Get you’re Loans here, low interest, high demand and lost receipts.
Is that about the just off it?
So glad they’re giving money away. I’ve been completely fucked by this so looking forward to the assistance.
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Looks like lots of people are completely ignoring the experts and still living it up as normal. I wonder if the explicitly anti expert, anti science ethos of Johnston, Gove et al during the Brexit drama has anything to do with that? People have “had enough of experts” especially ones who tell them they shouldn’t go out and get hammered. Looks like what’s useful for building power isn’t quite as good when trying to wield it.
The pound has slumped , dropping below $1.20 and hitting lows last regularly seen in the 1980s as investors scramble to get their hands on dollars.
How long will they want dollars for?
I feel like journalists need to learn to ask one question at a time. This long winded shit where you’ve forgotten what the first question actually was by the time they’ve finished is like the weakest link.
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That was a bit of a nothing-burger from Boris. Hope to be turning the tide in 12 weeks - really need to get the finance stuff sorted out sharpish.
The Chancellor better announce something major tomorrow - “stick by your staff and we’ll stick by you” is just vapour.
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More Johnson foam.
He’s just the front man for some seriously unpleasant people.
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Everything closing.
80% wages up to £2500/month.- unlimited funds.
Waiting for something for the self-employed…
Statutory sick pay and up to 30% rent - no good.
me too. Cash in hand is one thing but I need a rent/utillities freeze at a minimum.
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It sounds like the self-employed have fallen through a crack in this. Even IT contractors will get the 80% up to £2.5k/month as they’re employees of their own (or umbrella) companies.
I’m guessing that this will be plugged shortly - there are too many self-employed people for it not to be.
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I’ve been building a business for a few years funded by savings and have had no income at all in that time. Just got things going when this happens - everything I had lined up is cancelled. (Software based around mass participation events). Absolute nightmare.
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Really feel for you and this predicament.
No… I’ve not earned enough to pay tax in years so I may lose out? I think.
Thanks for the support/thoughts.
Job market is buoyant so it’ll be fine … oh wait.
My CV is ok - (30 yrs in IT - finance/govt/consultancy) although the last few years is this particular project. Sis works in IT recruitment and my landlady is pretty good (I hope).
That would give me around 30% of my rent comes to around £90 and nothing more… I’m fucked along with my cousin.
Sorry, guys, that all sounds crap, I hope enough people can put some pressure on them. This is about the first time I’ve been happy that France doesn’t quite have a proper “self-employed” category, so I’m classed as a small business and can get the help that’s going out to them, otherwise I’d be in the same boat.
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Yeah the self employed and the gig economy are getting left behind here and it really sucks to see so many hard working people just have their livelihoods and security swept away overnight. I’m one of the fortunate ones in that my office based job at a PPE supplier is both easily workable from home and also pretty secure for the time being, but I’m seeing a lot of people hurting already and it’s terrifying to think how bad this could get both economically and in terms of actual human lives.
Hopefully some sort of spirit of coming together will evolve over the coming weeks/months and there can be a good faith effort to support those in need and respect those who actually contribute rather than worshipping those who only take away. I’m not holding my breath but this is clearly a defining point in modern history and the circumstances for real change one way or another are coming thick and fast.
Anyway the initial purpose of posting was to show solidarity to those who are getting hit hard by this and to wish everyone well. Best of luck to all. This shit is crazy.
I’m out atm, I reckon I lost 20% last week… 1 day was bad, yesterday was OK and made up for the bad day on Tuesday…
I don’t know what to expect this week, maybe we block to empty roads (Kinda joking there).
I grew up with the owners, me and my cousin are doing credit work atm, covering for the landlines IN tescos and health centres etc.
Over 60 drivers gave up today as well and it’s all company cars, more tomorrow because of the closures.
The funny not funny thing is that we got called SMAC Cars for years so that’s why my name here is such, a sort of side joke and now it may become the only work we have is delivering customers to the scheme’s 
And its not something we want or like to do.
Can we be picky in times like these… 
And the Tescos are buzzing still, no stock though-Aldis etc all the same, our B&Ms got wrecked too at my place.
All-In-All @Marty is correct in that Atleast 40% of private hire car drivers are not legit full tax paying members of society excluding Uber I think most companies are doomed unlike ours who have the NHS to fulfill.
I’ll do them until I’m ill…
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