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31.01.2021:
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Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st January 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
31.01.2021:
UK firms plan to shift across Channel after
Brexit chaos. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/30/uk-firms-plan-to-shift-across-channel-after-brexit-chaos
As we have pointed out before - always a
likely scenario which the fake news Brexit propaganda
machine (the fake news media) failed to flag
for 'democratic' discussion.
Farmers
named most trusted group within the European
food sector. https://www.foodanddrinktechnology.com/news/36942/farmers-named-most-trusted-group-within-the-european-food-sector/
Arrest
of freelance photographer at Kent protest raises
press freedom fears. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/arrest-of-photographer-at-kent-protest-raises-press-freedom-fears/ar-BB1deFvE?ocid=msedgdhp
A freelance (self-employed) photographer
who didn't belong to the ranks of the country's
Semitic, fake news, fake conspiracy, serial-lying,
offshore state propaganda machine and therefore
needed to be brought to heel under the regime's
'Brexit' erosion of the country's democracy,
freedom of the independent press - and 'sovereignty'.
'Going
on holiday is illegal', warns government in
new social media campaign. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/going-on-holiday-is-illegal-warns-government-in-new-social-media-campaign/ar-BB1deDmp?ocid=msedgdhp
Does this mean the gutter media barstool
gobshite, hypocrite, narcissist, Trump groupie,
covid-spreader and fake patriot, Pee-ers Moron,
will have to staycation in Britain - and not
France?
France
closing borders to non-EU citizens in bid to
curb Covid spread PM. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/30/france-closing-borders-to-non-eu-citizens-in-bid-to-curb-covid-s/
Or, conversely, keeping the infected, undisciplined
Froggy covid-carriers from making matters worse
in the rest of Europe. (Brexit Little Ingerlandt
excluded, of course.)
Duplicature:
Paris, France replicated in a Chinese suburb.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/paris-china-duplicature-francois-prost-b1784566.html
This
should hopefully stem all those millions of
Chinese tourists who visit the filthy, polluted,
infected shithole of Paris every year catching
covid from millions of American tourists.
30.01.2021:
Businesses stop serving EU due to 'nightmare'
Brexit rules.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/brexit-business-exports-uk-eu-stop-customs-vieve-protein-water-treat-trunk-whisky-exchange-amazon-000134908.html
Export slump, as two-thirds of lorries leaving
UK empty.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-news-live-boris-johnson-eu-update-b1794600.html
Personal insolvencies fell to three-year low
across 2020. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/29/personal-insolvencies-fell-to-three-year-low-across-2020/
SEISS
fourth grant delayed. https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/rebecca-cave/seiss-fourth-grant-cruelly-delayed
HM
Treasury has confirmed that the amount of the
fourth grant available under the Self-employment
Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will be announced
as part of the Chancellor's Budget on 3 March
2021. The fourth grant will cover the three
months from February to April 2021. The criteria
for the fourth grant are also expected to change,
with profits reported on 2019/20 tax returns
taken into account. The change would allow people
who started their own business from 6 April
2019 to qualify for a SEISS grant for the first
time.
Uber
takeover of UK-based taxi software maker faces
watchdog investigation. https://www.lbc.co.uk/business/f62c84eff6654314926028d5924e6803/
The sale-by-stealth of British 'sovereignty'
to the Americans, continues.
29.01.2021:
Poorest locked out as one in six
struggle to pay broadband bills survey.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/27/poorest-a-locked-outa-as-one-in-six-struggle-to-pay-broadband/
Bank
transfer scam victims could receive more consistent
treatment. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/28/bank-transfer-scam-victims-could-receive-more-consistent-treatme/
UK
travellers to be questioned at border on reasons
for going abroad. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/27/arrivals-in-uk-from-high-risk-countries-to-pay-for-hotel-quarantine
Brexit
news live: 100,000 pigs stranded
on UK farms, as government axes review of workers
rights. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-news-live-eu-update-boris-johnson-b1793968.html
EU
revealed to be world's biggest live animal exporter.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/27/eu-revealed-to-be-worlds-biggest-live-animal-exporter
28.01.2021:
Consumers digital banking habits moving
from laptops to mobiles First Direct.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/27/consumersa-digital-banking-habits-moving-from-laptops-to-mobil/
Contactless
card payment limit could be increased to £100.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/27/contactless-card-payment-limit-could-be-increased-to-a-100/
Half
of shoppers are swayed by social media to make
purchase and prefer real customer photos. https://internetretailing.net/themes/themes/half-of-shoppers-are-swayed-by-social-media-to-make-purchase-and-prefer-real-customer-photos-22617
HOMEWORKERS
FACE FINES FOR PRINTING OUT DOCUMENTS, UNDER
GDPR. https://www.thehrdirector.com/business-news/the-workplace/homeworkers-face-fines-for-printing-out-documents-under-gdpr/
Self-employed
people without help need answers. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55825228
An unusally rare subject-matter for the BBC.
The 'self-employed.' Almost as rare as non-existent
interviews with Palestinian victims of Israeli
apartheid and terrorism.
Gods
Own Country: Yorkshire Dales named best national
park in Europe. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/god-s-own-country-yorkshire-dales-named-best-national-park-in-europe/ar-BB1d8ekd?ocid=msedgntp
27.01.2021:
Incoming trade from Great Britain remains at
half the level of 2020. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/25/incoming-trade-from-great-britain-remains-at-a-half-the-level-o/
Brexit:
No such thing as tariff-free trade deal despite
Boris Johnsons claims, peers told. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/brexit-tariff-free-trade-deal-car-industry-b1792413.html
ANYTHING claimed by Boris Johnson and his
regime of Fags For America - is bound to be
a lie.
