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31.03.2020:
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down for: A Home and Small Business
Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st March 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
 31.03.2020:
Tax payments deferred due to coronavirus outbreak.
The
Government has announced measures to defer tax
payments to minimise the impact of the coronavirus
outbreak. VAT payments will be deferred by three
months until the end of June 2020. Self-assessment
tax payments will be deferred by six months
so payments due on 31 July 2020 will not now
be payable until 31 January 2021. Businesses
will also be able to apply for a three-month
extension for filing their accounts with Companies
House.
Read
more about VAT payments at: https://www.accountancydaily.co/covid-19-vat-payments-deferred-three-months
Read
more about self-assessment payments at: https://www.accountancydaily.co/covid-19-six-month-deferral-self-assessment-payments
Read
more about the Companies House extension at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/companies-to-receive-3-month-extension-period-to-file-accounts-during-covid-19
eBay
Deferral Program now open. https://tamebay.com/2020/03/ebay-defferral-program-now-open-defer-payment-of-this-months-fees.html
eBay have announced that the eBay Deferral Program,
to delay paying eBay fees, is now up and running
and business sellers can now apply.
Boxmakers
and grocers produce new ‘stack and drop’
food boxes for self-isolated. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/30/boxmakers-and-grocers-produce-new-a-stack-and-dropa-food-boxe/
Revealed:
£1bn of taxpayers' cash to help foreign
countries buy British arms. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/revealed-1bn-of-taxpayers-cash-to-help-foreign-countries-buy-british-arms
30.03.2020:
This is the gaping gap in the chancellor’s
self-employed rescue package. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-economics/this-is-the-gaping-gap-in-the-chancellors-self-employed-rescue-package/29/03/
If there wasn't a 'gaping gap' (and as un-reported
by the state fake news media) then there wouldn't
be a Tory regime in office.
Contactless
limit for in-store card payments jumps from
£30 to £45 from April. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/23/contactless-limit-for-in-store-card-payments-jumps-from-a-30-to/
That will come in handy for panic buyers
and stockpilers. And card issuers.
Government
reshapes insolvency laws due to coronavirus
outbreak. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/28/government-reshapes-insolvency-laws-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/
Coronavirus:
Six things that are booming in sales. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52066454
Social
disease: how fraudsters adapt old scams to exploit
coronavirus. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/mar/29/coronavirus-social-disease-fraudsters-adapt-old-scams
29.03.2020:
Britons go on shopping spree to ease grind of
Covid-19 confinement. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/mar/28/britons-shopping-spree-ease-covid-19-confinement-hobbies
Doesn't look as if they are needy cases for
having their wages topped up at the taxpayers'
expense in that case.
'Feed
the Nation': Britain urged to take up work in
the fields as coronavirus threatens fruit and
veg supplies. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/coronavirus-food-supplies-farm-work-feed-the-nation-campaign-a9430386.html
With a labour shortfall of just 70,000 workers
- and which has very little to do with coronavirus
so far - you would have thought that even a
tiny percentage of the supposed 16 million Brexit-voting
Little Ingerlandt knobheads who had been hate-preaching
and complaining about foreigners stealing their
jobs, would have raised their hands by now.
Or did they imagine that a Brexit Britain meant
their personal, freeloading Britain?
How
to make sure your internet connection is as
good as possible as you work from home during
coronavirus lockdown. https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/gadgets-tech/internet-slow-wifi-tips-buy-extender-router-best-a9430701.html
Jeff
Bezos sold $3.4bn of Amazon stock just before
Covid-19 collapse. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/27/jeff-bezos-sold-34bn-of-amazon-stock-just-before-covid-19-collapse
Bezos - 'lucky'? Outside the west's fake
news and disinformation media, almost no-one
subscribes to this view. https://www.voltairenet.org/article209546.html
28.03.2020:
Self-employed workers welcome coronavirus support
package.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-self-employed-earnings-government-support-pay-money-a9429061.html
Hardly
'a package' just yet. It's only another promise
from a regime of serial-lying crooks and war
criminals until such time as there's hard cash
in real pockets.
Home buyers told to delay any imminent property
moves.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/26/home-buyers-told-to-delay-any-imminent-property-moves/
Text
scams use fears about coronavirus outbreak and
to panic people and steal money. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-outbreak-text-scams-owed-money-government-final-warning-link-a9428821.html
Personalised
ad format uses proximity-based push notifications.
https://tinyurl.com/tuwjct7
Dining
Bonds program aimed at restaurants struggling
through COVID-19 outbreak. https://tinyurl.com/tnujv2o
Travel
booking platform offsets carbon by planting
trees. https://tinyurl.com/veovrvx
Researchers
explore using caterpillars to help reduce plastic
waste. https://tinyurl.com/tqmvdjz
27.03.2020:
Lenders under fire over emergency loan small
print for struggling firms. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/26/lenders-under-fire-over-emergency-loan-small-print-for-strugglin/
Now there's a surprise! (Not.)
Guarantee
the self-employed 80% of their income too, urges
think tank. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-self-employed-income-guarantee-employees-resolution-foundation-a9422956.html
The only problem for the Tory regime here
is that the self-employed aren't a recognised
source of cash suppositories for bent politicians.
How
are Royal Mail services impacted by the nationwide
lockdown? https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/coronavirus-lockdown-royal-mail-can-i-send-post-a9421151.html
UK
coronavirus lockdown has led daytime internet
usage to more than double, Virgin Media says.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-uk-lockdown-internet-broadband-wifi-virgin-usage-traffic-data-a9424441.html
Newspaper
publishers warn coronavirus will hit circulation
and ad revenues. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/26/newspaper-publishers-warn-coronavirus-will-hit-circulation-and-a/
Hopefully, this is not fake news, propaganda
and disinformation for once.
Coronavirus
pandemic could prove 'tipping point' for robots
looking after humans, scientists and experts
say. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-robots-covid-19-drones-artificial-intelligence-a9425276.html
Isn't that why the Americans created the
epidemic in the first place? Although 'looking
after humans' is scarcely the real objective.
Looking after obscene profits, perhaps.
26.03.2020:
Banks ‘must make sure viable businesses
stay open’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/25/banks-a-must-make-sure-viable-businesses-stay-opena/
To which the banks replied - 'Our criminal
activities and profits first.'
Downing
Street hits out at online coronavirus profiteering.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/25/downing-street-hits-out-at-online-coronavirus-profiteering/
If there are consumers dumb enough to
be exploited then why not? Online crooks and
politicians haven't been grooming the internet's
thickos for twenty-five years for nothing.
Construction firms split as shutdown calls grow.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52034586
Freelancers
Are Still Being Ignored. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coronavirus-self-employed-freelancers-economy-rishi-sunak_uk_5e7b23bcc5b620022ab3a4e7?ncid=news-aol
Freelancers - and the self-employed; and
small businesses have ALWAYS been ignored. Other
than as cash cows.
