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Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st May 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
 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.
23.05.2020:
Retail sales crash in April as lockdown hits
shops.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52766856
Consumer confidence ‘will remain fragile
for some time’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/21/consumer-confidence-a-will-remain-fragile-for-some-timea/
Still more taxpayer bailouts for criminal,
polluting, thieving, tax-dodging Big Corp? (Including
the fake news gutter-media.)
Scotland
bans companies based in tax havens from accessing
coronavirus bailout money. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/scotland-tax-have-ban-coronavirus-bailout-fund-a9526006.html
Well, that's Scotland at least. If Little
Ingerlandt's regime of fags for tax-dodging
big corp were to do the same, the Tory party
would implode overnight.
Overseas
arrivals could face £1,000 fines if they
fail to quarantine for 14 days. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/21/overseas-arrivals-could-face-a-1-000-fines-if-they-fail-to-quara/
Extension
of mortgage payment holidays proposed by FCA.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/22/extension-of-mortgage-payment-holidays-proposed-by-fca/
Boris
Johnson and Jennifer Arcuri investigation hampered
by deleted evidence, watchdog says. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/boris-johnson-jennifer-arcuri-investigation-153629955.html
No
surprises there, then! Not that any reasonably
intelligent person needed reminding of just
how corrupt the present regime of Tory fags
are. And just what a bunch of politicians' arselickers
the police have become.
Brexit
– 50,000 to be employed at Northern Ireland
border. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/brexit-50000-to-be-employed-at-northern-ireland-border/
A further reminder of the Tory regime's Brexit
lunacy. Now then. Which Tory donor is going
to pick up the contract for recruiting and employing
these taxpayer-financed Brownshirt goons?
Surge
in paid users on Facebook’s business platform
amid home-working boom. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/21/surge-in-paid-users-on-facebooka-s-business-platform-amid-home/
Sustainable
toilet paper raises funds for the NHS. https://tinyurl.com/y86t5fp8
A relief to see that Little Ingerlandt's
Semitic gutter press have finally found their
target audience.
App
crowdsources availability of essential shopping
supplies. https://tinyurl.com/y8y8ulfd
Online
grocery delivery service incorporates manufacturer's
coupons. https://tinyurl.com/yaf2ue3m
22.05.2020:
New insolvency law to help businesses survive
in face of 'aggressive debt recovery' during
pandemic.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-pandemic-insolvency-bill-pubs-landlords-rent-a9524956.html
Number
of home sales plunged to 15-year low in April.
https://www.lbcnews.co.uk/business/6a858f54b1604266818965f4a3e43ef6/
Get
expert help with cash flow management in a crisis.
https://www.k2-partners.com/get-expert-help-with-cash-flow-management-in-a-crisis/
Aeroplane
seats designed to protect from coronavirus.
https://tinyurl.com/ybddrt5u
Debit
card helps carers shop for others. https://tinyurl.com/yam637gx
Book
a holiday and give one free to a medical worker.
https://tinyurl.com/yatwd2fr
Hotel
turns rooms into pop-up restaurants. https://tinyurl.com/y8lvk2zs
Circular
fashion software company creates bespoke, sustainable
T-Shirts. https://tinyurl.com/ybc5273o
21.05.2020:
Toy and vegetable costs rise as fuel price drops.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52735240
20.05.2020:
Half a million businesses now on £22bn
of emergency funding. https://www.creditstrategy.co.uk/news/news-top-stories/half-a-million-businesses-now-on-pound22bn-of-emergency-funding-8455
UK
farming and car industry to be protected in
post-Brexit trade regime. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/19/uk-farming-car-industry-brexit-trade-cut-tariffs-import-duties
And on that we have the word of a regime
of serial-lying criminals.
Christmas
trees and freezers on list of levy-free products
in new tariff regime. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/19/christmas-trees-and-freezers-on-list-of-levy-free-products-in-ne/
Over
£22bn set to be wiped from UK domestic
tourism industry due to pandemic. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-pandemic-uk-domestic-tourism-industry-a9521686.html
Parliament
debates delay to IR35 legislation. https://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2020/05/parliament-debates-delay-ir35-legislation
Big
sales expected when clothes stores reopen next
month. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52714699
19.05.2020:
UK-US trade deal would benefit ‘workers,
consumers and farmers’ – Truss. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/18/uk-us-trade-deal-would-benefit-a-workers-consumers-and-farmers/
According to the latest propaganda release
from a regime of fagging, serial-lying war criminals.
