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28.02.2021:
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down for: A Home and Small Business
Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st February 2021
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
 28.02.2021:
Rishi Sunak plots tax raid on parcels and freelance
workers. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/rishi-sunak-plots-tax-raid-205001694.html
What a surprise!!! Still. Got to keep the
Meghan Markle knicker-sniffing, fake news gutter
media and Tory propaganda in the taxpayer-subsidised
style to which they have become accustomed.
Budget:
£5bn business grants for firms hit hardest
by Covid to aid recovery. https://www.aol.co.uk/budget-5bn-business-grants-firms-000120609.html
Worried
eBay chief's warning to Chancellor on eve of
the Budget: Be careful...or online tax raid
will hit small firms and shoppers. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9306959/EBay-chiefs-warning-Chancellor-eve-Budget.html
The last thing the corrupt, fagging Tory
regime is worried by - small firms and shoppers.
27.02.2021:
Budget: Mortgage guarantee scheme to help those
with small deposits. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/budget-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-help-000217466.html
Chancellor's
tax crackdown could cost landlords £7,000.
https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/chancellors-tax-crackdown-could-cost-150059634.html
Cyber
criminals seek to cash in on Covid vaccines
after fraudulent adverts pop up. https://www.cityam.com/cyber-criminals-seek-to-cash-in-on-covid-vaccines-after-fraudulent-adverts-pop-up/
Same culprits as the Brexit campaign, one
supposes?
VAT
deferral new payment scheme. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vat-deferral-new-payment-scheme-online-service-opens
A new scheme has been launched for businesses
that deferred their VAT payments between March
and June 2020. The VAT deferral new payment
scheme allows businesses to pay their deferred
VAT bill in smaller monthly instalments from
March 2021. Businesses can opt into the scheme
until 21 June 2021.
Support
for exporters announced. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukef-overhauls-buyer-finance-support-to-boost-sme-exports
UK Export Finance has launched a new guarantee
scheme that will help overseas buyers of UK
goods and services access finance to help unlock
trade and increase exports. Under the Standard
Buyer Loan Guarantee (SBLG), loans of up to
85% of the value of a contract with a UK exporter
will be guaranteed. Typically these will be
worth between £1 million and £30
million. This will ensure that UK businesses
get paid upfront to fulfil an export contract
and the overseas buyer can repay the loan over
a longer period.
26.02.2021:
Sunak set to overhaul Covid loan programme:
Bounce back scheme to close at end of March.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9301111/Sunak-set-overhaul-Covid-loan-programme-weeks-budget.html
Which?
calls for urgent government action to protect
access to cash. https://www.which.co.uk/news/2021/02/which-calls-for-urgent-government-action-to-protect-access-to-cash/
Landlords
sell up amid fears of capital gains tax hikes.
https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/landlords-sell-amid-fears-capital-102219781.html
HMRC
chief receives call from scammers pretending
to be taxman. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/hmrc-chief-receives-call-scammers-144133195.html
We can see why there might easily have been
some confusion.
US
carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed militia
in Syria. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/25/us-airstrike-syria-iran-militia
According to serial-lying pro-American terrorist
propaganda, that is. Not taken the US murder
industry's latest appointee long to carry on
with the business as usual of murdering civilians,
then? (Plus
the continued spread of covid all around the
world by American war criminals.)
25.02.2021:
Brexit trade delays getting worse at UK border,
survey finds. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/24/brexit-trade-delays-getting-worse-uk-border-survey-finds
Well, the Brexit 'changeover' is meant to
be a 'ten year plan'. According to serial-lying
politicians, Brexit campaigners and the fake
news gutter media. Although they failed to point
this out to the dumb British public in the run-up
to the Brexit referendum.