25.03.2020:
Coronavirus: Mobile networks send 'stay at home'
text. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52017451
Businesses
urged to continue offering cash as payment option.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/24/businesses-urged-to-continue-offering-cash-as-payment-option/
Calls for urgent help for self-employed as tighter
lockdown could come in future. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/mar/24/uk-coronavirus-live-news-lockdown-boris-johnson-sports-direct-abandons-talk-of-opening-stores-as-gove-clarifies-scope-of-lockdown-rules
Coronavirus
support for self-employed ‘incredibly complicated’
– Chancellor. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/24/coronavirus-support-for-self-employed-a-incredibly-complicateda/
Construction
workers fear catching coronavirus on building
sites. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/24/construction-workers-fear-catching-coronavirus-on-building-sites/
24.03.2020:
AT&T boss says internet is 'seeing some
signs of stress' as people work from home. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-internet-broadband-down-att-a9417571.html
Of course, that 'stress' could be avoided
altogether if the internet rid itself of Goodle
Adshit, social media crawling and trying to
be 'intelligent' (by dumb American standards.)
New
support measures announced for landlords.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/complete-ban-on-evictions-and-additional-protection-for-renters
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local
Government has announced that landlords will
not be able to start proceedings to evict tenants
for at least a three-month period due to the
financial impact the coronavirus outbreak may
have on tenants. The Ministry has also confirmed
that landlords will be eligible to claim a three-month
mortgage repayment holiday if their tenants
are experiencing financial difficulties due
to the current situation.
Childcare
providers exempt from business rates. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/schools-colleges-and-early-years-settings-to-close
The Chancellor has announced that childcare
providers are eligible for the 100% Business
Rates discount that has been introduced to help
support sectors that have been affected by the
coronavirus outbreak. The discount will apply
for a year from 1 April 2020.
ACS
launches new home delivery guidance. https://www.acs.org.uk/news/acs-launches-new-guidance-retailers-home-delivery
ACS has launched new guidance for retailers
in the convenience sector who are starting to
provide home delivery for customers who are
self-isolating. The guidance covers how to take
an order, payment, managing data and age-restricted
products.
Fuller’s
cancels rent costs for hundreds of pub tenants.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/23/fullera-s-cancels-rent-costs-for-hundreds-of-pub-tenants/
Recruitment
drive for milkmen and women as demand goes ‘berserk’.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/23/recruitment-drive-for-milkmen-and-women-as-demand-goes-a-berser/
23.03.2020:
Coronavirus consumer Q&A: From lost weddings
to acts of God. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/mar/22/coronavirus-consumer-q-and-a-lost-weddings-acts-of-god
Don’t
make the self-employed the punchbag of the next
recession. https://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2020/03/22/dont-make-the-self-employed-the-punchbag-of-the-next-recession/
Coronavirus:
Tourists told not to flock to Cornwall, Scottish
Highlands and other destinations to self-isolate.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-self-isolation-scotland-highlands-cornwall-west-wittering-a9416471.html
Free
online financial management service helps customers
save. https://tinyurl.com/su2skku
AI-powered
platform provides traceability in the fashion
industry. https://tinyurl.com/vzocc7m
ECG
smartwatch will measure COVID-19 infection rates.
https://tinyurl.com/sk9jbof
A
smart, book-shaped speaker for the visually
impaired. https://tinyurl.com/trqub9q
22.03.2020:
Coronavirus: Self-employed need financial help,
unions warn.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51984275
21.03.2020:
Watchdog to clamp down on retailers exploiting
coronavirus.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/20/watchdog-to-clamp-down-on-retailers/
Internet providers insist they can take strain
as traffic jumps during outbreak. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/20/internet-providers-insist-they-can-take-strain-as-traffic-jumps/
And how are they going to do that when, for
many, they can't even provide dial-up connectivity
during 'normal' times? Or do they mean all the
usual lies and fraud can 'take the strain'?
Amazon
suspends grocery delivery due to 'high order
volumes'. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amazon-prime-pantry-order-cancel-when-coroanvirus-us-restock-a9412781.html
You can never rely on anything American when
the going gets tough.
BT
removes home broadband limits during Covid-19
outbreak. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/20/bt-removes-home-broadband-limits-during-covid-19-outbreak/
Shutting
Pubs 'Over The Top' Despite Scientific Advice,
Claims Wetherspoon's Boss. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/shutting-pubs-wetherspoons-boss-tim-martin_uk_5e74999bc5b6f5b7c542036d?ncid=news-aol
Yet another ignorant soundbite from Wetherspoon's
boss for the fake news, gutter press. How unusual.
Any chance of a responsible, non-snout-in-trough
view from anyone who knows what they are talking
about: or even an opinion from one of the country's
95% of the business community for once?
Foxtons
told self-isolating tenant with suspected Covid-19
to leave home so buyers could view it. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/foxtons-coronavirus-covid-19-tenants-letting-self-isolate-a9412516.html
20.03.2020:
Coronavirus: Workers, renters and the self-employed
need more help, campaigners warn. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/workers-renters-and-the-selfemployed-need-more-government-help-through-coronavirus-a9409956.html
COVID-19
support package for business announced.
The Chancellor has announced a £330 billion
package of support measures to ensure the impact
of COVID-19 on business is minimised. The measures
are in addition to those announced in the Budget
and include:
UK-wide.
A local authority cash grant of £10,000
for businesses that are currently eligible for
Small Business Rate Relief or Rural Rate Relief,
to help meet their ongoing business costs.
Grants
of £25,000 to retail, hospitality and
leisure businesses operating from smaller premises
with a rateable value over £15,000 and
below £51,000.
Employers
will be refunded by the Government for the cost
of providing 14 days' statutory sick pay for
employees who need to self-isolate.
A
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme
that will provide loans of up to £5 million
to support and protect small businesses. The
first 6 months of the loan will be interest
free. The scheme will temporarily replace the
Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme.
A
dedicated HMRC COVID-19 helpline to allow businesses
and self-employed people who are in financial
distress and have outstanding tax liabilities
to receive support with their tax affairs.
England.
An increase in the Business Rates Retail Discount
to 100% in 2020-21. The relief will also apply
to the hospitality and leisure sectors.
Scotland.
A 75% rates relief for businesses in the retail,
hospitality and leisure sectors with a rateable
value of less than £69,000. Pubs with
a rateable value of less than £100,000
will receive a fixed rates relief of up to £5,000.
Wales.
A 100% non-domestic rates relief for retail,
leisure and hospitality businesses with a rateable
value of £51,000 or less. Pubs with a
rateable value of between £51,000 and
£100,000 will receive a £5,000 reduction
on their bill.
Northern
Ireland. The Northern Ireland Executive
is considering how best to support businesses.
No decision has yet been made on the Small Business
Rate Relief scheme.