Brexit
– Tory treachery against UK farmers favours
US agribusiness. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/brexit-tory-treachery-against-uk-farmers-favours-us-agribusiness/
Which is why the UK has a regime of serial-lying
fags serving America.
Coronavirus:
Self-employed grant claims top two million.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52710803
Thousands of small firms flock to eBay after
stores shuttered. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/17/thousands-of-small-firms-flock-to-ebay-after-stores-shuttered/
Stilton
cheesemakers warn they risk going bust as sales
plunge 30%. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/17/stilton-cheesemakers-warn-they-risk-going-bust-as-sales-plunge-3/
That will be part of the Brexit trade deal
with the Americans. Eat instead, US-manufactured
industrial cheddar which apes the original recipe
stolen from the English. Refusal to do so will
become 'anti-Semitic' and a criminal offence.
Fourteen
million Britons ready to get on their bikes.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/fourteen-million-britons-ready-bikes-122258000.html
Except for Brexit-voting Knobheads who have
confirmed their loyalty to second-hand, payday-loan
BMWs.
And
are these going to be British-made bikes? Or
will a contract for 20 million of them to replace
various fake ventilator orders go to offshore-based,
Mr Dyson, and the American murder industry?
18.05.2020:
Brits urged to gorge on strawberries to save
tonnes from being destroyed. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/16/brits-urged-to-gorge-on-strawberries-to-save-tonnes-from-being-d/
Farm
pioneers mixture of ‘rewilding’ and
sustainable agriculture. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/17/farm-pioneers-mixture-of-a-rewildinga-and-sustainable-agricul/
17.05.2020:
'Rainbow sale': high street gears up for massive
post-lockdown discounts. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/16/rainbow-sale-high-street-massive-post-lockdown-discounts
Coronavirus
exposes Britain's bogus self-employment problem.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-exposes-britains-bogus-self-151917846.html
Yes,
but just like the fake 'anti-Semitic' theories
also peddled by state propaganda and the fake
news media, bogus self-employment statistics
played a significant part in the election of
the criminal Tory regime.
Home mover visits to property website recover
to pre-lockdown levels. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/15/home-mover-visits-to-property-website-recover-to-pre-lockdown-le/
'I'm
living on cards': The firms waiting for emergency
loans. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52684397
Just what Tory regime donors and sponsors,
the banks, ordered.
Cash
could be the latest victim of coronavirus –
and may never recover. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/may/16/cash-could-be-the-latest-victim-of-coronavirus-and-may-never-recover
Brexit:
'serious risk' EU will fail to protect UK citizens,
says Gove. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/15/brexit-serious-risk-eu-uk-citizens-michael-gove
Whether or not that 'serious risk' ever becomes
equal to the Tory regime's 'failure to protect
UK citizens', remains a very moot point.
16.05.2020:
Lidl installs online collection lockers in UK
stores.
https://www.essentialretail.com/news/lidl-installs-online-collection/
eBay
extends free listings offer for new small businesses.
https://www.theindustry.fashion/ebay-extends-free-listings-for-small-businesses/
Government backtracks on French quarantine exemption.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52682411
Now,
in order to start doing its job in the interests
of the British public, the Tory regime should
introduce a total ban on the entry of all Americans.
10
small businesses you should support today. https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/small-businesses-to-support-today-help-uk-coronavirus-a9514221.html
15.05.2020:
Over 110,000 self-employed apply for coronavirus
grant scheme on opening. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/13/over-110-000-self-employed-apply-for-coronavirus-grant-scheme-on/
Building
sites allowed to stay open longer, says Communities
Secretary. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/13/building-sites-allowed-to-stay-open-longer-says-communities-sec/
44%
of UK firms do not have enough cash to last
six months – survey. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/14/44-of-uk-firms-do-not-have-enough-cash-to-last-six-months-a-s/
Payment
holidays may affect mortgage applications, research
suggests. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/14/payment-holidays-may-affect-mortgage-applications-research-sugg/
Insurance
customers will be able to take three-month payment
holidays. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/14/insurance-customers-will-be-able-to-take-three-month-payment-hol/
No
apparent surge in travel as lockdown measures
eased. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/no-apparent-surge-travel-lockdown-154818432.html
Over
80% of UK consumers claim that payment tech
is important when choosing where to buy goods
and services. https://www.365retail.co.uk/over-80-of-uk-consumers-claim-that-payment-tech-is-important-when-choosing-where-to-buy-goods-and-services/
14.05.2020:
Self-employed grant scheme to open to applications.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52642197
As there are merely 5 million self-employed
in the country, I guess that's a pretty fast
response from a regime of Tory public school
wankers fagging for American Big Corp and its
terrorist administration!