Nearly
800,000 home-owners ‘vulnerable to repossession’.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/nearly-800-000-home-owners-220016628.html
Exclusive:
New wave of £7,500 grants for self-employed
– but scheme may be scrapped as restrictions
end. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/wave-7-500-grants-self-214337715.html
Britons
‘could be owed £480m for being overcharged
on smartphone purchases’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/britons-could-owed-480m-being-161417573.html
Phone
scam reports tripled in January, says HMRC.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/phone-scam-reports-tripled-january-124003033.html
24.02.2021:
EU trade in trouble as over a fifth of UK firms
consider curbing exports. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/brexit-eu-trade-uk-currency-risk-sentiment-bcc-000153218.html
Which spells even more trouble for UK firms
themselves and so, of course, the UK economy
- and employment.
Buy
now, pay later schemes ‘fastest-growing
online payment method in UK’. https://www.lbc.co.uk/business/c2be0b36d3d543a989a587107ead1311/
That's because people just ain't got no shekels
no more and buying shit is more important than
earning before spending.
Start-up
businesses invited to join challenge to tackle
poverty premium. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/start-businesses-invited-join-challenge-131912823.html
Fair
treatment of vulnerable customers must be embedded
in firms’ culture – FCA. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/fair-treatment-vulnerable-customers-must-102209575.html
That way, the Financial Conduct Authority
(FCA) can remain as ineffective as it has always
been.
More
mortgage options for first-time landlords. https://www.yourmortgage.co.uk/buy-to-let/more-mortgage-options-for-first-time-landlords/
Britain's
au pair system 'killed' by Brexit. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/britains-au-pair-system-killed-brexit-1688116
EU
agrees sanctions against Russia over Navalny.
https://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/russia-sanctions-navalny.23oh
As if the EU can afford to do even less business
with the outside world than it does already.
They must be hoping that a further stimulus
to crimes against humanity, terrorist activity,
the sponsorship of terrorism, money-laundering,
fraud and thieving will take up still more financial
slack.
STAY
LOCAL: HOW FAR WILL I BE ABLE TO TRAVEL IN MARCH?
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/where-travel-march-uk-local-rules-b1805759.html
Unless you are a media barstool hypocrite
like Pee'ers Moron, in which case you will be
f*cking off to staycation in France.
23.02.2021:
Sunak to raise business tax to pay for COVID-19
support - The Sunday Times. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/sunak-raise-business-tax-pay-065807518.html
Notable exclusions to the 'business tax'
will be the gutter media and state propaganda,
money-laundering, terrorism and the sponsorship
of terrorism.
House
prices jump by £57,000 as buyers rush
to save on stamp duty. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/house-prices-jump-57-000-101920803.html
The
British housing market Ponzi scheme goes from
the sublime to the ridiculous.
Holiday
bookings surge following lockdown exit plans.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56161129
That should guarantee the spread of further
pandemics as shit-faced Brits go in search of
one-week spewing holidays.
Minister
under fire for meeting with head of Muslim Council
of Britain. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/minister-under-fire-meeting-head-222854694.html
At a time when Britain needs every bit of
support and every fresh avenue it can find,
it seems the Tory regime's terrorists, sponsors
of terrorism, supporters of apartheid, money-laundering,
thieving, serial-lying and hypocrisy prefer
to maintain their ties to their traditional
cabal of war criminals, murderers and fanatics
instead. Despite Brexit, it seems Britain is
becoming more and more like Macron's 'separatist'
France every day!
Matt
Hancock's ex-neighbour investigated by medical
watchdog after winning £30m Covid contract.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/inquiry-30m-covid-contract-matt-223508346.html
Why
isn't Hand-on-cock - and other bent Tories -
being investigated as well? Or would that be
'anti-Semitic'?
Free wine and cash among rewards offered for
switching current accounts. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/free-wine-cash-among-rewards-120641775.html
22.02.2021:
Sunak to raise business tax to pay for COVID-19
support - The Sunday Times. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/sunak-raise-business-tax-pay-065807518.html
Obvious exceptions to the rise will be offshore
Tory donors - including of course, the taxpayer-subsidised,
fake news gutter media.
Middle-income
households to be hit by ‘£2bn council
tax bombshell’. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/middle-income-households-hit-2bn-101501136.html
Obviously all part of the Great Brexit Plan:
tax everyone except snout-in-trough Tory donors.