Read more about the support at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-employees-employers-and-businesses
The
Government has also announced additional measures
aimed at specific sectors of the economy as
follows:
Pubs
and restaurants allowed to trade as takeaways.
The Ministry of Housing and Communities &
Local Government has announced that planning
rules will be relaxed to allow pubs and restaurants
to operate as hot food takeaways during the
coronavirus outbreak. The relaxed rules will
be introduced as soon as possible and will last
for up to 12 months. The relaxation will apply
to hot food and drinks only. Serving or supplying
alcoholic drinks will continue to be subject
to existing licensing laws.
Read
more about the planning rules at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-grant-permission-for-pubs-and-restaurants-to-operate-as-takeaways-as-part-of-coronavirus-response
IR35
reforms put back until 2021. HM Treasury
has announced that the extension of IR35 rules
to the private sector will be delayed until
6 April 2021. As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak,
the Treasury has confirmed that the rules have
been deferred to help protect hundreds of thousands
of contractors' livelihoods.
Read
more about the delay at: https://www.cityam.com/ir35-reforms-to-be-delayed-for-a-year-due-to-coronavirus
Free
childcare to continue during coronavirus closures.
The Chancellor has confirmed the Government
will continue to pay local authorities the free
childcare entitlements for two, three and four-year-olds.
The Department for Education has also stated
that it expects local authorities to pass the
entitlement funding onto childcare providers
if they are advised to close by Public Health
England or if children are unable to attend
due to coronavirus.
Read
more about the funding at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-childcare-offers-to-continue-during-coronavirus-closures
19.03.2020:
Businesses welcome Chancellor intervention but
warn money must not be held up. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/17/businesses-welcome-chancellor-intervention-but-warn-money-must-n/
What
help can businesses access to get through the
coronavirus crisis? https://www.aol.co.uk/living/2020/03/17/what-help-can-businesses-access-to-get-through-the-coronavirus-c/
Pubs
and restaurants can become takeaways, Government
confirms. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/17/pubs-and-restaurants-can-become-takeaways-government-confirms/
Coronavirus:
Banks ordered not to cancel people’s credit
cards. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-update-uk-credit-card-cancellations-date-fca-a9407036.html
A bit of good news at last. For the Tory
regime's backers.
Coronavirus:
Renters to be protected from eviction, PM says.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51939634
All that remains to be seen now is if this
is yet another Boris 'The Bump' lie.
Fraudsters exploit virus fears by ‘posing
as banks, police and health service’.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/18/fraudsters-exploit-virus-fears-by-a-posing-as-banks-police-and/
Fakebook,
Goggle, Microshit and other tech giants join
forces to fight coronavirus. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-facebook-google-microsoft-tech-social-media-information-a9406261.html
One could take the view that this bunch of
corporate reprobates who have successfully dumbed
down a significant proportion of the planet,
are at least partly to blame for the crisis
and would best serve humanity's cause by closing
themselves down. Permanently.
18.03.2020:
How To Help Your Local Businesses, Even If You're
Self-Isolating. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/small-business-independent-coronavirus-uk_uk_5e6f5a10c5b6dda30fcd6339?ncid=news-aol
Insurance
groups warn ‘vast majority’ of businesses
not covered for virus shutdown. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/17/insurance-groups-warn-a-vast-majoritya-of-businesses-not-cove/
Brexit
– Household name firms looking for smuggling
routes to avoid costs. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/brexit-household-name-firms-looking-for-smuggling-routes-to-avoid-costs/
Pub
industry ‘could be lost within days without
Government action’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/16/pub-industry-a-could-be-lost-within-days-without-government-act/
Royal
Mail customers will not need to use signature
devices. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/17/royal-mail-customers-will-not-need-to-use-signature-devices/
London
postal workers take strike action over coronavirus.
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/london-postal-workers-take-strike-action-over-coronavirus/
1 million jobs at risk as government leaves
pubs, bars and restaurants ‘in limbo’
over pandemic. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-pubs-restaurants-million-jobs-risk-a9405501.html
Not to worry. We're sure the ONS will come
up with still more official, fake employment
statistics.
O2
and Three confirm mobile network issues. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/17/o2-and-three-confirm-mobile-network-issues/
Microsoft
Teams goes down as coronavirus forces millions
to work from home. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/microsoft-teams-service-status-crashes-outage-issues-today-work-home-down-a9404771.html
World
Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says "the
web is not working for women and girls".
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web-harassment-women-girls-a9396351.html
Perhaps Mr Berners-Lee should explain just
who the web is supposed to be working for: apart
from Big Corp, terrorists and knuckle-scraping
American fuckwits?
Coronavirus:
Amazon sells out of toilet paper and other essentials
amid panic buying. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-amazon-panic-buying-shortages-stockpile-covid-19-a9404631.html
There's still plenty of gutter press ass-wipes
to be found on the newstands.
17.03.2020:
HMRC to stop automatically sending paper self-assessment
returns. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/16/hmrc-to-stop-automatically-sending-paper-self-assessment-returns/
Coronavirus:
Broadband firms say no issue with extra demand.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51870732
CoVid-19 crisis shows why Britain should NEVER
do a trade deal with America. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/covid-19-crisis-shows-why-britain-should-never-do-a-trade-deal-with-america/
Total
Nonsense: UK publishes digital rights in free
trade agreement with USA. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/total-nonsense-uk-publishes-digital-rights-in-free-trade-agreement-with-usa/
France
fines Apple £1bn for anti-competitive
acts. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/16/france-fines-apple-a-1bn-for-anti-competitive-acts/
16.03.2020:
How the virus may change business behaviour.
https://magazine.dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2020/03/14/how-the-virus-may-change-business-behaviour/
Might even see a return to basic manners
and a bit of professionalism!
Landlords
Could Be Given A Mortgage Holiday Because Of
Coronavirus. What About Their Tenants? https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coronavirus-landlord-tenants-mortgage-rent_uk_5e6cdc4ec5b6dda30fc9ea06?ncid=news-aol
Similar calls for tenants to be given
rent payment holidays were made days ago. (See
below, etc.) Perhaps the fake news media should
read its own disinformation from time to time?
French
people urged to vote in local elections amid
coronavirus lockdown on 'non-essential' businesses.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/french-urged-to-vote-in-local-elections-amid-coronavirus-lockdown
Another kick in the balls for the French
small business community from a regime of parasite
fonctionnaires who feel that continuing with
their political theatre is much more important
than truly minimising any risk to the public.
Yet, when there is no more mileage to be had
from the epidemic, it will still be the small
business community which has to generate the
money needed to pay politicians' and aparatchiks'
salaries and criminal trade unionists' wages.
I've
been working from home for nearly a decade and
here are my top 9 productivity hacks to stay
organized and avoid distractions. https://tinyurl.com/qw8wawz
Bearing in mind there are tens of millions
of businesses which have been working from home
for generations, wouldn't it be a good idea
to get someone with some experience to write
articles like this?