Brussels
warns Britain against downgrading EU ambassadors
status. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/25/brussels-warns-britain-against-downgrading-eu-ambassador-status
Doesn't the EU know that Little Ingerlandt
only provides diplomatic status for cowardly
American terrorist skanks like Anne Slagoolas
to give them free reign to kill British citizens
with impunity? But it has to be said - what
a pathetic, childish bunch of public school
fags we have for a government!
Brexit
butchers EU trade for Scottish beef producers.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/brexit-butchers-eu-trade-scottish-121935278.html
Warning over Brexit-themed text message scam.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/26/warning-over-brexit-themed-text-message-scam/
This will be the Tories, UKIP and the
daily fake news media again, one presumes?
Conservative
Party illegally collected voter ethnicity data,
MPs told. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/26/conservative-party-illegally-collected-voter-ethnicity-data-mps/
So we'll be seeing the fake conspiracy, fake
news gutter press clamouring for the expulsion
of Boris Johnson and all the other racist, anti-Semitic,
Islamophobic offenders one regularly finds in
the Conservative Party? A la Jeremy Corbyn and
a tiny handful of members of the Labour Party.
No? Doesn't correspond to the media's snout-in-trough,
offshore, taxpayer-subsidised lack of values
the Tories can always be relied upon to endorse
in line with their policies of moral, ethical,
intellectual and social bankruptcy?
Google
confident third-party cookie alternatives
are right for ads and privacy. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/25/google-a-confidenta-third-party-cookie-alternatives-are-right/
Man
charged over so-called sex for rent
allegations in first case of its kind. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sex-for-rent-allegations-charged-b1792256.html
Now there's unusual. 'Sex for rent.' Never
heard of that before.
Twitter
calls on users to help debunk misinformation.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/technology/arid-40214087.html
They only have to stop reading or listening
to the mainstream fake news media to achieve
that. But wouldn't closing down Twatter - and
social media generally - be a more permanent
solution?
26.01.2021:
Customer satisfaction with businesses at
worst levels since 2015. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/23/customer-satisfaction-with-businesses-a-at-worst-levels-since-2/
Well. 'Snout-in-trough' Tory donors, actually.
Shouldn't tar all businesses with the same brush
although the fake news media usually can't tell
the difference. Being Tory-supporting snouts-in-troughs
themselves.
No
self-assessment late filing penalty for those
who file online by February 28. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/25/no-self-assessment-late-filing-penalty-for-those-who-file-online/
Mastercard
to hike up fees fivefold for UK
shoppers buying from EU. https://www.chargedretail.co.uk/2021/01/25/mastercard-to-hike-up-fees-fivefold-for-uk-shoppers-buying-from-eu/
Keep
your business moving: New video explainers on
doing business with Europe. https://ciltuk.org.uk/News/Latest-News/ArtMID/6887/ArticleID/33737/Keep-your-business-moving-New-video-explainers-on-doing-business-with-Europe
English
and Scottish get drunk most often, 25-nation
survey finds. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jan/25/english-and-scottish-get-drunk-most-often-25-nation-survey-finds
That was apparent when the Brexit referendum
came along.
25.01.2021:
Move to EU to avoid Brexit costs, firms told.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/23/brexit-hit-firms-advised-government-officials-set-up-shop-in-eu
An ever present option signifying huge job
losses - although a discussion which the fake
news, fake conspiracy, serial-lying, offshore,
gutter media managed to ignore in the run-up
to the Brexit referendum.
France,
Ireland cut UK trade route after Brexit. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/france-ireland-cut-uk-trade-160649578.html
Big
crowds at Heathrow airport 'incredibly worrying',
says Labour. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/23/big-crowds-heathrow-airport-incredibly-worrying-labour-covid
'Incredibly worrying' big crowds became evident
at all of Britain's major ports once fagging
Tories forced the country's traditional, fast
and reliable immigration service to ape the
American 'border force' model including the
huge waste of taxpayers' money on US (UselesS)
shitware and fake security measures. Just one
aspect of Britain's creeping, voluntary loss
of 'sovereignty' which, dating back to 2008/2012,
came well before Brexit and covid and had nothing
whatsoever to do with Brussels.
Jewish
leaders use Holocaust Day to decry persecution
of Uighurs. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/24/jewish-leaders-use-holocaust-day-to-decry-persecution-of-uighurs
Not the persecution of Palestinians, then?
Or the persecution of their Muslim neighbours?
Or even the persecution of businesses from all
around the world which have to watch their goods
and services being disadvantaged by law as consumers
are forced into buying 'Made In Israel.' By
terrorists, murderers, fanatics and thieves.
Seven
mistakes to avoid on your first self-assessment
tax return. https://www.which.co.uk/news/2021/01/seven-mistakes-to-avoid-on-your-first-self-assessment-tax-return/
- Which?
24.01.2021:
Retail sales in 2020 fall at fastest level in
23 years ONS. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/22/retail-sales-in-2020-fall-at-fastest-level-in-23-years-a-ons/
Which is to be exected if you have a regime
of fagging, public school wankers led by an
American Prime Minister who's motto is 'Fuck
business'.