Bank
of England secret bail out of big business –
over £100bn committed in 3 weeks.
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/bank-of-england-secret-bail-out-of-big-business-over-100bn-committed-in-3-weeks/
And that's just for starters.
Boris
Johnson's coronavirus response will help banks
and landlords more than families, think tank
warns. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-boris-johnson-lockdown-banks-landlords-families-ippr-a9510881.html
That was always the plan from the start.
Look after Tory donors and sponsors first and
use the pandemic as a fresh opportunity to milk
the taxpayer.
Moving
home allowed as curbs lift on estate agents
in England. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52640696
MPs
urge UK ban on chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed
beef. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52638628
Chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef
have been sold in the UK for years. Perhaps
if MPs spent less time looking at porn and visiting
their terrorist mates in America and Israel,
they wouldn't have to pretend once again, they
didn't know something which for most is already
common knowledge.
US
message to Britain in bilateral trade talks:
it's us – or China. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/12/us-message-to-britain-in-bilateral-trade-talks-its-us-or-china
Well, there's a no-brainer. China, of course.
After all, who in their right minds would want
to do business with a bunch of poxy, serial-lying,
thieving terrorists and war criminals?
Minor
broadband speed fall suggests networks holding
up against lockdown surge. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/13/minor-broadband-speed-fall-suggests-networks-holding-up-against/
True, it would be hard to imagine the networks
offering even more shite than they were doing
already.
‘Spectacular
mistakes’ in MoD contracting system led
to increased costs of £1.35bn. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ministry-of-defence-contracting-system-mistakes-costs-nuclear-a9510631.html
In other words, if the UK's Ministry of Death
(MoD) was even remotely efficient, it wouldn't
need to spend the taxpayers' money on murdering
children all around the world.
'La
Covid': coronavirus acronym is feminine, Académie
Française says. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/13/le-la-covid-coronavirus-acronym-feminine-academie-francaise-france
It's a pity the Académie Française
hasn't had any success in persuading the French
to speak their own language properly instead
of what has become high-speed babbling over
each other in a mixture of half-Anglo-Saxonisms,
abbreviations and telepathy. Then, they could
move onto teaching their compatriots how to
use a telephone and finally, the internet!
Debit
card helps carers shop for others. https://tinyurl.com/ybnwxgkq
Planting
crops in grid pattern improves yields and aides
environment. https://tinyurl.com/y8fkdgox
Hire
a room away from distractions whilst helping
the hospitality industry. https://tinyurl.com/y7tlrvb2
Makeup
artist creates DIY manicure kit for salon-quality
nails at home. https://tinyurl.com/ya6kh29w
13.05.2020:
All businesses to face Government inspections
before reopening. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/11/all-businesses-to-face-government-inspections-before-reopening/
Foreign
holiday season likely to be cancelled, says
minister. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52632976
Bank offers free cash delivery service to customers.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/12/bank-offers-free-cash-delivery-service-to-customers/
Twitter
will hide 'misleading' coronavirus tweets with
warnings. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-twitter-warning-label-covid-19-a9509691.html
Ah, well, that'll be the end of the Tory
regime's coronavirus propaganda then!
12.05.2020:
Retail footfall suffers greatest ever decline
as shoppers stay at home. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/10/retail-footfall-suffers-greatest-ever-decline-as-shoppers-stay-a/
Businesses
taking on billions in unsustainable debt, trade
body warns. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/11/businesses-taking-on-billions-in-unsustainable-debt-trade-body/
Government
launches £2 billion bid to turn England
into nation of cyclists and walkers to reduce
spread of coronavirus on public transport.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/government-launches-2-billion-bid-183300252.html
New
webinars to boost support for SMEs during coronavirus.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-webinars-to-boost-support-for-smes-during-coronavirus
The webinars will offer practical advice to
SMEs and focus on issues businesses trading
internationally are facing. Topics covered will
range from managing distribution of supply chains
and the movement of goods, to support for selling
online overseas.
