Guest Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Snafu said: BBC blaming the COVID-19 virus for the Laura Ashley chain. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51927691 I'm calling BS on this one, not just for the BBC but for the company to conveniently blame the virus when they've been struggling for years and that's including when they went into administration the first time not that long ago. This is a company which had is best years more than 20 years ago and were reluctant to change with the times, shame for the staff to lose their jobs but I don't have much sympathy for the company. Its far too early for companies to start squirming those that are now were already struggling on margins or are more concerned about their shares and their profits than the product or the service they provide. Are we going to see companies who were struggling before the pandemic suddenly collapsing conveniently over the next few days and asking for a government hand outs to help them? Hollywood Bowl, City Pub Group & DFS would be three of my tips for imminent admin and of the big boys First Group is in some serious s**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Pub League Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) Ashley has been a basket case for years but management try and get out of their f**k ups by blaming external current factors. Fat tounged mocknee c**t Jamie Oliver tried to blame Brexit for his restaurants closing when in reality they had been losing money since before 2016 because they were selling overpriced bland crap. I do worry that some organisations (looking at you PubCo's) will use this as an excuse not to reopen loss making outlets. Edited March 17, 2020 by Junior Pub League 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, WATTOO said: Hollywood Bowl, City Pub Group & DFS would be three of my tips for imminent admin and of the big boys First Group is in some serious s**t. I would expect some of the train operating companies to try and wriggle out of their contracts over this......................the Caledonian Sleeper won't survive this, surely..... Edited March 17, 2020 by Florentine_Pogen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: I would expect some of the train operating companies to try and wriggle out of their contracts over this......................the Caledonian Sleeper won't survive this, surely..... Yes, it's always the way. In some respects the good thing about this virus is that money, power and wealth won't save you in any way (although you will have access to better hospital care obviously), maybe this is actually the reboot that society in general has been crying out for, although at a very costly price. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Remember a few weeks ago when everyone was shiteing it over an Iran / US war that would kill us all? Different story, same sensationalised pish. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red23 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ross. said: Fully expect to be "automated" out of a job in the next few years as it is. I'm just hoping for a good pay off before I go... or outsourced to India for huge cost savings. What we see - "Hi i can't login to SAP as my account is disabled" "ok, please log off, shut down your pc and try log back in again" What management see - huge cost savings Reality - a far larger amount of wasted time and money than the outsourcing saved that goes undocumented and caused by sheer incompetence. Edited March 17, 2020 by red23 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Just now, Theroadlesstravelled said: Remember a few weeks ago when everyone was shiteing it over an Iran / US war that would kill us all? Different story, same sensationalised pish. Alex Jones posts on P&b ?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Even the cheeky chappie Carnies are suffering 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Alex Jones posts on P&b ??Pep loves Alex Jones, does he not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, red23 said: or outsourced to India for huge cost savings. What we see - "Hi i can't login to SAP as my account is disabled" "ok, please log off, shut down your pc and try log back in again" What management see - huge cost savings Reality - a far larger amount of wasted time and money than the outsourcing saved that goes undocumented and caused by sheer incompetence. In our case it's far more likely they would go straight to automation. We are rumoured to have a very sweet tax arrangement with the kanton we are based in. If we simply move the jobs, the tax implications would be far more expensive than the wage savings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Sturgeon is on BBC 1 Scotland in a minute, CoronaVirus update from Holyrood. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 23 minutes ago, WATTOO said: Hollywood Bowl, City Pub Group & DFS would be three of my tips for imminent admin and of the big boys First Group is in some serious s**t. Hollywood Bowl are owned by the same company which owns Sizzling Pubs and, I think, O'Neills. Not exactly a great portfolio in the current climate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 The less salubrious amongst our democratically elected overlords must be rubbing their gloved hands together in glee at all of the toxic scandals and skeletons in cupboards they can sort out under the radar while everyone is losing the heid over this virus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainspotter Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 55 minutes ago, Snafu said: Amazon: Staff told to work overtime as virus spikes demand Donna better get baking then. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Just now, trainspotter said: Donna better get baking then. Awww Donna's cakes! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 15 minutes ago, red23 said: What management see - huge cost savings You’ve missed out the large personal bonus bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigOutYourSoul Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 What is this woman’s accent?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Group round here trying to get a mass singalong of SoL at 8pm in support of care/service workers. Looking to get a PA system set up outside Banana Flats, STV asked to film it lol. https://facebook.com/events/s/leith-edinburgh-sings-sunshine/1105756243119428/?ti=cl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 At least good old Covid has put a fucking dampener on all the the plastic paddy day shite. #montheCovid 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 18 minutes ago, Silverton End said: Sturgeon is on BBC 1 Scotland in a minute, CoronaVirus update from Holyrood. Anything good on BBC2? -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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