British
shoppers hit with unexpectedly high fees on
products from EU after Brexit. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-eu-delivery-charges-vat-b1791148.html
There is nothing 'unexpected' about it whatsoever.
Other than in the words of serial-lying Brexit
campaigners who promoted the whole debacle and
for which there is every good reason to revive
the crime of treason for anyone who sought to
profit from the destruction of the country's
welfare, its democracy and the final sale of
its sovereignty to US terrorism and Big Corp.
Cheshire
cheesemaker says business left with £250,000
'Brexit hole'. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/23/cheshire-cheesemaker-says-business-left-with-250000-brexit-hole
Brexit:
£100,000 of tariffs slapped on Fairtrade
bananas from Africa threatening farmers with
ruin. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-tariffs-bananas-africa-farmers-b1791225.html
This is clearly intended to favour fagging
Tory MPs with banana plantations in the West
Indies where slaves are becoming increasingly
expensive these days.
HMRC
has never opened a criminal investigation into
a tax avoidance scheme used by a large corporation.
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/hmrc-has-never-opened-a-criminal-investigation-into-a-tax-avoidance-scheme-used-by-a-large-corporation/
Well - that would be 'anti-Semitic' wouldn't
it?
23.01.2021:
Lenders expect more households to default
on mortgages in next few months. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/21/lenders-expect-more-households-a-to-default-on-mortgages-in-nex/
UK
retailers consider burning goods stuck in EU
as costs of some items soar. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-news-latest-eu-deal-boris-johnson-b1791103.html
Consumers
warned of 'scalper' bots hoarding must-have
products. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/jan/22/scalper-bots-uk-xbox-series-x-playstation-5
Businesses
must register for VAT on digital EU sales.
https://www.icaew.com/insights/tax-news/2021/jan-2021/brexit-and-vat-registering-for-the-nonunion-moss
UK businesses that have supplied eligible digital
and telecommunication services to EU customers
since 1 January 2021 will have to register for
the non-union VAT MOSS (mini one stop shop).
The non-union MOSS enables UK businesses to
account in just one EU country for VAT due in
multiple EU countries. Eligible businesses have
until the tenth day of the month after relevant
sales are first made in an EU country to register
for the non-union MOSS.
22.01.2021:
Food shortages are due to leaving EU, UK admits.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-food-shortages-northern-ireland-eu-status-dover-b1790502.html
Anger builds among manufacturers as EU customers
cancel orders due to Brexit red tape. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/brexit-uk-manufacturers-import-export-orders-b1790270.html
Households
think it could take three years for finances
to recover from Covid. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/20/households-a-think-it-could-take-three-years-for-finances-to-re/
Support
for self-employed 'misses the mark'. http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=81840
Food
Standards Agency issues warning over 'unsafe
to eat' meat. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/food-standards-agency-issues-warning-over-unsafe-to-eat-meat/ar-BB1cWcLJ?ocid=msedgntp
Brexit
uncertainty has fueled a new wave of scams;
heres the top 3. https://finbold.com/brexit-uncertainty-has-fueled-a-new-wave-of-scams-heres-the-top-3/
21.01.2021:
Self-employed mortgages: More hoops, more scrutiny,
less money.
https://www.independent.co.uk/money/self-employed-freelancer-mortgage-property-borrow-how-much-b1789296.html
MPs give taxman six weeks to sort out Covid
payments for freelancers. https://smallbusiness.co.uk/mps-give-taxman-six-weeks-to-sort-out-covid-payments-for-freelancers-2552000/
Helplines
forecast receiving a call about debt every four
minutes in January. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/19/helplines-forecast-receiving-a-call-about-debt-every-four-minute/
Half
of renters fear for the future despite eviction
ban extension. https://www.independent.co.uk/money/eviction-arrears-rent-housing-costs-increase-help-b1789293.html
Brexit
could lead to sub-standard food imports, farmers
warn. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-food-drink-national-farmers-union-b1789993.html
'Absolute
carnage': EU hauliers reject UK jobs over Brexit
rules. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/20/absolute-carnage-eu-hauliers-reject-uk-jobs-over-brexit-rules
Furious
Kent residents step up fight over Brexit lorry
park. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/20/furious-kent-residents-step-up-fight-over-brexit-lorry-park
20.01.2021:
Government gets tough on late payers. https://www.moneydonut.co.uk/news/government-gets-tough-late-payers
Exceptions will include (as always) political
sponsors and donors.
UK
retailers turning away shoppers who want pay
with cash. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/37303/uk-retailers-turning-away-shoppers-who-want-pay-with-cash/retail
Credit
card balances shrink sharply as repayments outstrip
new borrowing. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/19/credit-card-balances-shrink-sharply-as-repayments-outstrip-new-b/
Most
non-food pubs in England still awaiting £1,000
Covid grants. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/19/most-non-food-pubs-england-still-awaiting-1000-covid-grants
Labour
calls for protection against digital snooping
of home workers. https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2021/01/labour-calls-for-protection-against-digital-snooping-of-home-workers/
A bit late for that!
19.01.2021:
Johnson holds talks with business chiefs on
competitiveness and Covid aftermath. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/18/johnson-holds-talks-with-business-chiefs-on-competitiveness-and/
Well. Just 5% of the business community,
actually. The 'snout-in-trough' sector.