Virus
hits UK bid to hire 50,000 post-Brexit customs
staff. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-04/shortage-of-customs-staff-risks-brexit-shock-trade-deal-or-not
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the UK
risks failing to recruit the 50,000 customs
agents the logistics industry says are needed
before the UK leaves the European Union.
So much for the Brexit fake news super-lie that
quitting the EU would herald the end of 'red
tape'!
French
arrivals exempt from UK quarantine plans.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52610594
If 'French arrivals' is going to include
infected Parisites then the UK might as well
dispense with its lockdown altogether.
11.05.2020:
Confidence in business leaders to navigate crisis
hits low. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-confidence-crisis-low-business-finance-121727270.html
Airlines
warned over passenger refund rights. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52606374
FSB
and Mail Metro Media give struggling small businesses
access to a £3m free advertising fund.
https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/fsb-and-mail-metro-media-give-struggling-small-businesses-access-to-a-3m-free-advertising-fund.html
Cloud-based
self-checkout platform is compatible with any
store setup. https://tinyurl.com/ybd4xubr
Elon
Musk predicts human language will be obsolete
in as little as five years: 'We could still
do it for sentimental reasons'. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/elon-musk-joe-rogan-podcast-language-neuralink-grimes-baby-a9506451.html
And the Americans of course, are already
half-way there, speaking as they do, just Twatter
and 'Oh, my God.'
10.05.2020:
UK 'to bring in 14-day quarantine' for air passengers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52594023
UK
included in EU agriculture support measures.
https://www.fginsight.com/news/uk-included-in-eu-covid-19-support-measures-108251
The UK agricultural sector will benefit from
the EU's coronavirus emergency support measures
as the UK is still in the Brexit transition
phase and contributing to the EU budget. The
EU support will provide storage aid for skimmed
milk powder, butter and cheese, beef, sheep
meat and goat meat. Storage aid means the European
Commission will pay for the storage of certain
products for a minimum of two months and a maximum
of six. Competition rules will also be relaxed
for sales of dairy products, flowers and potatoes
for up to six months.
Hundreds
of scam sites selling fake testing kits, face
masks and vaccines taken offline. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-scam-websites-fake-testing-kits-face-masks-vaccine-ncsc-gchq-a9505281.html
Ebay
enjoys lockdown renaissance as buyers and sellers
flock to site. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/may/09/ebay-enjoys-lockdown-renaissance-as-buyers-and-sellers-flock-to-site
Hoodie
with a built-in mask may help protect against
COVID-19. https://tinyurl.com/y97aaxsx
London
brewery delivers a 'Pub in a Box' to home consumers.
https://tinyurl.com/y9x9lbc2
Fashionable
protective clothing made from up-cycled plastic.
https://tinyurl.com/yd9bb677
09.05.2020:
Retail sales plummet in April despite record
jump in online trading. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/retail-sales-plummet-in-april-despite-record-jump-in-online-trad/
Consumer
confidence ‘severely depressed’ as
families sit on their cash. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/consumer-confidence-a-severely-depresseda-as-families-sit-on/
And Big Corp will be even more 'severly depressed'
that consumers aren't spending their hard-earned
on as many piles of shite as they were doing
just a couple of months ago.
700,000
credit card payment holidays granted to help
coronavirus-hit borrowers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/700-000-credit-card-payment-holidays-granted-to-help-coronavirus/
Up
to 15,000 pubs could permanently close, industry
chief warns. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-uk-latest-pub-lockdown-closed-british-beer-pub-association-a9504876.html
This won't bother the Tory regime and the
fake news media too much. They are already providing
dumb viewers with knicker-sniffing, barstool
gobshites like Pee'ers Moron for that fake pub
chatter feel. Minus the 'glassing', unfortunately
in this case.
Uber
loses 2.9 billion dollars as it offloads bike
and scooter business. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/08/uber-loses-2-9-billion-dollars-as-it-offloads-bike-and-scooter-b/
Does this mean Fakebooking, Twattering, 'Oh,
my God-ing' Millennium Man is going to be under
even more pressure to open and heat up a tin
of baked beans?