Airbnb
is letting guests around the world cancel their
reservations for a full refund and no cancellation
fees, as the coronavirus pandemic continues
to disrupt travel plans. https://tinyurl.com/wwpov68
Wearable
jams microphones in smart devices. https://tinyurl.com/sfjur25
French
app combats food waste through community and
information. https://tinyurl.com/u7n9mnc
Researchers
develop fast-charging, bendable energy storage.
https://tinyurl.com/tteymbk
15.03.2020:
Coronavirus: Politicians warn that working from
home could lead to problems amid ‘unprecedented
reliance’ on internet. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-working-from-home-quarantine-internet-data-fees-caps-a9401406.html
Politicians spending even more time looking
at porn, then.
Public
warned over fake coronavirus advice circulating
online. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/13/public-warned-over-fake-coronavirus-advice-circulating-online/
Coronavirus:
Tenants urge government to freeze rent payments
as pandemic raises threat of evictions. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coronavirus-rent-payment-government-eviction-a9401171.html
And who is suggesting out there, that landlords
should be allowed to 'freeze' their insurance,
mortgage, loan and overdraft payments?
Bill
Gates steps down from Microsoft board to focus
on philanthropy. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51883377
Will this 'philanthropy' extend to all those
countries and the millions of people who have
been lied about, stolen from, starved, injured
and murdered with Microshite's American terrorist
applications?
14.03.2020:
Treasury figures from Budget confirm there was
no £350m a week Brexit dividend. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/budget-rushi-sunak-treasury-figures-brexit-dividend-a9395476.html
And the only people who ever believed otherwise
were Brexit Knobheads who also thought drinking
Red Bull would give them wings.
Morrisons
vows to pay small suppliers immediately to avoid
coronavirus impact. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/13/morrisons-vows-to-pay-small-suppliers-immediately-to-avoid-coron/
eBay
shoppers ‘duped into buying poor products
due to flawed review system’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/12/ebay-shoppers-a-duped-into-buying-poor-products-due-to-flawed-r/
And the only people who didn't know this
already are Brexit Knobheads who drink Red Bull
instead of taking flying lessons.
13.03.2020:
Trump's EU coronavirus travel suspension explained:
who is affected and will it help? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/trump-coronavirus-europe-travel-suspended
Insurers
pause or restrict travel cover due to coronavirus.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/12/insurers-pause-or-restrict-travel-cover-due-to-coronavirus/
An
app for making sustainable choices when travelling.
https://tinyurl.com/r5zqyf2
Recycled
leather retains the appearance and feel of the
original. https://tinyurl.com/ts74xvr
Bees
to help companies improve biodiversity.
https://tinyurl.com/tv8nyhh
Process
tests the authenticity of products. https://tinyurl.com/umctwna
Ocean
Sole Africa turns beach waste into art.
https://tinyurl.com/wrogfcx
Jeweller
in Place Vendôme using purely lab-grown
diamonds. https://tinyurl.com/wxys9ox
12.03.2020:
Budget at-a-glance. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/11/budget-at-a-glance/
Coronavirus:
Brexit trade talks set be shelved due to outbreak,
Michael Gove reveals. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-brexit-trade-eu-deal-talks-michael-gove-boris-johnson-negotiations-a9393511.html
That's convenient - bearing in mind the so-called
Brexit trade talks weren't getting anywhere,
anyway.
Economy
flatlines as construction sector takes a hit.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/11/economy-flatlines-as-construction-sector-takes-a-hit/
Is this 'the economy' and 'the construction
sector' which the fake news gutter press and
media were trumpeting as overnight Brexit success
stories just a few weeks ago?
Post
Office IT scandal: subpostmasters demand judge-led
inquiry into Horizon computer system. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/post-office-it-scandal-horizon-subpostmasters-judge-inquiry-a9391146.html
And let's hope the criminals in charge of
the Post Office IT 'scandal' are languishing
in a house with many windows while awaiting
a judge-led trial. (Sorry. 'Inquiry.')
Climate
change: New rules could spell end of 'throwaway
culture'. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51825089
That will be another nail in the coffin of
the planet's pigs, wasters and crooks, then.
11.03.2020:
Coronavirus: Banks to allow customers to defer
mortgage payments.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51817947
Bank of England and Treasury draw up plan for
emergency loans. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-8075391/Emergency-loan-plan-help-small-firms-crippled-coronavirus.html
Plans to provide emergency loans to stop small
firms going bust during the coronavirus crisis
are being drawn up by officials at the Bank
of England and the Treasury.
Coronavirus:
travel industry crisis sparks comparisons to
9/11 aftermath. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/coronavirus-travel-industry-crisis
And exactly the same bunch of crooks and
shafters are poised to follow exactly the same
money trail.
Over
1,600 social media accounts linked to fraudulent
activity taken down. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/10/over-1-600-social-media-accounts-linked-to-fraudulent-activity-t/
Call
to keep entrepreneurs' relief for sales up to
£1 million. https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/entrepreneurs-relief-for-smaller-businesses-costs-just-600-million-new-analysis-finds.html
The
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed
that the annual cost of entrepreneurs' relief
could be reduced by three quarters if it was
kept for the first million of a business sale
and scaled back at the top end. This follows
reports that the Chancellor is considering scrapping
entrepreneurs' relief in the Budget. The FSB
claims that scrapping entrepreneurs' relief
would destroy the retirement plans of thousands
of business owners and has proposed that it
should only be available for sales under £1
million. This could save the Treasury more than
£1 billion and maintain an incentive that
encourages entrepreneurs to start-up, hire and
invest.
Yahoo
deleted all my emails – and there's nothing
I can do about it. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/10/yahoo-deleted-all-my-emails-and-theres-nothing-i-can-do-about-it
How
to work from home: don’t accept your neighbours’
Amazon packages. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/10/working-from-home-amazon-packages
10.03.2020:
High street footfall plummets amid rain and
storms. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/07/high-street-footfall-plummets-amid-rain-and-storms/
Third
of contractors to stop working in UK due to
IR35. https://www.consultancy.uk/news/23936/gig-economy-faces-exodus-in-uk-after-ir35-changes
One
third of contractors are planning to stop working
with big businesses in the UK once the new IR35
rules come into effect from April 2020. A study
from the Association of Independent Professionals
and the Self Employed (IPSE) has also revealed
that contractors may only seek contracting roles
within small and medium-sized British businesses
as they will be unaffected by the reforms.
Millions
believe they have 'great idea' for business
but could not set one up, poll claims. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/business-idea-non-traditional-start-up-poll-a9388326.html
They
obviously don't remember the old Tory pre-election
propaganda which claimed that 'anyone could
start a business'!
