Bud the Baker Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 Quote HSBC reported a 35% fall in pre-tax profit during the third quarter of the year to $3.1bn (£2.3bn), while revenues fell 11%. Right but they still made a pre-tax profit of £2.3Bn in a three month period, but hey "we're all in it together"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted November 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Scottish football, we're not alone, losing around £70m, to rise to £100m by the end of the season. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55030350 Scottish football is estimated to have suffered a collective loss of £70m due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The figure is projected to rise towards £100m by the end of the season, after the Scottish FA conducted a survey of all levels of the game. The 42 SPFL clubs, plus those in the Highland and Lowland leagues, as well the SFA itself, were asked to quantify the loss in income due to Covid-19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Hope they all go bust. Been getting away with extortion for years. FECKEM Start Soccer again as a free hobby for the General Public. Make the jessies pay to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanleySaint Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Look forward to pictures of your horse and cart as you appear to be going full luddite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastlandssaint Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55171011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Monster Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Clyde's game againsr Forfar is off tomorrow, as they have insufficient number of players to start the game due to a number self isolating. https://spfl.co.uk/news/spfl-statement-47194 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 We're all in it togrther... Quote The Institute for Fiscal Studies has calculated that better-off families saved, on average, more than £300 a month between March and September, while the poorest households were £170 a month worse off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted December 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Bud the Baker said: We're all in it togrther... Good news, I'm rich. 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted December 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Yflab said: I always thought you were a Dick. 😂 Tricky Dicky. 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Good news, I'm rich. 🙄 The quote was from a larger interview given by the Bank of England's chief economist Andy Haldane who is pinning his hopes on a spending spree from Covid's financial winners to counter the economic downturn being caused by Covid and Brexit - so get spending. Edited December 7, 2020 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted December 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Just now, Bud the Baker said: The quote was from a larger interview given by the Bank of England's chief economist Andy Haldane who was pinning his hopes on a spending spree from Covid's financial winners to counter the economic downturn caused by Covid and Brexit - so get spending. What would you like? 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, faraway saint said: What would you like? 😉 Either "me two front teeth" or a banjolele. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, Yflab said: Maybe more people should follow these simple guidelines to financial independence..... 1. Avoid Debt; 2. Spend less than you earn; 3. Invest the difference. My kids are nearing the end of their school education and not once have they been taught basic financial education regarding items like PAYE Taxes, National Insurance, Pensions, Benefits system, Mortgages, Credit Cards, Loans, Interest repayments, etc. They can however list all the nicknames for class A, B and C drugs as well as understanding all the different genders and religious festivals around the world. It rips ma knitting so it does seeing so many people lumbered with mortgages they can’t afford, loans that they struggle with repayments, credit card debts with enormous interest penalties. Don’t even get me started on the people who get sucked into long contracts for mobile phones and TV-Broadband deals. When they lose their jobs or suffer ill health all these companies will want their pound of flesh. It’s frightening to think that Britons owe so much in consumer debt. Total household debt in Great Britain was £1.28 trillion in April 2016 to March 2018, of which £119 billion (9%) was financial debt and £1.16 trillion (91%) was property debt (mortgages and equity release). Maybe I should've posted a link to the whole article where he says that Covid's financial winners banked £100 billion between March & September by savings made from working at home coupled with spending less on holidays, social activities etc... UK public's £100bn Covid savings could help recovery, says Haldane | Business | The Guardian The idea of raising taxes remains a remote possibility, so harden your hearts as we head into Austerity2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, Yflab said: Feck that I’ll be sailing away in my yacht to my new home in Monaco. Or more likely a rowing boat to Millport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) Ultimate kick in the teeth - Debenham's sold to a business complicit in not paying it's workers the minimum wage and undermining safe working practices during the pandemic? Yup we're certainly all in it together... Debenhams shops to close permanently after Boohoo deal - BBC News Quote Fashion retailer Boohoo has bought the Debenhams brand and website for £55m. However, it will not take on any of the firm's remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce. Edited January 25, 2021 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, Bud the Baker said: Ultimate kick in the teeth - Debenham's sold to a business complicit in not paying it's workers the minimum wage and undermining safe working practices during the pandemic? Yup we're certainly all in it together... Debenhams shops to close permanently after Boohoo deal - BBC News f**k Debenhams. 15 stores in Scotland but not in the biggest town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: f**k Debenhams. 15 stores in Scotland but not in the biggest town. I remember buying a Christmas pressie in there a few years ago (quite a few years now I guess) and the checkout girl commented on my St. Mirren tammy - I asked if she was a Saints fan, there's quite a few in Ayr, she said no but that she was a Steven Thompson fan... I guess it would just've been after he started doing commentaries on't Telly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 20 year interest free loan of £1M available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarti Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 20 year interest free loan of £1M available. Cool.Take the £1m, put it in an interest paying account, after 20 years the loan is paid but we still have all the interest which due to inflation, may be enough to buy a bar of soap for Greenock to share.You know it makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Slarti said: Cool. Take the £1m, put it in an interest paying account, after 20 years the loan is paid but we still have all the interest which due to inflation, may be enough to buy a bar of soap for Greenock to share. You know it makes sense. Do I need to give you a lesson in morals young man? You've got enough to say about "Tory cunts". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarti Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Do I need to give you a lesson in morals young man? You've got enough to say about "Tory cunts".I don't believe that I have ever used that phrase on this site. I mean, they are, but I just don't think that I've ever said so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazil85 Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 4 hours ago, oaksoft said: Do I need to give you a lesson in morals young man? You've got enough to say about "Tory cunts". From a guy that thinks it's morally right that drug dealers should be imprisoned for life and given zero opportunity for rehabilitation or to contribute to society again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) My travel destinations.....................everyone a cracking read. Edited January 29, 2021 by faraway saint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Slarti said: 9 hours ago, oaksoft said: Do I need to give you a lesson in morals young man? You've got enough to say about "Tory cunts". I don't believe that I have ever used that phrase on this site. I mean, they are, but I just don't think that I've ever said so. I don't recall you using that phrase either. Another sign he's losing the plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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