‘Daydreaming’
house hunters search for glamorous and remote
places to live. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/a-daydreaminga-house-hunters-search-for-glamorous-and-remote/
Allowing infected urbanites into the countryside
sure sounds like a good way of halting the spread
of an epidemic to us!! To follow on from just
one of the ways the Americans and the French
have been going about their so-called lockdowns
in recent weeks.
Virus
has unleashed a 'tsunami of hate' across world,
says UN chief. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/08/global-report-china-open-to-cooperate-with-who-on-virus-origin-as-trump-repeats-lab-claim
Scarcely down to 'the virus' of which there
have been many in the past and which have passed
the world by with scarcely a mention. This time
however, the 'tsunami of hate' is squarely down
to politicians and their scheming, profiteering,
vile liaisons with Big Corp and the fake news
and disinformation gutter media with the UN
a willing participant - as it has been in more
than 30 mass-murder and war crime zones since
the Second World War alone.
Police
drop investigation into pro-Brexit campaigners.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/08/police-drop-investigation-into-pro-brexit-campaigners/
This doesn't come as a surprise. The police
of today are more into ham-acting on tv fake
reality shows; providing protection to the world's
terrorists and war criminals; and promoting
hate-based crimes such as knifing.
Shopping
app partners with retailers to save paper and
plant trees. https://tinyurl.com/y7bl64vg
Home
heater uses infrared radiation, saving energy.
https://tinyurl.com/yd9hy6yh
Bakery
pivots to creating home bread-making kits.
https://tinyurl.com/y83v2l3s
Student
startup develops sustainable fabrics using seawater
plants. https://tinyurl.com/y73tsveg
Elbow
socks designed to help prevent the spread of
viruses. https://tinyurl.com/y7v2t6to
08.05.2020:
Businesses handed £5.5bn in coronavirus
relief loans.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/businesses-handed-a-5-5bn-in-coronavirus-relief-loans/
And any clarfication yet on how much taxpayers
money is being handed over to the offshore fake
news and disinformation gutter press?
Eligibility
checker for Self-Employment Support Scheme.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/self-employed-invited-to-get-ready-to-make-their-claims-for-coronavirus-covid-19-support
HMRC has launched an online eligibility
checker to enable people to check if they can
claim a grant under the Self-Employment Income
Support Scheme (SEISS). To use the checker,
applicants will need their unique taxpayer reference,
their National Insurance number and a Government
Gateway account. HMRC has also confirmed that
the SEISS will open on 13 May 2020 and grant
payments will be made by 25 May, or within six
working days of a completed claim.
Only
half of businesses prepared to return to pre-crisis
levels after lockdown lifts. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/06/only-half-of-businesses-prepared-to-return-to-pre-crisis-levels/
That is more a case of being 'capable' to
return to pre-crisis levels rather than 'prepared'.
Site
tradespeople asked to cut pay rates by up to
30%. https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2020/05/07/site-tradespeople-asked-to-cut-pay-rates-by-up-to-30/
Government’s
freelance scheme goes live next Wednesday. https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/coronavirus/2020/05/governments-freelance-scheme-goes-live-wednesday
BT
scraps dividend to spend cash on full fibre
rollout to 20m homes. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/bt-scraps-dividend-to-spend-cash-on-full-fibre-rollout-to-20m-ho/
Most
“in-depth live survey to date” on
impact of Covid-19 on SMEs. https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/coronavirus/2020/05/most-depth-live-survey-date-impact-covid-19-smes
07.05.2020:
Small businesses pocket £2bn on first
day of new government loans. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/06/small-businesses-pocket-a-2bn-on-first-day-of-new-government-loa/
More
than half a million businesses face high risk
of insolvency – survey. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/04/more-than-half-a-million-businesses-face-high-risk-of-insolvency/
Firms
ready to restart within three weeks, says business
group. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52552580
What then remains to be seen is just how
wedded the public still are to the piles upon
piles of needless shite produced by the western
economy.