Government
and operators agree deal for Shared Rural Network.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/09/government-and-operators-agree-deal-for-shared-rural-network/
New
fees for British people travelling to EU delayed
until 2023. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-travel-visa-etias-uk-free-movement-a9387691.html
Facebook
sued by Australian information watchdog over
Cambridge Analytica-linked data breach.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/09/facebook-cambridge-analytica-sued-australian-information-watchdog-300000-privacy-breaches
Baker
who recycles bread expands waste-busting range.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/09/baker-who-recycles-bread-expands-waste-busting-range
09.03.2020:
Chancellor confirms coronavirus won't alter
Brexit transition period whatever the impact
on business. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/no-change-to-transition-period-due-to-coronavirus-says-rishi-sunak-1-6550873
IR35
review: Calls for employment rights class action
mount. https://www.thehrdirector.com/business-news/legal-law/ir35-review-calls-for-employment-rights-class-action-mount/
Shipping
container homes: from tiny houses to ambitious
builds. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/mar/08/shipping-container-homes-from-tiny-houses-to-ambitious-builds
The
Smart & Green Building Expo, which is being
held in the Arena MK, Milton Keynes on 6th May
2020. http://www.smartandgreenbuildingexpo.co.uk/
5
Reasons You Shouldn't Rely on Business Advisors.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/dont-rely-on-business-advisors-397410?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=19531846&utm_term=
08.03.2020:
Thousands Of Free-To-Use ATMs Lost In Two Years,
Stranding Vulnerable In 'Cash Deserts'. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/decline-of-free-to-use-atms-could-leave-vulnerable-stranded-in-cash-deserts-mp-warns_uk_5e60ebb8c5b6bd126b76a75e?ncid=news-aol
But it's the way the criminal banks make
their obscene profits - by preying on the vulnerable.
People
who voted for Boris Johnson want government
to raise taxes on the rich, survey finds.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tax-rich-boris-johnson-budget-government-conservative-a9383966.html
Given that the Tory regime was so heavily
promoted by the offshore, snout-in-trough, fake
news media, that is a very 'anti-Semitic' prospect
indeed!
Landlord
hotspots: where are buy-to-let investors looking
to buy homes in 2020? https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/03/landlord-hotspots-where-are-buy-to-let-investors-looking-to-buy-homes-in-2020/
- Which?
Coronavirus:
Some traders selling hand gel for £120
on Amazon. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-some-traders-selling-hand-gel-for-120-on-amazon-11951613
Travel
firms relax booking rules due to Covid-19.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/06/travel-firms-relax-booking-rules-due-to-covid-19/
Coronavirus:
Victim loses £15k on face masks that were
never delivered amid rise in virus-related scams.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-face-mask-scam-fraud-uk-cases-covid-19-a9381066.html
07.03.2020:
‘Coronavirus? We’re more worried about
no-deal Brexit,’ say UK firms. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/coronavirus-business-impact-britain-no-deal-brexit-a9380066.html
How
America really views Brexit – “a God-given
opportunity to steal trade from UK”. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/how-america-really-views-brexit-a-god-given-opportunity-to-steal-trade-from-uk/
If the truth be known, the Americans engineered
Brexit to give themselves not only the opportunity
to steal from Britain but also to undermine
the trading strength of the EU. Tory fags and
Brexit Knobheads guided by the offshore, Semitic
fake news and disinformation media, duly obliged.
Typical
council tax bill in England ‘set to increase
by nearly £65 in 2020/21’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/05/typical-council-tax-bill-in-england-a-set-to-increase-by-nearly/
One
billion Android devices at risk of hacking.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51751950
Still
more Shit Made In America.
Virgin Media data breach that exposes personal
details of 900,000 customers. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/virgin-media-data-breach-database-secure-am-i-affected-hack-a9380476.html
Five
energy firms banned from taking on new customers
over smart meter failures. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/06/five-energy-firms-banned-from-taking-on-new-customers-over-smart/
Police
issue warning over coronavirus phishing scam.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/06/police-issue-warning-over-coronavirus-phishing-scam/
British residents in Spain 'confused and alarmed'
about post-Brexit future. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/british-residents-in-spain-confused-and-alarmed-about-post-brexit-future
06.03.2020:
Retailers and traders warned: Don’t rip
off the public on coronavirus. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/05/retailers-and-traders-warned-dona-t-rip-off-the-public-on-coro/
MPs
and business groups urge chancellor to secure
access to cash. https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/mps-business-groups-unite-secure-access-cash-05-03-2020/
FSB:
Local businesses must win fair share of climate
change contracts. https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/fsb-local-businesses-must-win-fair-share-of-climate-change-contracts.html
The
National Construction Expo, the Arena MK, Milton
Keynes on 6th May 2020. http://www.nationalconstructionexpo.co.uk/
A
homeware collection made from plastic waste.
https://tinyurl.com/vj4w3u7
EvBox's
faster, more efficient electric car chargers.
https://tinyurl.com/vlht8um
05.03.2020:
Coronavirus slams brakes on UK services sector.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/04/coronavirus-slams-brakes-on-uk-services-sector/
Urgent
business rates reform needed, industry groups
warn Chancellor. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/03/urgent-business-rates-reform-needed-industry-groups-warn-chance/
'Industry groups' have been pleading for
'urgent' business rate reform for decades. Makes
you wonder why they continue to support the
greatest single obstacle to reform, in that
case. The Tories.
Digital
banks placed ahead of traditional rivals in
customer service poll. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/04/digital-banks-placed-ahead-of-traditional-rivals-in-customer-ser/
Scam
victims can be in total disbelief they are being
tricked – bank manager. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/03/scam-victims-can-be-in-total-disbelief-they-are-being-tricked-a/
Especially when it's by the criminal banks
themselves.
A
personal trainer chatbot for the environment.
https://tinyurl.com/vbt8573
Network
links producers in East Africa with foreign
buyers. https://tinyurl.com/s68gcvp
Biodegradable
3D-printer resin made from used deep fryer oil.
https://tinyurl.com/u2gxn2l
Eco-friendly
lumber can resist water and mould. https://tinyurl.com/wb7who3
GPS
feature helps drivers avoid inadvertent fines.
https://tinyurl.com/tvsocjf
Skateboards
that engage artists and consumers in social
projects. https://tinyurl.com/r7nx7uw
An
interactive, educational and screenless audio
device. https://tinyurl.com/sljwuj9
04.03.2020:
It's not just chlorinated chicken: five foods
a US trade deal could bring to the UK. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/02/chlorinated-chicken-foods-us-trade-deal-uk-eu
US-UK
trade deal – what’s at stake. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/us-uk-trade-deal-whats-at-stake/
Construction
sector soars as delayed building projects get
green light. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/03/construction-sector-soars-as-delayed-building-projects-get-green/
'Outrageous':
Government tells 'gig economy' workers to claim
universal credit if coronavirus forces them
to stay at home. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-news-gig-economy-workers-universal-government-lost-wage-a9371741.html
Brexit
– Four times as many working in customs
checks than the entire fishing industry. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/brexit-four-times-as-many-working-in-customs-checks-than-the-entire-fishing-industry/
Growth
in small businesses using alternative finance.
https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/growth-in-small-businesses-using-alternative-finance-continues-while-gross-bank-lending-flatlines-finds-british-business-bank-research/
More than half (52%) of smaller businesses that
applied for finance in 2019 contacted a finance
provider outside of the 'Big Five' banks, according
to a report by the British Business Bank. The
'Small Business Finance Markets 2019/20' report
also found that in the five years to 2019 there
was a 32% increase in small businesses accessing
asset finance, a 131% increase in equity finance
and a 374% increase in marketplace business
lending.
