Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

cynic 74698

"you may not have noticed, but he and i now (usually) have quite
interesting and sensible dialogue"


Hahahahaha....LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!

There's going to be the biggest(for a number of years) moon on view around
4.45pm this afternoon,

I remember when i was around 8 and we'd just been to the pictures and on
way home, and the moon seemed absolutely massive it looked like it was going
to crash into the earth...

Don't tell Hays that. He is already under the bed hiding from Trump. Maybe it will be cloudy...hope not.

Is your M&S closing? List of clothing and home stores that could be shut has been released

A list of Marks & Spencer clothing and home stores that could be closed has been released. The high street store is shutting 30 outlets around UK and converting 45 others to Simply Food stores due to plunging half-year profits.

The full list of closures has not yet been revealed by M&S but retail analysts say they have identified those stores at risk of shutting. Local Data Company director Matthew Hopkinson told the Daily Mail: “There are 35 towns and cities that have more than two M&S stores either on the high street, in a shopping centre or on the edge of town in a retail park.

“If one removes the large urban centres such as London, Glasgow and other cities, there are 22 towns where one might question the need for two stores.”

M&S told the paper the list was not based on any official data.

It will also shut 53 stores across 10 international markets - including 10 in China and seven in France, while pulling out of Belgium, Estonia, Hungary and Lithuania - putting around 2,100 jobs at risk.

The latest restructure moves come as M&S revealed more sales falls in its embattled clothing division, with like-for-like sales down by 5.9% in the first half. M&S is planning to expand its food offering, which is proving more of a success than its clothing.

Hanging on: The clothing arm of the business is decreasing while food trade rises but it narrowed the sales decline from 8.9% in the first quarter - its worst performance for a decade - to 2.9% in the second quarter.

Same-store food sales fell 0.9% over the half-year, while it saw growth of 0.3% at M&S.com, leaving overall UK like-for-like sales 3% lower.

M&S has reported an 18.6% fall in underlying pretax profit for its first half to October 1, though that is slightly better than expected.

Profits of around £216million were predicted, but the actual figure posted this morning was £231.1 million.

Marks & Spencer flagship store in Paris, on Champs-Elysees, which will be shut

The international closures are part of a new plan to focus its international business on a franchise model. Pulling out of those international markets is expected to eliminate annual losses of £45 million.

In July, M&S announced its clothing arm suffered its worst performance for more than a decade as it cut back on promotions, with sales plummeting 8.9%.

The list

Aberdeen

Ayr

Banbury

Barrow-in-Furness

Basildon

Birmingham

Blackburn

Blackpool

Bolton

Boston

Bournemouth

Brentwood

Bridlington

Brierley Hill

Bristol

Buxton

Carlisle

Chichester

Coventry

Darlington

Dundee

Durham

Fareham

Hereford

Hull

Kettering

King’s Lynn

Leamington Spa

Leeds

Leicester

Liverpool

Macclesfield

Maidstone

Manchester

Mansfield

Milton Keynes

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Northwich

Nottingham

Peterborough

Preston

Rochdale

Sheffield

Southampton

St Albans

Stockton-on-Tees

Stoke

Swansea

Swindon

Sunderland

Tunbridge Wells

Warrington

*According to Local Data Company

The 'supermoon' that appears today is the biggest since 1948, the one i saw
was in the early 60's, so if this is going to be the biggest for years then it
should be spectacular, if there's no cloud??

Otherwise another is due on the 14th Dec...If you miss them the next supermoon
will be in November 2034...

how can uk companies compete with non uk companies who pay no taxes in the uk
te list of non uk tax payers is long .
aldi
amazon
liddle
mcdon
n power
kfc

and hundreds more
the uk gov should act and either pay uk taxes or remove them

FARAGE the number one man in the uk what a great man
then you look at the arseholes who have been traitors to the uk
and the biggest arse hole
Richard branson yes the biggest liar on the planet
as paid not a penny in taxes in the uk for over 8 years but still opens is foul mouth

Manuel,

In that, you appear to be seeking an education try another interesting article.

You don't have to agree with it.

"Trade is the lifeblood of humanity. Closed doors lead to closed minds
Will Hutton"


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/13/america-trade-deals-donald-trump-nafta-isolationism

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/13/america-trade-deals-donald-trump-nafta-isolationism

as and when i have the time :-)

hope you are all watching fake Britain on food outlets never use them they are filthy in most cases .

never eat mince meat it could kill you

half of all uk restaurants are zero rated . now on bbc

not exactly true, so suggest you check out why that might be the case and why restaurants etc (in this country) are legally obliged to cook burgers right the way through - ie medium rare is absolutely not allowed

despite the season, i assumed you did not mean the stuff that goes in mince pies!

cynic on bbc now kfc ice could kill you

why are restaurants allowed to stay open with a zero rating . the answer is avoid all
high street restaurants , just use weatherspoons or supermarket to be safe

We have UK companies that pay no tax in their countries of operation. It's quid pro quo. ICI was a massive UK company operating in almost every country. They paid their taxes mainly in the UK with complaints in those countries similar to our criticisms of Amazon etc.

It has been that way virtually forever. Ford, Vauxhall and hundreds of other foreign companies have never paid tax here or just small amounts.

If we want to change the way Google, Amazon etc do business we will have to accept our companies paying local taxes. It may not be to our advantage.

so can eating salad or just tomatoes and similar abroad
go and get yourself a life - or even a quick death

ice is well known for potentially harbouring all sorts of bugs
thus avoid domestic fridges with ice-making facilties

cynic
Plenty of restaurants will cook burgers rare. And serve steak tartare which is minced steak raw with a raw egg.

Certainly ice abroad is to be avoided.

steak tartare should be made from freshly chopped steak which is very different from mince, and i don't just mean in texture

restaurants in uk serving anything other than burgers well done are almost certainly acting illegally, though i confess i won't order unless rare to medium rare is on offer

raw eggs are no longer on the banned list - there used to be an alleged risk of salmonella, as edwina curry will testify