I see that Caffé Nero has just managed not to pay any tax on over £200 million turnover last year. I like Caffé Nero, it’s my coffee shop of choice but I am thinking of moving my business to Costa Coffee. At least I will if they pay their tax, but as they are owned by … Continue reading
I see that Whirlpool, the company behind the fire risk dryers, have finally told owners not to use them. Why? Are they unsafe to use? If they are now unsafe, then they were unsafe before people were told not to use them, in fact they have always been unsafe and yet the company were saying … Continue reading
I have just read an interesting article in the paper about business rates increasing. This is nothing new. It has been in the papers and on TV news for a while but what has come out in the past few days is that Amazon’s bill will be going down and yet small local businesses will … Continue reading
South West trains have been running a promotion over the summer offering a £20.00 Saturday rail fare to London. Maybe it was Saturday and Sunday and I will assume it was a return trip, but it doesn’t make any difference as they cancelled it on Saturday. Saturday was VJ day and there was a major … Continue reading