Plans
for greener farming revealed. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/eustice-unveils-plans-for-future-greener-farming
Defra has launched a consultation on the new
Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme,
which will replace CAP Direct Payments from
2024. The ELM scheme will be comprised of three
tiers and will reward farmers with public money
to deliver 'public goods that restore and protect
the natural environment'. Tier one of the scheme
will encourage farmers to adopt environmentally
sustainable farming and forestry practices;
tier 2 will apply to farmers, foresters and
other land managers who deliver locally-targeted
environmental outcomes and tier three will apply
to larger-scale projects such as restoring peatland.
The consultation closes on 5 May 2020.
03.03.2020:
Businesses run from garden sheds ‘contributing
£17bn to UK economy’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/03/01/businesses-run-from-garden-sheds-a-contributing-a-17bn-to-uk-ec/
Far-fetched statistics emanating from fake
Tory gurus on 'home businesses' no longer being
in fashion, one supposes?
Boris
Johnson urged to stop ‘cosying up’
to Trump and focus on UK-EU trade talks.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-brexit-trade-deal-us-eu-uk-nhs-food-safety-negotiations-a9367331.html
The Tory regime has claimed a transatlantic
trade deal would deliver (hopefully) a £3.4bn
boost to the economy - or £13.6 billion
LESS than the contribution being made by country's
below-the-radar, mere 'garden shed' businesses.
(Above.) Not a point which is likely to be made
by the pro-Brexit, fake news gutter press.
UK
begins trade talks with EU. https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/brexit-deal-will-be-difficult-barnier-says-as-ministers-agree-mandate/
The UK and the EU have agreed their negotiating
mandates for talks on a new trade partnership.
The first round of trade talks will focus on
regulatory standards, state aid rules and fisheries.
However, a report published by the UN Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned
that both the UK and the EU will lose trade
and suffer economically. The report forecasts
a 9% fall in UK exports to the EU even if a
free trade agreement without tariffs and quotas
is agreed.
Extension
of IR35 rules will go ahead as planned.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-changes-to-the-off-payroll-working-rules-report-and-conclusions
HM Treasury has completed its review of proposals
to extend IR35 rules to the private sector and
confirmed that the rules will apply from 6 April
2020 as planned. The Chancellor has also reassured
contractors that HMRC will not be 'heavy handed'
on penalties during the first year of IR35 implementation.
02.03.2020:
Senior Government adviser says UK farming and
fishing ‘not critically important’.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/29/senior-government-adviser-says-uk-farming-and-fishing-a-not-cri/
Obviously not. To a regime of Tory traitors
fagging for US and Israeli terrorists. Just
as well Little Ingerlandt's American Prime Minister,
Boris The Bump's latest news has come when it
has: Brexit Knobheads will be impressed. And
distracted for even longer.
Revealed:
fake 'traders' allegedly prey on victims in
global investment scam. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/revealed-fake-traders-allegedly-prey-on-victims-in-global-investment-scam
Before
You Go Into Business with Family or Friends.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/before-you-go-into-business-with-family-or-friends-397525?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=19531715&utm_term=
01.03.2020:
Fears over the coronavirus expose just what
a disease the gig economy is. https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/business/coronavirus-gig-economy-work-self-isolation-statutory-sick-pay-matt-hancock-quarantine-a9362831.html
Nine
out of ten commuters want to quit their job
to work closer to home. https://www.thehrdirector.com/business-news/press-release/9-out-of-10-commuters-want-to-quit-their-job-to-work-closer-to-home-in-the-home-counties/
More
Than 9 Million People Use Freecycle Instead
of Buying New. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/02/more-than-9-million-people-use-freecycle-instead-of-buying-new.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29
'I
lost £95,000 in a bank scam after my solicitor's
email was hacked'. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/feb/29/bank-scam-solicitors-email-hacked
29.02.2020:
Business groups call on PM to reach deal which
allows smooth trade with EU. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/27/business-groups-call-on-pm-to-reach-deal-which-allows-smooth-tra/
Well. The fantasist, minority, snout-in-trough
elements which voted Tory might well have done
so. The vast majority on the other hand, simply
know they're fcuked.
UK
races to find extra 50,000 staff for post-Brexit
paperwork. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/28/extra-50000-border-staff-needed-for-post-brexit-trade-says-gove
So much for the Tory regime's/gutter press
'Brussels' red tape propaganda! As we have been
pointing out for decades.
Number
of workers on ‘zero-hour contracts’
hits new record high and other records of injustice.
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/number-of-workers-on-zero-hour-contracts-hits-new-record-high-and-other-records-of-injustice/
Tory
'self-employed entrepreneurs', shurely?
The Triple Block – What they don’t
want you to know about income. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/the-triple-block-what-they-dont-want-you-to-know-about-income/
Annual
house price growth strongest since July 2018.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/28/annual-house-price-growth-strongest-since-july-2018/
Competition watchdog set for enforcement action
in leasehold sector. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/28/competition-watchdog-set-for-enforcement-action-in-leasehold-sec/
Not too late, then? How many hundreds of
years has the leasehold sector been subject
to abuse?
‘Stealth
tax’ costing families £223 per yer
on average, report claims. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/28/a-stealth-taxa-costing-families-a-223-per-yer-on-average-rep/
The
9 Best Small Business Books of 2020. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/best-small-business-books-4154269
Free
Ways to Promote Your Business Online. https://www.thebalancecareers.com/free-online-advertising-4148463?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=19487003&utm_term=
British
craft brewer offers company stock for cans.
https://tinyurl.com/rhqzls5
Sustainable
trainers made from recycled tire soles.
https://tinyurl.com/slndv9h
French
company produces biodegradable plastic from
milk. https://tinyurl.com/tg7fuol
Smart
nappy alerts caregivers when wet. https://www.springwise.com/innovation/computing-tech/low-cost-smart-nappy?dm_i=3GJ2,10AYA,2V1FMX,3TU86,1
28.02.2020:
Legal victories over 'No DSS' letting agents.