Sussex
medicines firm takes production line abroad
in white van to beat Brexit ban. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/sussex-medicines-firm-takes-production-093735306.html
Let's hope that the French remember this
gesture - that not every Brit is a serial-lying,
thieving, Tory criminal.
New
breed of local food halls in UK towns offer
grub and a hub. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/21/new-breed-of-local-food-halls-offers-grub-and-a-hub
Which
Britons have been refused credit? https://yougov.co.uk/topics/finance/articles-reports/2021/02/22/which-britons-have-been-refused-credit
21.02.2021:
UK retail sales plunge in latest national lockdown.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/lockdown-uk-retail-sales-covid-b1804718.html
Ports
feel the chill as trade re-routes around Brexit
Britain. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/20/ports-feel-the-chill-as-trade-re-routes-around-brexit-britain
Post-Brexit
law shift exempts golf buggies and ride-on lawnmowers
from compulsory motor insurance. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/vnuk-law-lawmowers-golf-buggies-mobility-sccoters-insurance-b1805058.html
Wow. The country's economy is almost ruined.
Businesses are going bust or re-locating abroad
in their thousands. At least half a million
people have lost their jobs. But the public
will now be able to ditch their cars to go shopping
at Tesco with ride-in lawnmowers instead.
UK
councils join Click It Local to support high
street businesses. https://tamebay.com/2021/02/uk-councils-join-click-it-local-to-support-high-street-businesses.html
20.02.2021:
Uber drivers are workers not self-employed,
Supreme Court rules. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56123668
It's 'only' taken 5 years to make an official
start on undoing this Tory, fake guru, fake
news media, ONS fake self-employed scam but
- at least the truth has finally started to
come out. Unlike reporting by ourselves and
other independent sources which have been pointing
the finger at the 'gig' economy from the outset.
What remains to be seen now is just how quickly
this inconvenient truth can be buried under
a pile of graffiti reporting from the USA and
the antics of the media's Z-rater personalities.
Self-assessment
taxpayers given more time to avoid 5% late payment
penalty. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/self-assessment-taxpayers-given-more-135832784.html
SMEs
forecast 8.1% growth over 2021 as they plan
for lockdown easing. https://smallbusiness.co.uk/smes-forecast-8-1-growth-over-2021-as-lockdown-restrictions-ease-2552160/
Ummm. I doubt that 95% of SMEs would even
know how to forecast growth.
HSBC
fraud helpline's 20-hour wait 'disgraceful'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56128679
Criminals do have a tendency to 'stick together'.
Where
to recycle your old or unwanted clothes and
beauty products on the high street. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/sustainable-living/clothes-donate-recycle-bank-beauty-b1801648.html
19.02.2021:
Brexit: Government acknowledges ‘non-tariff
trading barriers’ have emerged. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/brexit-government-acknowledges-non-tariff-204345719.html
Yet again - a blindingly obvious development
which could have been discussed during the pre-referendum
Brexit debate. Except that wouldn't have suited
the agenda of the serial-lying Brexit campaigners
looking to make huge profits from the public's
stupidity.
The
post-Brexit loss of British sovereignty. Full
list of MPs who voted AGAINST giving Parliament
a say on future trade deals. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/full-list-of-mps-who-voted-against-giving-parliament-a-say-on-future-trade-deals/
Households’
hopes for personal finances improved in February
– index. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/households-hopes-personal-finances-improved-122852882.html
Estimated
2m people ‘left out of pocket for flights
they could not board’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/estimated-2m-people-left-pocket-110346586.html
18.02.2021:
Coronavirus: One in three business-to-consumer
firms face cash crisis. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-one-in-three-business-to-consumer-firms-face-cash-crisis-000112173.html
Rent
debt crisis 'could lead to homelessness'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56103280
Trustpilot
removed 2.2 million bogus reviews in 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56100082
Only 20 million more to go.
Gig
workers: guinea pigs of the new world of work.
https://www.socialeurope.eu/gig-workers-guinea-pigs-of-the-new-world-of-work
There is nothing 'new' about 'gig' workers.