UK-US
trade deal in Bidens first term would
be a stretch. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/17/lord-darroch-uk-us-trade-deal-in-bidena-s-first-term-would-be/
There has been a fagging UK-US 'trade deal'
aka 'the special arrangement/agreement' since
Margaret Thatcher sold out to thieving, murdering
American terrorists in order to invade The Falklands.
'A
multiple pile-up in the fog': wine agent's fury
at Brexit red tape. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/18/a-multiple-pile-up-in-the-fog-wine-agents-fury-at-brexit-red-tape
The Tory red tape orgy is only beginning.
Seafood
lorries travel to Westminster for protest against
Brexit red tape. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/18/fishing-trucks-protest-at-westminster-against-brexit-red-tape
Loadsa jobs for Tory-voting wasters. As there
always have been. (And as ignored by the fake
conspiracy, serial-lying Semitic gutter press.)
18.01.2021:
Shock Brexit charges are hurting us, say small
British businesses. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/17/shock-brexit-charges-are-hurting-us-say-small-british-businesses
They are only a 'shock' to those small businesses
which read and believed the Brexit-backing,
serial-lying, fake news gutter press and their
fake champions of Little Ingerlandt's 'sovereignty'.
(Thick, Donkey Trump groupies, barstool gobshites
like Nigel Disparage, hypocrites and offshore,
tax-dodging big business.)
A
quarter of self-employed UK workers could face
double tax bill this January. https://tinyurl.com/y3x446ns
Dont
forget who is coming to pillage post-Brexit
Britain. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/dont-forget-who-is-coming-to-pillage-post-brexit-britain/
Law
firm taking action on behalf of BT customers.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/17/law-firm-taking-action-on-behalf-of-bt-customers/
Airbnb
refuses to pay refunds for getaways cancelled
by Covid. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/jan/17/airbnb-refuses-to-pay-refunds-for-getaways-cancelled-by-covid
Tory
donor linked to Russian corruption allegations
awaits £1bn UK contract. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/tory-donor-linked-to-russian-corruption-allegations-awaits-1bn-uk-contract/
As not being reported by the Brexit and Tory-backing,
offshore, serial-lying, fake news gutter press.
That would be 'anti-Semitic.'
Recall
on toxic hand sanitiser sold on eBay and AliBaba.
https://tamebay.com/2021/01/recall-on-toxic-hand-sanitiser-sold-on-ebay-and-alibaba.html
17.01.2021:
Scottish fishermen forced to sail to Denmark
for their catch after Rees-Mogg's 'weve
got our fish back' boast. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/scottish-fisherman-sail-denmark-catch-143548244.html
Perhaps Tory lunatic Judas Reek-Knobb could
be sent out in a leaking dinghy to find 'our
fish'?
Brexit
groups website suspended in row over its
bid to move to EU. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/leave-eu-brexit-website-arron-banks-b1788267.html
What
Support Can Businesses Claim from the UK Government
Covid-19 Support Package? https://thefintechtimes.com/uk-government-covid-19-support/
Self-assessment
tax return: top tips to help you with the process.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/jan/16/self-assessment-tax-return-tips-help-january-deadline
16.01.2021:
Supreme Court backs small firms over COVID business
insurance claims. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/courts/supreme-court-backs-small-firms-over-covid-business-insurance-claims/ar-BB1cM7Qt?ocid=msedgntp
Inquiry
into Covid-19 impact on night-time economy.
https://www.ntia.co.uk/appg/
The
newly formed All-Party Parliamentary Group for
the night-time economy has launched an inquiry
into the impact of Covid-19 on nightlife in
the UK. As part of the inquiry the All-Party
Group is seeking views and evidence from employers
and freelancers who work in the sector. Views
will also be sought from local authorities and
trade associations.
HMRC
to run IR35 workshops for construction.
https://www.building.co.uk/news/hmrc-to-run-ir35-workshops-for-construction/5109836.article
HMRC has confirmed it will be running a series
of interactive workshops for construction firms
to help the sector prepare for the impending
changes to the IR35 tax rules.
15.01.2021:
Exports to EU to plunge by more than one-third
because of Boris Johnsons Brexit trade
deal, study warns. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-trade-deal-eu-export-boris-johnson-b1787338.html
All of which was always blindingly obvious
from the outset. Which is why the fake news
gutter press remained deafeningly silent on
the subject while peddling lies instead.
Brexit
red tape here for good, says Barnier.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-michel-barnier-fisheries-red-tape-b1787241.html
Yet
another obvious outcome which Brexit champions,
the fake news gutter press, kept quiet about.
Tory
MPs from fishing areas criticise government
over Brexit red tape. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/14/mps-fishing-areas-criticise-government-brexit-red-tape
Foreign
Office apologises for unacceptable
emails about Harry Dunns family. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/harry-dunn-foreign-office-emails-apology-b1787429.html
The Foreign Office isn't 'sorry' at all.
As Little Ingerlandt's front-line arse-lickers
to American terrorism since the term 'special
relationship' was first coined, it has been
an impediment to Britain's international credibility
every bit as much as the succession of supine,
fagging political regimes which pay its wages.
14.01.2021:
Ban on home repossessions to be extended to
April under regulator proposals. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/13/ban-on-home-repossessions-to-be-extended-to-april-under-regulato/
People
risk sleepwalking into retirement and running
out of cash, report warns. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/13/people-risk-sleepwalking-into-retirement-and-running-out-of-cash/
More likely to be people being railroaded
into a retirement without cash because they
don't have the cash at present to do anything
about their futures.