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-51642316
Businesses
turn to alternative money trees as big bank
lending stalls. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/26/businesses-turn-to-alternative-money-trees-as-big-bank-lending-s/
Homelessness
five times worse in UK than government admits
as figures reveal 28,000 now sleeping rough.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homelessness-uk-rough-sleeping-streets-latest-a9360306.html
Funding
to compensate bank transfer fraud victims extended
to end of 2020. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/27/funding-to-compensate-bank-transfer-fraud-victims-extended-to-en/
27.02.2020:
Brexit will have soon cost the UK more than
all its payments to the EU over the past 47
years put together. https://tinyurl.com/vv7rh7m
A fact not being circulated by Little Ingerlandt's
fake news and disinformation gutter press.
Councils
hit by storms plan for thousands of new homes
in flood-prone areas. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/councils-hit-by-storms-plan-for-thousands-of-new-homes-in-flood-prone-areas/
Is there anyone surprised out there? Mind
you, drowning makes a change from councils just
burning their tenants to death.
Users
would tell Facebook their bank balance for $8.44
a month. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/26/users-would-tell-facebook-their-bank-balance-for-844-a-month
Or, if Fakebook take a bent, incompetent
Tory minister out for lunch, he will give them
all the data they want for free.
UK:
Google data transfer to USA just the start –
“possibilities for abuse are enormous”.
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/uk-google-data-transfer-to-usa-just-the-start-possibilities-for-abuse-are-enormous/
Public
fed up with EU warnings over Brexit delays,
says Wetherspoons chief. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/26/public-fed-up-with-eu-warnings-over-brexit-delays-says-wethersp/
If truth be known the public are even more
fed up with the views of Wetherspoon's boss
being endlessly circulated by the coincidental,
snout-in-trough opinions of the fake news and
disinformation gutter press. How about a few
views from the country's 5 million vast majority
of small businesses for a change?
'Wittiest'
shop names in UK. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/business-names-wit-pun-surelock-homes-spruce-springclean-poll-a9357666.html
26.02.2020:
Farming leader issues warning over ‘morally
bankrupt’ food trade deals. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/25/farming-leader-issues-warning-over-a-morally-bankrupta-food-t/
Could
we reasonably expect anything else from a regime
of war criminals fagging for the world's #1
pariah, terrorist state?
EU
demands UK keep chlorinated chicken ban to get
trade deal. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/25/keep-chlorinated-chicken-ban-to-win-trade-deal-eu-tells-uk
American
banking giant immersed in criminality aims for
UK retail customers. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/american-banking-giant-immersed-in-criminality-aims-for-uk-retail-customers/
For those Brexit Knobheads who ever thought
a US/Little Ingerlandt trade deal would only
involve chicken-shit.
FCA
admits revealing personal details of 1,600 consumers
in data breach. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/25/fca-admits-revealing-personal-details-of-1-600-consumers-in-data/
Eamonn
Holmes hit with huge tax bill after losing court
case with HMRC. https://www.aol.co.uk/entertainment/2020/02/25/eamonn-holmes-hit-with-huge-tax-bill-after-losing-court-case-wit/
The media has long been one of the country's
biggest hypocrites, pointing its accusing finger
at everyone supposedly taking advantage of the
public purse while being amongst the country's
most prolific tax-dodgers and leeches (as well
as criminals, hate-preachers and liars, of course)
themselves. This will be viewed as a test case
and hopefully the HMRC will now turn their attentions
to all the other taxpayer-funded bar-stool nonentities
thrusting their grotesquely overpaid personalities
down the public's throats.
UK
travellers scramble to change plans as coronavirus
spreads. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/25/uk-travellers-scramble-to-change-plans-as-coronavirus-spreads
Having found out that the Foreign Office
(FCO) is going to be as much use as a pair of
tits on a goldfish.
Directors’
duties and liabilities survive insolvency –
a new court ruling. https://www.k2-partners.com/directors-duties-and-liabilities-survive-insolvency-a-new-court-ruling/
7
Things Every Startup Founder Needs to Know.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/things-every-startup-needs-to-know-2948556?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=19486963&utm_term=
How To Improve Customer Perception. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-customer-perception-can-make-or-break-your-business-4171512?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=19471077&utm_term=
10
Things You Can Make and Sell for Extra Cash.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/making-and-selling-things-for-extra-cash-4142344?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=19487032&utm_term=
Coronavirus
app warns of proximity to those at risk.
https://tinyurl.com/rr8khcv
A
smart vending machine that rewards recycling.
https://tinyurl.com/wv2ejwc
App
alerts shoppers to unhealthy products in real-time.
https://tinyurl.com/wd8f3w7
Social
enterprise teaches communities to build sustainable
houses. https://tinyurl.com/vdy9fsd
App
identifies products that reflect sustainable
values. https://tinyurl.com/st6shcm
25.02.2020:
Government campaign to promote business support.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-new-business-support-campaign
The
Department for Business has launched a new campaign
to help firms across England access support
to start and grow their businesses. The new
Business Support website includes a directory
of all government-backed support schemes, which
are divided into four areas: finance and business
planning, exporting, leadership and talent,
and innovation and technology. As part of the
campaign, government support will also be advertised
across a range of media including radio, newspapers
and social media.
Does
this mean the Tory regime has moved on from
its brownshirts and fake gurus which were used
to dismantle the previous business support infrastructure
in the first place?
Major
support package for storm-hit areas. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/major-package-of-support-for-storm-hit-areas
The
Government has announced a range of support
including grants and business rates relief for
businesses in areas affected by recent storms.
Businesses in West Yorkshire, Cumbria, Nottinghamshire,
Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Telford
and Wrekin, Worcestershire and Herefordshire
that have been affected by flooding are eligible
for support. The support includes Business Recovery
Grants, which provide up to £2,500 along
with 100% business rates relief. Businesses
can also apply for up to £5,000 to help
them become more resilient to future flooding.
New
watchdog will have power to ban rogue builders.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51620638
Here
we go again. The Tory regime will be most unhappy.
A lot of its bungs come from 'rogue' builders.
Fakebook: Home food businesses concern FSA watchdog.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51475289
Baby
toys to smoke alarms on popular marketplace
sites fail Which? safety tests. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/22/baby-toys-to-smoke-alarms-on-popular-marketplace-sites-fail-whic/
These being EU safety guidelines which the
Tory regime and Brexiteers want to see banned,
of course.
Ilkeston
NatWest Hole: TripAdvisor halts spoof reviews.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-51611555
TripAdvisor closing down, is it?
24.02.2020:
US trade deal: Tory minister fails to confirm
ban on import of chlorinated chicken. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-chlorine-chicken-us-trade-deal-uk-trump-boris-johnson-a9353066.html
He obviously has to ask Washington first.
Brexit:
Emmanuel Macron 'not sure' of UK-EU trade deal
by end of year. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-51601664
That's because Macron isn't even 'sure' of
how to run his own country's affairs - much
less those of anyone else.