Only the terminology has changed. In the UK
they have simply been defined as 'unemployed'
in the past. Followed by 'fake self-employed.'
Other than in the fake news media, of course.
CONSUMER
TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2021 AND BEYOND - APAC EDITION.
https://www.mintel.com/blog/consumer-market-news/consumer-trends-to-watch-in-2021-and-beyond-apac-edition
Broadband credit score mistake 'cost me thousands'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56069345
How
to ease the scourge of late payments. https://magazine.dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2021/02/18/how-to-ease-the-scourge-of-late-payments/
17.02.2021:
Hikes to income tax and VAT likely as UK recovers
from Covid-19, think tank says. https://www.aol.co.uk/hikes-income-tax-vat-likely-132222902.html
No chance of Tory donors and sponsors simply
paying their dues, then? Or would that be 'anti-Semitic'
again?
HMRC
release IR35 ‘compliance principles’
ahead of reform. http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=81845;n=240
‘Click
and collect’ cash initiative coming to
the UK. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/click-collect-cash-initiative-coming-104416509.html
Adevinta
and Ebay’s £6.5bn Gumtree deal ‘could
lead to higher prices’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/adevinta-ebay-6-5bn-gumtree-080819517.html
Amazon
launches 2-day boot camp for Black-owned businesses.
https://www.chargedretail.co.uk/2021/02/16/amazon-launches-2-day-boot-camp-for-black-owned-businesses/
16.02.2021:
Travel and tourism suffers worst employment
hit. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/travel-tourism-suffers-worst-employment-112218485.html
Latest
Covid lockdown ends work for 700,000 UK freelancers.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/latest-covid-lockdown-ends-700-070035640.html
More than half of consumers feel that the government
still isn’t doing enough to support high
street retail and hospitality businesses. https://www.365retail.co.uk/more-than-half-of-consumers-feel-that-the-government-still-isnt-doing-enough-to-support-high-street-retail-and-hospitality-businesses/
Liz
Truss is refusing to answer questions about
trading crisis sparked by Brexit, parties protest.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-trading-brexit-b1802529.html
Google fined over ‘misleading’ French
hotel rankings. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/google-fined-over-misleading-french-134355423.html
15.02.2021:
Councils sitting on £1.4bn in Covid-19
grants due for businesses. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/councils-sitting-1-4bn-covid-094702830.html
UK-US
Brexit trade deal ‘could fill supermarkets
with cancer-risk bacon’. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/14/uk-us-brexit-trade-deal-could-fill-supermarkets-with-cancer-risk-bacon
That's why Britain has been groomed as an
American colony since the Thatcher years. It's
that 'special relationship' again - or, fleecing
and dumping ground.
Fewer
landlords buying properties with cash, report
finds. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/fewer-landlords-buying-properties-cash-024521305.html
At-home
food selling concerning, says Food Standards
Agency. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56032185
14.02.2021:
FOUR IN FIVE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS EXPERIENCING
POOR MENTAL HEALTH. https://www.thehrdirector.com/business-news/mental-health/four-in-five-small-business-owners-experiencing-poor-mental-health/
Scotch
whisky exports fall to lowest level in a decade.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/scotch-whisky-exports-fall-lowest-170043595.html
Quarantine
hotel criticised for ‘dirty’ rooms
and ‘small food portions’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/quarantine-hotel-criticised-dirty-rooms-184052733.html
UK
snail sales flourish amid lockdown. https://www.foodanddrinktechnology.com/news/37076/uk-snail-sales-flourish-amid-lockdown/
13.02.2021:
‘Worst economic crisis of any major economy’
as UK economy shrinks at fastest rate for 300
years. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-economics/economics/worst-economic-crisis-of-any-major-economy-as-uk-economy-shrinks-at-fastest-rate-for-300-years/12/02/
For which we can thank the serial-lying,
corrupt, fagging regime of Tory war criminals
and the serial-lying, fake conspiracy, criminal,
propaganda gutter press which put them in power.