HMRC
update guidance on genuine HMRC contact and
recognising phishing emails and texts. https://www.accountancydaily.co/cch_uk/tat/news_013458_phishud
13.01.2021:
Proposals to help more people in problem debt
set out by Government. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/12/proposals-to-help-more-people-in-problem-debt-set-out-by-governm/
Online
sales grew by a third as shoppers shielded from
Covid-19 in 2020 but total sales fell
by a record 0.3%: BRC. https://internetretailing.net/themes/themes/online-sales-grew-by-a-third-as-shoppers-shielded-from-covid-19-in-2020--but-total-sales-fell-by-a-record-03-brc-22541
UK
Freelancers to earn more in 2021. https://www.newbusiness.co.uk/articles/hrpayroll-advice/uk-freelancers-earn-more-2021
Tory
MP calls for business rates to be scrapped and
replaced by higher VAT. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/12/tory-mp-calls-for-business-rates-to-be-scrapped-and-replaced-by/
Merely getting Tory donors (including the
fake news gutter press/media) to pay taxes should
be more than enough.
12.01.2021:
Petition calls for shopworkers to be prioritised
for Covid vaccination. https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/petition-calls-for-shopworkers-to-be-prioritised-for-covid-vaccination-11-01-2021/
Scottish
small businesses least confident in the UK.
https://www.scotsman.com/business/scottish-small-businesses-least-confident-uk-3091741
Joining all the other businesses in the world
which have no confidence in the UK.
Welcome
to the Brexit, sir: Drivers have sandwiches
confiscated at Dutch border. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-sandwiches-confiscated-uk-netherlands-b1785384.html
Now that the criminal, serial-lying Brexit-Tory
regime and its fake news propaganda have finished,
it's time for every other wanker in Europe to
take their turn.
UK
launches post-Brexit healthcare insurance card
for travellers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/11/uk-launches-post-brexit-healthcare-insurance-card-for-travellers/
11.01.2021:
Baffling Brexit rules threaten export chaos,
Gove is warned. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/10/baffling-brexit-rules-threaten-export-chaos-gove-is-warned
All part of the Grand Plan for facilitating
the post-Brexit import of Shit Made In America
(and Israel).
Musicians
hit out after report UK rejected visa-free EU
travel. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/10/musicians-hit-out-after-report-uk-rejected-visa-free-eu-travel
Communications and planning for a post-Brexit
Little Ingerlandt are strained at the moment
after Donkey Trump's Westminster fags and groupies
come to terms with his imminent disappearance
from their management chain.
HMRC
to waive fines for taxpayers who file late returns
due to Covid. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/10/hmrc-wave-fines-taxpayers-file-late-returns-due-covid
WhatscrApp
forces users to agree to share private data
including phone number with Fakebook. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/whatsapp-forces-users-agree-share-144913658.html
UK
start up secures first permit this century for
cannabis cultivation. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-start-up-north-leaf-secures-first-permit-this-century-for-cannabis-cultivation-122454891.html
10.01.2021:
Consumers warned they will bear the cost of
Brexit border delays. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/09/consumers-warned-they-will-bear-the-cost-of-brexit-border-delays/
That was always obvious. Other than
in the Brexit banner-waving, fake news gutter
press.
Government
to let farmers use bee-killing pesticide banned
in EU. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bees-kill-pesticide-insect-sugar-neonic-b1784693.html
Yet another anticipated Brexit 'benefit'
which didn't receive any mention in the fake
news gutter press.
Brexit
deal: what's changed between Britain and the
the EU. https://moneyweek.com/economy/uk-economy/602578/britains-new-deal-with-the-eu
New
arrangements as UK leaves single market and
customs union. https://www.tax.org.uk/media-centre/blog/media-and-politics/new-arrangements-uk-leaves-single-market-and-customs-union
09.01.2021:
New Business Secretary appointed. https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/new-business-secretary-appointed-after-19591247
The country had a 'Business Secretary', did
it? Now there's 'fake' news.
UK
fishermen halting exports to EU over new bureaucracy
as Leave.eu moves to Ireland. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-news-latest-boris-johnson-live-eu-b1784289.html
Are the country's gullible dummies who voted
Brexit starting to sense they have been taken
for a ride - as even the rats do what rats do.
Jump ship?
'I'm
stuck here': lorry drivers in Calais begin to
feel effects of Brexit. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/08/stuck-lorry-drivers-calais-effects-brexit-eurotunnel
Parcel
courier becomes latest firm to warn of post-Brexit
red tape pressure. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/08/parcel-courier-becomes-latest-firm-to-warn-of-post-brexit-red-ta/
Post-Brexit
VAT guidance published. https://www.icaew.com/insights/tax-news/2020/dec-2020/clarity-over-vat-on-transactions-spanning-31-december
HMRC has published guidance on the VAT treatment
of ongoing transactions and goods that were
in transit between Great Britain and the EU
when the Brexit transition period ended on 31
December 2020. The guidance also confirms that
goods received in Great Britain on or after
1 January 2021 will be subject to UK customs
procedures and import duties, including import
VAT.
08.01.2021:
Urgent action needed to tackle rental debts
crisis, organisations warn. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/07/urgent-action-needed-to-tackle-rental-debts-crisis-organisation/
Construction
sector ends 2020 on a high thanks to housebuilding
boost. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/07/construction-sector-ends-2020-on-a-high-thanks-to-housebuilding/
Boris
Johnson asks business leaders what EU rules
to ditch now Brexit complete. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/brexit-eu-rules-britain-boris-johnson-call-business-leaders-110416315.html
As suggested to Boris Johnson by American
Big Corp. In the interests of American corporate
'sovereignty'.