UK
builders suffer worst slump on record amid Covid-19
lockdown - business live. https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2020/may/06/germany-factory-orders-covid-19-uk-construction-us-job-cuts-business-live
Three
quarters of British truckers expect to go out
of business within just 2 months. https://truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/three-quarters-of-british-truckers-expect-to-go-out-of-business-within-just-2-months/
Government
urged to refund consumers for cancelled holidays.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/06/government-urged-to-refund-consumers-for-cancelled-holidays/
Airbnb laying off 1,900 employees due to travel
decline. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/05/airbnb-laying-off-1-900-employees-due-to-travel-decline/
Alan
Sugar teeth whitening tweet banned by advertising
watchdog. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52554479
Sugar has quite a reputation for peddling
disinformation - not least of all supporting
the snout-in-trough media's fake 'anti-Semitism'
accusations levelled at the Labour Party in
the run-up to the last elections. And now look
at what the country is having to put up with!
Gas
stoves making indoor air up to five times dirtier
than outdoor air, report finds. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/05/gas-stoves-air-pollution-environment
Not to worry. There are plenty of governments
waiting to bail out the world's biggest polluters
to ensure outdoor air quality plunges once again,
to its pre-covid killer levels. In other words,
7 million dead a year as opposed to just a quarter
of a million (so far) that covid has supposedly
accounted for.
06.05.2020:
Coronavirus: UK service sector activity plummets
at record pace. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52542943
US-UK
trade deal negotiations start today when government
stretched to limit. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/us-uk-trade-deal-negotiations-start-today-when-government-stretched-to-limit/
Otherwise known as the American Chickenshit
Negotiations - which are a done deal already.
Lloyds
lends £1bn to small businesses in 24 hours.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/05/lloyds-lends-a-1bn-to-small-businesses-in-24-hours/
Barclays customers struggle to get 'vital'
loans. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52542037
Vulnerable
people still struggling to access food supplies,
says Which? https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/04/vulnerable-people-still-struggling-to-access-food-supplies-says/
That has been the case for as long as the
Tory regime has been in power!
‘Rural
renaissance’ predicted as prime house hunters
consider moving to villages. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/05/a-rural-renaissancea-predicted-as-prime-house-hunters-conside/
There go thousands of neighbourhoods!
Pet
scam victims have lost over £280,000 in
past two months, says Action Fraud. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/04/pet-scam-victims-have-lost-over-a-280-000-in-past-two-months-sa/
How
the Internet of Things will transform consumerism,
enterprises, and governments over the next five
years. https://tinyurl.com/ycfql2xk
Bridal
company launches first virtual showroom.
https://tinyurl.com/yabpfhfw
A
virtual barbershop guides you through a haircut
during lockdown. https://tinyurl.com/ycre8oet
Online
funeral service helps grieving families in isolation.
https://tinyurl.com/ya8jnbj6
05.05.2020:
Firms rush to secure new lockdown survival loans.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52524343
Trade minister Conor Burns resigns over 'veiled
threats' in letter. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-52531078
Growth
in craft beer sector slows, study suggests.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/02/growth-in-craft-beer-sector-slows-study-suggests/
7
reasons why I refuse to shop on Amazon —
even during the coronavirus lockdown. https://tinyurl.com/y7fzqo33
Reusable,
origami-style face shield helps to fight COVID-19.
https://tinyurl.com/y7vcmw6f
First
digital recycling compliance management platform
for e-commerce. https://tinyurl.com/y77pox5p
Sustainable
handbags that consumers assemble at home.
https://tinyurl.com/ydyr2666
04.05.2020:
Coronavirus lockdown: Business group calls for
phased easing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52518346
Half
a million construction jobs could be lost if
Boris Johnson gets lockdown exit strategy wrong,
trade body warns. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-lockdown-strategy-coronavirus-trade-body-warning-a9495176.html
Brits
warned not to expect ‘business as usual’
when Boris Johnson sets out plan. https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/coronavirus-lockdown-transport-secretary-warns-brits-not-to-expect-business-as-usual-when-boris-johnson-sets-out-plan
At the moment that 'plan' by Little Ingerlandt's
serial-lying American Prime Minister consists
of stories in the fake news media about his
own supposed near-death coronavirus experience,
intended, one imagines, to stir up public sympathy
in the face of the criminal political incompetence
involved in the mismanagement of the pandemic
in Britain.