Stealth
tax raid on personal allowances to raise £6bn.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/stealth-tax-raid-on-personal-allowances-to-raise-6bn/ar-BB1dC0mO?ocid=msedgntp
No
suggestion of the offshore, taxpayer-subsidised,
tax-dodging, fake news gutter press paying their
way then?
Hotel quarantine website taken offline on day
of launch.
https://www.thecaterer.com/news/hotel-quarantine-website-taken-offline-day-launch
Companies fined £270,000 in total for
making nuisance calls. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/companies-fined-270-000-total-133534374.html
12.02.2021:
Brexit trade arrangements an ‘unmitigated
disaster’, food sector bosses tell MPs.
https://www.aol.co.uk/brexit-trade-arrangements-unmitigated-disaster-175428945.html
Amsterdam
overtakes London as Europe’s largest trading
hub. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/amsterdam-overtakes-london-europe-largest-104719034.html
Number
of home-owners falling into mortgage arrears
expected to increase in 2021. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/number-home-owners-falling-mortgage-145634865.html
Banks
could be required to publish their bank transfer
scam data. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/banks-could-required-publish-bank-142434149.html
£1.4
billion in vital business support withheld by
local authorities, EIA reveals. https://www.eventindustrynews.com/news/1-4-billion-in-vital-business-support-withheld-by-local-authorities-eia-reveals
Hundreds
of millions in green grants for English homes
pulled despite delays. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/10/hundreds-of-millions-in-green-grants-for-english-homes-pulled-despite-delays
11.02.2021:
Exporters facing major difficulties with border
changes, business group says. https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/exporters-facing-major-difficulties-border-19812783
Almost
half of consumers will continue to shop more
locally, finds research. https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/almost-half-of-consumers-will-continue-to-shop-more-locally-finds-research-10-02-2021/
‘Romance
fraud’ rises 20% during lockdown. https://www.creditstrategy.co.uk/news/news-top-stories/romance-fraud-rises-20-during-lockdown--18740
10.02.2021:
Consumer spending drops 16% in January as shoppers
“continue habits formed in first lockdown”.
https://www.chargedretail.co.uk/2021/02/09/consumer-spending-drops-16-in-january-as-shoppers-continue-habits-formed-in-first-lockdown/
Brexit
bureaucracy stopping shellfish imports to EU
is ‘devastating blow’ for industry,
government admits. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/brexit-bureaucracy-stopping-shellfish-imports-173353860.html
Government
uses ‘shameful’ tactics to deny vote
on trade deals with countries committing genocide.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/government-uses-shameful-tactics-to-deny-vote-on-trade-deals-with-countries-committing-genocide/ar-BB1dwzgK?ocid=msedgdhp
Online sales grow at record levels in January
- but overall retail sales fall to lowest level
since last May: BRC/Barclaycard. https://internetretailing.net/themes/themes/online-sales-grow-at-record-levels-in-january---but-overall-retail-sales-fall-to-lowest-level-since-last-may-brcbarclaycard-22673
Mass
legal action brought against Facebook over ‘data
protection failure’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/mass-legal-action-brought-against-074318334.html
09.02.2021:
Business borrowing soared but credit card usage
plunged in 2020. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/business-borrowing-soared-credit-card-090059937.html
Brexiteers
failed to take UK out of EU as single country,
Tory MP admits. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-northern-ireland-uk-eu-drax-b1799315.html
More treason, in other words.
UK
declines to follow US in withdrawing support
for Saudi terrorism and war crimes. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/08/uk-declines-to-follow-us-in-suspending-saudi-arms-sales-over-yemen
Artists
urged to shrug off Brexit blues in cross-Channel
project. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/08/artists-urged-shrug-off-brexit-blues-cross-channel-project
08.02.2021:
Fury at Gove as exports to EU slashed by 68%
since Brexit. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/06/fury-at-gove-as-exports-to-eu-slashed-by-68-since-brexit
Gove’s
office insists EU freight ‘near normal’.
https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2021/02/goves-office-insists-eu-freight-near-normal/
Amazon
could be hit by online sales tax under business
rates review. https://www.aol.co.uk/amazon-could-hit-online-sales-155424453.html
Now that would be a rarity: scrounging US
Big Corp paying its way.