Brexit
paperwork overwhelming in Northern
Ireland. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/07/brexit-paperwork-a-overwhelminga-in-northern-ireland/
Perhaps the fake news gutter press could
lend a hand, having spent years spreading lies
and disinformation about 'Brussels' red tape.
At the very least it would give junior hacks
a break from dreaming up endless fake postings.
Customers
in Europe hit by post-Brexit charges when buying
from UK. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/07/customers-europe-hit-by-post-brexit-charges-buying-from-uk
This is to ensure the country's tax-avoiding,
taxpayer-subsidised, snout-in-trough Tory donors
(like the fake news media) can continue to enjoy
their profits in the style to which they have
become accustomed.
Scams
ahead of self-assessment tax return deadline.
https://www.professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/case-studies/scams-ahead-of-self-assessment-tax-return-deadline/
07.01.2021:
Remote working is here to stay, regardless of
any Covid-19 vaccine, survey shows. https://www.retailtimes.co.uk/remote-working-is-here-to-stay-regardless-of-any-covid-19-vaccine-survey-shows/
Vulnerable
people may be missing out on better current
account deals. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/06/vulnerable-people-a-may-be-missing-out-on-better-current-accoun/
Fraudsters
using online advertising to industrialise
scams, committee hears. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/06/fraudsters-using-online-advertising-to-a-industrialisea-scams/
Amazon
extends lead as consumers favourite brand
in 2020, DMA reports. https://www.retailtimes.co.uk/amazon-extends-lead-as-consumers-favourite-brand-in-2020-dma-reports/
Attractive
Airbnb hosts charge more, King's Business School
research finds. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/attractive-airbnb-hosts-charge-more-kings-business-school-research-finds
06.01.2021:
Sunak unveils £4.6bn in new business funding
as third lockdown begins. https://www.business-sale.com/news/business-news/sunak-unveils-46bn-in-new-business-funding-as-third-lockdown-begins-221007
UK
expected to introduce new border controls. https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2021/01/uk-expected-to-introduce-new-border-controls/
Brexit
news latest: EU firms refuse UK deliveries
as Boris Johnson warned he cannot duck
inequality. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/brexit-news-latest-eu-firms-refuse-uk-deliveries-as-boris-johnson-warned-he-cannot-duck-inequality/ar-BB1ctWYH?ocid=msedgdhp
Construction
and factory employees to continue work despite
stay at home order. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-lockdown-work-rules-b1782312.html
One
in 10 private renters behind with payments,
says Citizens Advice. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/05/one-in-10-private-renters-behind-with-payments-says-citizens-ad/
Virtual
shopping is set to be the next major trend in
retail. https://www.chargedretail.co.uk/2021/01/05/virtual-shopping-is-set-to-be-the-next-major-trend-in-retail/
05.01.2021:
UK shopper footfall plummets after tightening
of pandemic restrictions. https://www.lbc.co.uk/business/a70f720ed006484eb6990a8daa614e49/
IR35:
Where are we now and what does the future hold?
https://www.accountancyage.com/2021/01/04/ir35-where-are-we-now-and-what-does-the-future-hold/
Have VAT changes for online marketplaces levelled
the playing field? https://tamebay.com/2021/01/have-vat-changes-for-online-marketplaces-levelled-the-playing-field.html
The
good, the bad and the ugly: How Brexit has reshaped
the UK-EU duty and tax free business. https://www.moodiedavittreport.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-how-brexit-has-reshaped-the-uk-eu-duty-and-tax-free-business/
Julian
Assange cannot be extradited to US, British
judge rules. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/04/julian-assange-cannot-be-extradited-to-us-british-judge-rules
Hopefully, this could spike any further fake
Anglo-American, post-Brexit 'trade deals' although
there is every moral ground to refuse Assange's
extradition when cowardly terrorist skanks like
Anne Slagoolas and the American administration
themselves cower behind diplomatic immunity
to avoid justice. Not to mention the millions
of American terrorists, war criminals, murderers
and psycopaths who rely on presidential pardons
to excuse their daily crimes.
04.01.2021:
Chaos, what chaos? Plain sailing for lorries
on first day of Brexit. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/chaos-chaos-plain-sailing-lorries-145411916.html
No surprises there, then. Even for fake news,
state propaganda. The whole world was on holiday.
Global
Britain is willing to trade away everything.
Including scruples. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/03/global-britain-is-willing-to-trade-away-everything-including-scruples
Not that 'scruples' have been mentioned by
the fake news state media when discussing Britain's
long-standing 'trade' arrangements with terrorist
states like the USA, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
To name but a few.
Palestinians
excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout
as jabs go to settlers. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/03/palestinians-excluded-from-israeli-covid-vaccine-rollout-as-jabs-go-to-settlers
I thought 'anti-Semitic' boycotts, apartheid,
discrimination and racial prejudice were illegal?
Or does 'illegality' only affect non-terrorists?
Post
Office delivers two board seats to postmasters
after Horizon scandal. https://news.sky.com/story/post-office-delivers-two-board-seats-to-postmasters-after-horizon-scandal-12178323
What about slandering, libelling, arresting,
bankrupting and imprisoning senior Post Office
management, as well? Which would be far more
appropriate. And useful.
