-enquiries-re-start-as-government-looks-to-replenishing-its-coffers/
How
Printing Businesses Are Adapting Their Services
in a Changing World because of Covid 19. https://neconnected.co.uk/how-printing-businesses-are-adapting-their-services-in-a-changing-world-because-of-covid-19/
Meet
the world's richest farmer who made billions
from swine flu and the coronavirus pandemic.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/meet-the-worlds-richest-farmer-who-made-billions-from-swine-flu-and-coronavirus-pandemic-101203340.html
Open-source module for disinfecting parcels.
https://tinyurl.com/y8wkvqpz
WhatsApp
chatbot helps customers find the perfect time
to shop. https://tinyurl.com/ycwgg686
Fashion
industry collective increases supply chain transparency.
https://tinyurl.com/yayhkcjh
31.05.2020:
Renters struggle most with pandemic costs, report
says.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52854699
Welsh
dairy farms hit hardest by coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/markets-and-trends/dairy-markets/welsh-dairy-farms-hit-hardest-by-coronavirus-pandemic
Dairy farmers in Great Britain have lost an
estimated £28 million during April and
May as a result of market disruption caused
by the coronavirus pandemic, with Welsh farmers
hardest hit, according to the AHDB.
Viral
marketing: the very worst lockdown-themed adverts.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/may/30/lockdown-adverts-british-airways-facebook-jack-daniels-maltesers
Open-source module for disinfecting parcels.
https://tinyurl.com/y7w89rwd
Virtual
resort brings beach holiday vibes to lockdown.
https://tinyurl.com/y8g3tgow
Delivery
tool helps SMEs meet demands of COVID-19. https://tinyurl.com/y9lkfhth
Sustainable
brands team up to support businesses and artists
hurt by COVID-19. https://tinyurl.com/ycumoyrc
Wellness
brand launches plastic-free hand sanitiser.
https://tinyurl.com/y8wm6wyr
Smart
rental rooms reduce mass consumption during
lockdown. https://tinyurl.com/y7vfpard
Inflatable
face shield allows wearers to socialise safely.
https://tinyurl.com/y8pwra9h
30.05.2020:
Virus-hit self-employed to receive second payment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52850371
Rishi
Sunak urged by MPs to extend self-employed help.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52843091
Travel
and tourism sector worst hit by coronavirus.
https://www.uhy-uk.com/news-events/news/travel-and-tourism-is-the-sector-worst-hit-by-coronavirus-revenues-halve-since-last-year/
Travel
agencies and tour operators are the worst hit
of all major industries by the coronavirus crisis,
with turnover of the sector in the UK falling
56% from £2.6 billion in March 2019 to
just £1.2 billion in March 2020.
Lenders
grant 1.5 million repayment holidays on credit
cards and loans to help borrowers through pandemic.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/credit-card-loan-repayment-holiday-banks-figures-coronavirus-a9538656.html
Starling Bank raises £40m as it lends
to virus-hit small businesses. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/29/starling-bank-raises-a-40m-as-it-lends-to-virus-hit-small-busine/
Shoppers
shun cash machines amid fears over spreading
coronavirus. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cash-machines-coronavirus-spread-card-payments-contactless-a9536236.html
New
mortgage holiday should affect credit record,
says Nationwide boss. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52847131
TalkTalk
says issue affecting access to some websites
‘resolved’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/29/talktalk-says-issue-affecting-access-to-some-websites-a-resolve/
26.05.2020:
UK turns to delivery cream teas during lockdown.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52771095
Grenfell
fears prevent timber building boom. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52771270
25.05.2020:
Huge rise in hacking attacks on home workers
during lockdown. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/24/hacking-attacks-on-home-workers-see-huge-rise-during-lockdown
No surprises, really, as large numbers of
clueless dummies led by the corrupt Tory regime
and the fake news media have been forcibly confined
to their homes.
Travel
sector "worst hit" with turnover down
£1.4bn. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-travel-sector-worst-hit-lockdown-154748722.html
As it's the travel industry which is mainly
responsible for the spread of coronavirus and
before that, were major contributors to world
pollution, now is the time to cut that sector
loose altogether.
Thousands
of small retailers flock to eBay for business
during lockdown. https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2020/05/thousands-of-small-retailers-flock-to-ebay-for-business-during-lockdown/
eBay
has extended measures which it introduced in
order to help small businesses trading through
its platform during the lockdown.
CMA
calls for new "emergency time-limited"
laws to tackle price-gouging. https://www.chargedretail.co.uk/2020/05/18/cma-calls-for-new-emergency-time-limited-laws-to-tackle-price-gouging/
The
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is lobbying
for "emergency time-limited legislation"
to tackle sellers profiteering from the coronavirus
crisis. Like corrupt Tory ministers?
Contactless
dining kit serves re-opening restaurants.
https://tinyurl.com/ybxdou6c
App
helps people avoid over-crowded supermarkets.
https://tinyurl.com/y9xyd9ez
24.05.2020:
Business groups brand UK's quarantine plan for
arrivals 'isolationist'. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/22/uk-arrivals-8-june-quarantine-for-14-days-coronavirus
64%
of SMEs unable to pay deferred tax. https://www.accountancydaily.co/covid-19-64-smes-unable-pay-deferred-tax
Two thirds of SMEs may not be able to pay
their deferred tax liabilities in six months'
time, while many are still waiting to access
government grants and loans, a poll by ACCA
has found.
Leading
economist warns of 10 years of depression and
debt. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52752172
France
reveals reciprocal quarantine plans for UK arrivals.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52781812
Newspaper
sales slump during lockdown. https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2020/05/newspaper-sales-slump-during-lockdown/
People have been stockpiling proper toilet
paper, so that is hardly surprising. Fake news,
fake conspiracies, hate-preaching and propaganda
don't make the best ass-wipes out there.
With
our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and
Cobweb Info.
Len
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