UK
towns with more immigrants do much better economically,
study finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/immigration-economic-effect-uk-towns-b1798198.html
That has long been common knowledge - and
the only deniers have been bent Tory politicians
and the hate-preaching, fake news, fake conspiracy,
offshore gutter press. (Also owned by 'foreigners'.)
And their dumber-than-dumb followers, usually
on Fakebook and Twatter.
MPs
urge British Olympians to boycott 2022 Beijing
Winter Games. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/06/mps-urge-british-olympians-to-boycott-2022-beijing-winter-games
No problems with supporting and attending
Olympic games in the USA which has committed
genocide, war crimes and crimes and humanity
on a scale hitherto unprecedented in human history.
Nor in supporting athletes, teams and lesser
games from terrorist states (customers) like
Israel and Saudi Arabia; nor indeed, Britain
itself, always a flag bearer for terrorism,
genocide and war crimes itself. Mind you, hypocrisy
and double standards would fall into total disrepute
if they weren't constantly being demonstrated
by politicians - and the fake news media.
07.02.2021:
As trade through the Channel Tunnel collapses
border delays and tariffs mean Brexit is wreaking
havoc on our businesses. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/border-delays-tariffs-were-told-152805124.html
'Wreaking havoc' was always going to be down
to the Tory regime implementing Brexit; and
the Semitic fake news gutter press responsible
for both the Tories and Brexit.
UK
FASHION INDUSTRY ‘IN JEOPARDY’ WITHOUT
URGENT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/brexit-uk-fashion-industry-support-b1796173.html
06.02.2021:
Brexit red tape chaos triggers collapse in trade
going through Channel Tunnel. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/brexit-red-tape-chaos-triggers-collapse-in-trade-going-through-channel-tunnel/ar-BB1dpzjl?ocid=msedgdhp
Plans
for new subsidies system. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/business-secretary-sets-out-new-subsidies-system-that-works-for-the-uk
The Department for Business has published plans
for a new UK-wide subsidy control system that
will provide flexible and tailored financial
support to businesses. The system will replace
EU state aid rules and enable local authorities
and devolved administrations to provide better-tailored
support to start-ups, small businesses and new
industries. A consultation on the plans has
been launched and will close on 31 March 2021.
Same
day local doorstep delivery service success.
https://wholesalemanager.co.uk/same-day-local-doorstep-delivery-service-success/
UK government 'didn't know' woman involved
in Dunn crash worked for US intelligence.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/courts/uk-government-didn-t-know-woman-involved-in-dunn-crash-worked-for-us-intelligence/ar-BB1dozfF?ocid=msedgdhp
It's a fresh fairy tale every week as the
Dunn case refuses to go away. Very good for
Little Ingerlandt's image just as it is desperately
looking for that magical 100 new trading partners
to replace the EU! (Not that the Tories are
likely to be able to damage Britain's reputation
any more than they have done so in the past.)
05.02.2021:
Brexit warning: UK and EU businesses told to
brace for major border disruption from April.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/brexit-warning-uk-and-eu-businesses-told-to-brace-for-major-border-disruption-from-april/ar-BB1doeGb?ocid=msedgdhp
That's unusual - the fake news gutter press
publishing 'warnings' of the consequences of
it's serial-lying, pro-Brexit disinformation
campaign.
Culture
Secretary assessing ‘absurd’ post-Brexit
obstacles facing musicians. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/culture-secretary-assessing-absurd-post-brexit-obstacles-facing-musicians/ar-BB1do1Av?ocid=msedgdhp
'The obstacles' being of course, the pro-Brexit
Tory regime and its negotiators who agreed the
Brexit deal. Yet now it seems, it's all Brussels'
fault. Again. (Although Little Ingerlandt's
fish are a lot happier now.)