Inside
the hyper-local world of Facebooks buy
nothing groups. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/04/inside-the-hyper-local-world-of-facebooks-buy-nothing-groups
They will find themselves getting banned
pdq. The whole point of social media is to groom
sheeple.
03.01.2021:
Millions yet to file self-assessment tax return
as deadline nears. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/jan/02/uk-taxpayers-self-assessment-tax-return-deadline
The
Top Ten Independent News Sources In The UK
2021. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/the-top-ten-independent-news-sources-in-the-uk-2021/
02.01.2021:
Warning businesses to face sanctions for flouting
post-Brexit customs rules. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/01/warning-businesses-to-face-sanctions-for-flouting-post-brexit-cu/
96%
of UK hauliers 'not ready for transition': many
need clarity on border legislation and overwhelmed
by admin. https://www.logisticsit.com/articles/2021/01/01/96-of-uk-hauliers-not-ready-for-transition-many-need-clarity-on-border-legislation-and-overwhelmed-by-admin
Widespread
working from home set to continue in 2021.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/01/widespread-working-from-home-set-to-continue-in-2021/
Home-movers
warned scammers could be targeting their deposit
or other finances. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2021/01/01/home-movers-warned-scammers-could-be-targeting-their-deposit-or/
01.01.2021:
What post-Brexit issues do UK businesses face?
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/30/what-post-brexit-issues-do-uk-businesses-face/
Antibiotics
banned in UK but fed to US animals may
undermine drugs for cancer, Covid and infections.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/us-brexit-trade-deal-antibiotics-meat-drug-b1780438.html
Consumer spending down 7.1% in 2020 but some
sectors saw growth, research finds. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/31/consumer-spending-down-7-1-in-2020-but-some-sectors-saw-growth/
View
from the EU: Britain 'taken over by gamblers,
liars, clowns and their cheerleaders'. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/31/the-view-from-europe-uk-taken-over-by-gamblers-liars-clowns-and-their-cheerleaders
Boris
Johnsons father seeks French citizenship.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/31/boris-johnson-s-father-seeks-french-citizenship/
31.12.2020:
Businesses must understand significant changes
brought by Brexit, say MPs. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/29/businesses-must-understand-significant-changes-brought-by-brexit/
Are there any MPs who 'understand' the significant
changes brought about by Brexit? Although until
- and if - they do, then propaganda like this
will have to suffice. And the offshore, fake
news gutter press will be making sure we get
it.
Only
17% of Britons think Boris Johnsons fantastic
Brexit deal is good for country. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-brexit-deal-public-approval-b1780300.html
Which is 17% more than the number of politicians
who believe in the 'fantastic' Brexit deal -
unofficially, of course.
England
needs to build 300 homes a day to cope with
migrant surge, study finds. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/england-needs-to-build-300-homes-a-day-to-cope-with-migrant-surge-study-finds/ar-BB1clfMI?ocid=msedgntp
Hardly a 'surge' if these highly dubious
statistics are based on figures from the past
five years. And if true, you would have thought
that state fake news and propaganda would have
been more appreciative of all the extra business
generated by such a large influx of consumers
although every industrial sector from housing
through to the food industry have also failed
to identify these massive numbers of new customers
and employees, it seems. On the other hand,
if such large numbers of refugees (not 'migrants')
really are a problem then all Little Ingerlandt
has to do is withdraw from its membership of
NATO (North Atlantic Terrorist Organisation),
stop bombing countries which can't defend themselves
and refrain from any further support and sponsorship
of international war criminals and terrorists.
30.12.2020:
UK shoppers face Brexit duties on holiday and
online purchases. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/28/brexit-customs-duties-to-apply-to-eu-goods-worth-more-than-390
Let Little Ingerlandt's orgy of Brexit red
tape and taxation begin.
UK
broadband usage more than doubles in 2020, Openreach
says. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/29/uk-broadband-usage-more-than-doubles-in-2020-openreach-says/
The porn industry has never had it so good.
Government
signs deal to continue trade terms with Turkey.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/29/government-signs-deal-to-continue-trade-terms-with-turkey/
Yet another Brexit 'trade deal' which merely
confirms the pre-Brexit trade deal already in
place. Although this particular agreement will
be like a wet kipper across Macron's face. Outspoken
critics of 'separatist', 'racist', 'Islamophobic',
'hate-preaching' France, are the Turks - exercising
their democratic right to freedom of speech.
Best
Black owned businesses UK to support in 2021
and beyond. https://uk.yahoo.com/style/best-black-owned-businesses-uk-121053508.html
29.12.2020:
EU ambassadors give green light to Brexit deal.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/eu-ambassadors-give-green-light-to-brexit-deal/ar-BB1chPqH?ocid=msedgdhp
It
looks as if the EU got what it wanted, then?
How small businesses adapted to survive and
thrive during the pandemic. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-small-businesses-pandemic-lockdown-b1770097.html
Landlord
praised for note to 'struggling' tenant who
didn't get any Christmas gifts. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/landlord-praised-for-note-to-struggling-tenant-who-didn-t-get-any-christmas-gifts/ar-BB1chOgd?ocid=msedgdhp
28.12.2020:
UK high streets empty on Boxing Day as shoppers
stay at home. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/27/uk-high-streets-empty-on-boxing-day-as-shoppers-stay-at-home
With
just days to go, Britain urges business to prepare
for end of Brexit transition. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-preparations/with-just-days-to-go-britain-urges-business-to-prepare-for-end-of-brexit-transition-idUKKBN292003?rpc=401&
British businesses on the other hand, are
waiting for the government to prepare for the
end to the Brexit transition.