Macron
astonished as French farmer praises his stance
in Brussels. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/22/macron-astonished-french-farmer-praise-brussels
Macron isn't the only one who was astonished!
In fact, there are moves afoot to reduce the
EU's contribution to the anarchic, pariah state
of France - something which Macron didn't feel
he should point out to his solitary fan.
What’s
the catch? British fishermen’s hopes and
fears for Brexit deal. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/23/brexit-deal-fishing-cornwall-devon-trade-talks-europe
The
UK's First Citizens' Supermarket Is Giving Dignity
Back To People In Food Poverty. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/citizens-supermarket-birkenhead-feeding-britain_uk_5e4fa8aac5b629695f58bd7f?ncid=news-aol
Twitter
could flag lies by politicians with ‘bright
orange’ labels. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/twitter-donald-trump-politicians-misinformation-labels-a9351616.html
Based upon the 'reputations' of both Twatter
and politicians, wouldn't it be easier for Twatter
to introduce the permanent
corporate colour of orange alone?
23.02.2020:
EU summit collapses as leaders struggle to fill
€75bn Brexit hole. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/21/eu-leaders-at-odds-over-filling-brexit-shortfall
Does
that mean 6 million striking French parasite
fonctionnaires are going to have to do some
work for the first time in their lives?
Email
address charges branded 'daylight robbery'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51571275
Almost as blatant a case of daylight robbery
as the taxpayer funded, supposed telecons watchdog/quango,
Ofcon.
New
blue British passport rollout to begin in March.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51585018
More business for French printers from a
Tory regime which would sell its own grannies
into white slavery - if there were any takers.
All to protect the country's 'sovereignty',
of course!
Priti
Patel warned her immigration crackdown will
‘cut the legs off’ the UK music industry.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/priti-patel-immigration-music-industry-home-office-a9347921.html
I'm sure she will put the amputations towards
a good cause; her favourite, perhaps: The Israeli
Terrorist Ministry for Culturewashing with British
taxpayers' money?
Holiday
hotspots ban unlimited alcohol in bid to crack
down on 'embarrassing' British behaviour. https://www.aol.co.uk/living/2020/02/22/holiday-hotspots-ban-unlimited-alcohol-in-bid-to-crack-down-on/
Well, if Brexit scum don't want to play the
game with the rest of Europe then why should
anyone want to put up with them?
Michael O'Leary: Ryanair boss criticised for
Muslim profiling comments. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51596125
Always good for a soundbite or two in the
Semitic gutter press is Moikal O'Lary, although
it won't have escaped the majority of air travellers'
attention that his vomit-yellow flying buckets
are Life-Threatening Shit Made In America and
that the greatest danger to the public anywhere
in the world comes from, once again, American
terrorists and their 'assets'.
Irish
drug dealer loses £46m bitcoin codes he
hid in fishing rod case. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/21/irish-drug-dealer-clifton-collins-l46m-bitcoin-codes-hid-fishing-rod-case
That's what can happen to your luggage when
you fly Ryanair.
Amazon
fails to remove ‘vile, racist’ Nazi
propaganda books from sale. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/amazon-nazi-propaganda-antisemitic-book-der-giftpilz-a9351471.html
That would seriously deplete Amazon's book
stocks!
22.02.2020:
UK factory output falls for fifth month in a
row.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-factory-output-falls-boris-bounce-a9347341.html
UK manufacturing grows at fastest rate since
April despite coronavirus impact. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/21/uk-manufacturing-grows-at-fastest-rate-since-april-despite-coron/
Fake news?
Royal
Mail to increase price of stamps. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/21/royal-mail-to-increase-price-of-stamps/
Google
to move UK citizens’ data to US. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-uk-us-data-brexit-gdpr-trump-protection-information-a9348191.html
As we have been saying - UK data has regularly
been handed over to the US for decades.
Britons
increasingly shun relatives and neighbours in
favour of smartphones, study finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/social-capital-smartphones-social-media-impacts-ons-a9348176.html
More ONS bullshit but even if remotely true,
does this herald the end of business networking
as well? After all, even the President of the
USA has degenerated into nothing more than a
Twatterer.
Wood
burners: Most polluting fuels to be banned in
the home. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51581817
Sounds like the Tory regime still doesn't
know what it's talking about even with the simplest
of issues.
Storm
Dennis: 'My business was flooded twice in two
days'. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51584246
That's just a start.
Summer
rentals to pay off the mortgage: the village
changed by Airbnb. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/20/summer-rentals-to-pay-off-the-mortgage-the-village-changed-by-airbnb
Traveller
went from 'skint student' to earning £30k
a month selling nudes online. https://www.aol.co.uk/living/2020/02/21/traveller-went-from-skint-student-to-earning-30k-a-month-sell/
21.02.2020:
Retail sales bounce back in January after weak
end to 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51571395
Women
getting on property ladder at younger age than
men, bank’s figures suggest. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/20/women-getting-on-property-ladder-at-younger-age-than-men-banka/
90%
of Google adverts for ISAs and bonds may be
scams, search giant told. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/isa-adverts-google-bonds-scams-investment-rates-a9345206.html
10% are true, in other words? My, that's
much better than expected.
Google
must start taking responsibility for the adverts
that it profits from. https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/news-analysis/google-investment-adverts-investment-scams-a9345296.html
Of course, the mainstream, snout-in-trough,
fake news media is all for pointing the finger
at Google while needing, arguably, even more
cleaning up itself. On balance however, they
both (and Fakebook) belong in a cesspit and
it's users who need to assume some reponsibility
for once by simply not using or believing, any
of them.
UK
Google users to lose EU GDPR data protections.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/20/uk-google-users-to-lose-eu-gdpr-data-protections-brexit
For what use they were. The Tories and their
Brownshirts gave the UK's data to the Americans
decades ago.
Personal
details of 10.6m MGM hotel guests revealed by
hackers, report says. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/19/mgm-resorts-hotel-hack-data-breach#img-1
Coronavirus
app warns of proximity to those at risk.
https://tinyurl.com/vorvyq2
A
wearable tracks key metrics to improve sleep.
https://tinyurl.com/r933xlf
App
alerts shoppers to unhealthy products in real-time.
https://tinyurl.com/rvm7uh8
Urban
rewilding project cleans and cools city air.
https://tinyurl.com/srrf2bw
Startup
predicts droughts and controls irrigation in
real-time. https://tinyurl.com/rfvwslk
App
helps patients and doctors keep track of medication.
https://tinyurl.com/vwlbz4p
Music
kit's advanced MIDI controller turns anyone
into a vocalist. https://tinyurl.com/rsh7rqa
A
smart vending machine that rewards recycling.
https://tinyurl.com/whjsztv
Method
allows faster miniature 3D-printing. https://tinyurl.com/yxya55db
With
our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and
Cobweb Info.
Len
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