Eurostar
makes face masks obligatory for all passengers.
https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/05/02/eurostar-makes-face-masks-obligatory-for-all-passengers/
Eurostar fonctionnaires are being instructed
not to use passengers wearing masks as an excuse
for being 'held up'.
03.05.2020:
UK government faces legal challenge to lockdown
from businessman. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/may/01/uk-government-faces-legal-challenge-coronavirus-lockdown-businessman-simon-dolan
The UK government should also be facing legal
charges for war crimes, crimes against humanity
and manslaughter.
Covid-19
throws Europe's tourism industry into chaos.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/02/covid-19-throws-europes-tourism-industry-into-chaos
Let's
re-phrase that. 'Europe's politicians throw
the tourism industry into chaos.'
Channel 4 Dispatches report accused of 'dehumanising'
Travellers. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/02/truth-about-traveller-crime-channel-4-dispatches-show-accused-dehumanising
Travellers clearly don't fall within the
scope of the fake news media's current bullshit
about home-based working. Mind you, TV programmes
generally are about spreading disinformation,
conspiracies and propaganda, so Travellers are
only the latest to be targeted. Now then. Back
to trying to get a sniff of Meghan Markle's
knickers.
US
House politicians want to grill Amazon boss
over market dominance. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/05/01/us-house-politicians-want-to-grill-amazon-boss-over-market-domin/
American
politicians would further their supposed investigation
more convincingly if they 'grilled' bent and
stupid fellow-politicians and the Semitic fake
news media on why Amazon enjoys such market
dominance.
Coronavirus:
From Alpine ski slopes to vegetable picking.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52504186
02.05.2020:
Government announces £6.1m fund to support
UK high streets. https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2020/05/01/government-announces-61m-fund-to-support-uk-high-streets
Absolutely
derisory. Nothing but a dirt-cheap propaganda
exercise.
Pub
and restaurant owners join forces to demand
payouts from insurers. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pub-restaurant-coronavirus-uk-insurance-claims-a9493131.html
Debt
warning over car finance payment holidays.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52462333
HMRC
overcharges pensioners £600m in tax –
are you owed a refund? https://www.ii.co.uk/analysis-commentary/hmrc-overcharges-pensioners-ps600m-tax-are-you-owed-refund-ii511502
HMRC clearly has to finance its tax-cheating
love-affair with American Big Corp somehow so
why not pick on the weakest and most vulnerable
taxpayers in the country? As usual.
Where
next for the gig economy and precarious work
post COVID-19? https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/management/2020/05/01/where-next-for-the-gig-economy-and-precarious-work-post-covid-19/
How
beekeepers are keeping food production going
despite the sting of lockdown. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/bees-pollen-food-production-farming-beekeepers-lockdown-a9489061.html
01.05.2020:
Coronavirus: Fewer loans approved as firms rush
to get lifeline. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52483460
Things going pretty much to plan, in that
case.
Fifth
of retailers do not intend to reopen after lockdown,
MPs told. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/30/fifth-of-retailers-do-not-intend-to-reopen-after-lockdown-mps-t/
Amazon will be delighted. More lunches for
bent, criminally incompetent Tory fags and the
HMRC in the offing.
Personal
insolvencies fall to lowest level in more than
a year. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/30/personal-insolvencies-fall-to-lowest-level-in-more-than-a-year/
Expect a huge surge when the country's administration
returns to work.
Complaints
on holiday accommodation and nursery refunds
probed. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/30/complaints-on-holiday-accommodation-and-nursery-refunds-probed/
And merely 'probed' is where any redress
for consumers will end.
Banks
not always considering vulnerability of scam
victims, review finds. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/30/banks-not-always-considering-vulnerability-of-scam-victims-revi/
Don't want to affect profits, do we now?
Digital
banks among latest ‘winners’ from
customers using switching service. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/29/digital-banks-among-latest-a-winnersa-from-customers-using-sw/
Plans
to scrap tax on e-publications brought forward
amid lockdown. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/30/plans-to-scrap-tax-on-e-publications-brought-forward-amid-lockdo/
US
blacklists five Amazon foreign websites.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52482379
What the US/UK fake news and propaganda machine
doesn't mention is just how many people in the
rest of the world are now blacklisting anything
and everything American! (Especially in the
light of its deliberate spread of coronavirus.)
With
our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and
Cobweb Info.
Len
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