Saving
more, spending less and clearing debts are popular
2021 money resolutions. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/27/saving-more-spending-less-and-clearing-debts-are-popular-2021-m/
Or, ain't got no shekels, as the saying goes.
Three
in four think Covid will affect cash use in
coming months survey. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/27/three-in-four-think-covid-will-affect-cash-use-in-coming-months/
Good news for the banks and their unfit
for purpose online banking scams.
Musicians
will abandon tours after huge new costs and
bureaucracy of Brexit deal, ministers warned.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-musicians-tours-concerts-b1779238.html
As we have been saying for years - it's British
beauracracy which is the real issue and not
anything emanating from Brussels.
27.12.2020:
Sunday papers: Betrayal of fishing
industry as vague deal fails to
give clarity to business. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/sunday-papers-betrayal-of-fishing-industry-as-vague-deal-fails-to-give-clairty-to-business/27/12/
Just like fake news, gutter press reporting
of Brexit issues generally in other words.
Shoppers
plan to spend £162 on average online in
post-Christmas sales survey.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/24/shoppers-plan-to-spend-a-162-on-average-online-in-post-christmas/
Top
tips on how to get a mortgage if you're self-employed.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-get-mortgage-tips-self-employed-freelance-055447510.html
Bonjour Europe: Britons are turning to learning
languages like never before. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/dec/26/bonjour-europe-britons-are-turning-to-learning-languages-like-never-before
Getting ready to jump the sinking Brexit
ship?
26.12.2020:
From tariffs to visas: here's what's in the
Brexit deal. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/24/from-tariffs-to-visas-heres-whats-in-the-brexit-deal
Tourism
sector breathing a sigh of relief
after trade deal. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/24/tourism-sector-a-breathing-a-sigh-of-reliefa-after-trade-deal/
They don't know what they are getting yet.
All we have so far are some sheets of paper
filled with Tory lies, promises and fantasies.
25.12.2020:
Brexit trade deal agreed at last minute. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/brexit-trade-deal-agreed-at-last-minute/ar-BB1ccZqE?ocid=msedgdhp
'We
have a problem with France' - angry hauliers.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/we-have-a-problem-with-france-angry-hauliers/vi-BB1cbuhq?ocid=msedgdhp
Hauliers have always 'had a problem'
with 'separatist' France. If not trying to cope
with endless strikes by the country's taxpayer-subsidised
emmerdeurs, then it's pretexts like the latest
covid strain (the French version currently being
spread through the country by Parisites with
secondary homes as well as politicians) or,
come winter-time, by no-one wanting to sacrifice
their holidays gritting the roads, providing
a breakdown service or maintaining law and order.
Germans
airlifting food to Yorkshire due to Channel
blockage. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-travel-ban-germany-lufthansa-yorkshire-channel-b1778197.html
'Germans', eh? As in foreigners and EU members?
And not teams of Brexit Knobheads led by serial-lying
hypocrite, scrounger, hate-preacher, terrorist
groupie and barstool gobshite, Nigel Disparage?
Reform
of IR35 tax rules returns for freelancers. https://moneyweek.com/economy/small-business/602529/reform-of-ir35-tax-rules-returns-for-freelancers
Athletics
will ruthlessly weed out drugs cheats,
Sebastian Coe insists. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/drugs-cheats-doping-sebastian-coe-b1778033.html
Why just 'athletics'? Although even if that
were true, there wouldn't be an American athlete
of any description in any sporting event for
the next century. In the meantime, the abuse
of sport in the form of 'sportwashing' by the
world's terrorists, war criminals, fanatics
and thieves goes with as much of a mention in
the fake news gutter press as interviews with
their victims.
Sun
Yang: Olympic champion swimmer has eight-year
doping ban overturned. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/swimming/sun-yang-doping-ban-overturned-olympics-b1778541.html
At least it helped shift the spotlight away
for a while from state-sponsored American dopers,
currently being heavily promoted by the UK's
fake news media.
24.12.2020:
French Border: UK And France Strike Deal On
Dover Crossing After Freight Chaos. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/french-border-uk-and-france-strike-deal-on-dover-crossing-after-freight-chaos/ar-BB1c9x5v?ocid=msedgdhp
Warning
of stampede away from self-employment. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/23/warning-of-stampede-away-from-self-employment/
New
trade barriers service to support UK exporters.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-trade-barriers-service-launched-to-help-british-businesses-export-internationally
The Department for International Trade has
launched an online service to help British exporters
identify new trade opportunities overseas. The
trade barriers service will allow users to search
for information about barriers which could restrict
trade and investment in overseas markets. The
service will also help exporters identify potential
markets and growth opportunities for their products
and services.
Next
steps in Government's £5 billion gigabit
broadband plan. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-steps-in-governments-5-billion-gigabit-broadband-plan
The Government has set out the next steps
in its £5 billion strategy to deliver
next generation, gigabit-capable broadband to
the entire country. Homes and businesses that
do not yet have access to superfast broadband
will be prioritised.
Wallet
contents could be goldmine for fraudsters, research
warns. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/12/23/wallet-contents-could-be-goldmine-for-fraudsters-research-warns/
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