Home
workers putting in more hours since Covid, research
shows. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/04/home-workers-putting-in-more-hours-since-covid-research
That's because they are spending more time
getting pissed and staying in bed.
Boris
Johnson must commit to ruling out trade deals
with genocidal regimes in wake of Uighur report,
MPs say. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-uighur-report-china-trade-deal-b1797563.html
Which would obviously rule out trade deals
with the Americans, the Israelis and the Saudis.
So we know this is just another example of lying,
Tory bullshit.
I
struggled as a self-employed Amazon driver –
while the company boomed. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/04/self-employed-amazon-driver-company-delivered
04.02.2021:
Shops and landlords pay almost £1bn in
rates despite holiday. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/02/02/shops-and-landlords-pay-almost-a-1bn-in-rates-despite-holiday/
Conservative
MPs laud post-Brexit ‘return of the booze
cruise’. https://www.aol.co.uk/conservative-mps-laud-post-brexit-175559368.html
Having almost completely fc*uked up the country's
economy, this is the only aspect of Brexit which
has merit for the Tories? A boatful of gobby,
shitfaced Brits with carrier-bags filled with
cheap plonk with which to get shitfaced yet
again?
Potatoes
and tractors banned from Northern Ireland if
they have British soil on them. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/potatoes-tractors-banned-northern-ireland-195202582.html
We can see now where Brussels bureaucrats
received their training.
London
courier launches two-hour delivery service for
local businesses. https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/london-courier-launches-two-hour-delivery-service-for-local-businesses-03-02-2021/
03.02.2021:
Average British family spent extra £50
on groceries in January. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/02/average-british-family-spent-extra-50-on-groceries-in-january
Buy
now pay later firms will come under FCA regulation.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/02/02/buy-now-pay-later-firms-will-come-under-fca-regulation/
In other words they will be joining all the
other crooks, scammers, tax dodgers and money-launderers
under FCA 'regulation'.
Record
staycation summer expected for 2021 as travel
firms see huge surge in bookings. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/record-staycation-summer-expected-for-2021-as-travel-firms-see-huge-surge-in-bookings/ar-BB1djZSH?ocid=msedgdhp
Brexit:
15 million baby bees could be seized and burned
over ‘monumentally stupid’ rules.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-bees-burned-uk-eu-rules-b1796201.html
The Tory Brexit Wankfest gets under way.
Gambling
companies ordered to slow down addictive online
slot machines amid growing evidence of harm.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/gambling-online-slot-machines-rules-losses-b1796561.html
Or, they could simply ban online gambling.
Although that would mean far fewer cash suppositories
for bent Tories. And it would be 'anti-Semitic'.
02.02.2021:
Brexit 'teething problems' endemic and could
ruin us, say UK businesses. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/31/brexit-trade-troubles-teething-problems-endemic-disruption
Shoppers
‘at risk from online retailers flouting
consumer returns rules’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/30/shoppers-a-at-risk-from-online-retailers-flouting-consumer-retu/
1.8m
taxpayers miss January 31 self-assessment deadline.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/02/01/1-8m-taxpayers-miss-january-31-self-assessment-deadline/
01.02.2021:
Road freight between Britain and EU is down
by a third, data shows. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/road-freight-between-britain-and-eu-is-down-by-a-third-data-shows/ar-BB1dg1bo?ocid=msedgdhp
Businesses
welcome UK's plan to join one of the world's
biggest free-trade areas. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/brexit-uk-could-join-worlds-biggest-free-trade-areas-australia-japan-tariffs-imports-exports-223013053.html
'Businesses' which have failed to make a
go of trading with Europe just over 20 miles
away think they are going to succeed with a
fake 'free trade' deal with the other side of
the world, competing with lower wages, lower
costs, better skill sets and superior productivity?
Are these 'businesses' the same nutters who
voted for Brexit lies in the first place?
Man
told to pay £29 VAT bill to pick up online
order after it arrived in the UK. https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/man-told-pay-29-vat-23408989
With
our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and
Cobweb Info.
Len
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