John Wright

There are a number of documents to be filed. That’s why I used returns, rather than return. It’s the companies registry. The only default possible is the failure to file statutory documents. Action by police, regulator, or courts won’t cause a companies registry default. They may result in the filing of other documents.

Just means they haven’t filed their annual returns on time

The parallels are there, the difference is the UK government knew it couldn’t get away with it. Didn’t stop the armed forces and RUC behaving like the IDF towards catholics.

The thing that springs to mind is that compared to 1978/9 when I returned from University and 1982, when I qualified and started to have disposable income to eat out, there are now many more catering establishments, bars, cafes, takeaways, burger joints, medium range and high end restaurants, than we have ever had, with a huge range of quality, cuisine and price. OK, we’ve not got Michelin starred establishments, but we’ve got places ranging from very good to indifferent. The good ones, offering the right product, at the right price to their chosen market, and which are run well, will survive. Those that don’t/aren’t won’t. ‘Twas ever thus. Catering is a risky business. Hard to gauge. What is the dogs bollocks one week caN fast fall out of favour, as fickle custom chases the next new thing. Few establishments last more than a decade. Lots fail much faster. And they fail for all sorts of reasons. Im sure the economic climate is tight, and of course there has been the effect of covid, meaning that lots of places no longer had the cushion they used to. I’m not sure that it justifies the industry call for support. The one area we have many fewer places is traditional small boozers, selling decent cask conditioned beers. The two breweries had nearly 100 pubs. Now down to 35ish.

But at what cost. Transfer it back to Northern Ireland, or Cyprus, or Kenya or Malaysia, or the USA actions in Vietnam and South East Asia. 1. Destroying civilian infrastructure and killing civilians drives the insurgents/terrorists/freedom fighters/liberation or independence fighters underground and acts as a powerful recruiting tool. 2. it’s disproportionate when the civilian populations is so adversely affected, with casualties etc. 3. You’d not have suggested a scorched earth policy against every Catholic ghetto, residential area, school, church, hospital, in Northern Ireland, would you? And if you had, what would have been the effect, and the international reaction?

And you and me - living proof

Aren’t these drills, and preparations for adverse lockdown events, the source of the pupils behaving/identifying as cats at school. One of the recommended things, allegedly, to have is cat litter and a tray for kids who can’t wait for a whole lesson, let alone a few hours, for loo breaks.

You mean like this 🤬

It’s having to pay it when you haven’t budgeted/provided for. I had a VAT bank account and transferred VAT received every week. Meant I always had the funds available. My business, like a restaurant, had few VAT inputs. Many businesses don’t provide and the quarterly bill comes as a surprise. Transferring funds or making proper provision as you go allows you to have a better idea of whether your business is a going concern.

As do the SPCo staff when doing live on board

They got their pricing from a ferry booking site, no discounted fares, plus their commission. Those sites have their uses - but cheap they ain’t.

Same as you

You need to look at Condor or BF or Wight Link or Red Funnel and Stena and Irish Ferries from Liverpool, Holyhead, Pembroke etc aren’t much better And Hull/Rotterdam? P&O. Pray no emergency as staff on £3.50 an hour won’t assist

Just shows the Manx love of SPCo bashing and Manx Crab syndrome as national sports. I’ve travelled on lots of the routes and SPCo is pretty good value and service.

I’ve always said we need to wait until all the conversion is completed, and then some. The store and IoM area manager have a degree of latitude over what to stock and it’ll need time to settle down for each store.

Taking that one point. IoM Shoprite shoppers were used to fewer lines and less choice in the 5 smaller stores, and higher costs, over their 9 store estate, than Tesco. Whats the difference?

Yes. But no one is going to be more than 12km/7.5miles from a superstore and 80%+ of the population will less than 3 miles or 5km. Of those who used 4 out of the 5 Shoprite stores that are to be express branded the nearest superstore will be less than 2km/1.25miles. That leaves Castletown. So, for Castletown only, the questions that are relevant are 1. will the range of food lines be greater or fewer than carried by Shoprite 2. will the quality be better or worse than Shoprite 3. will the price of a shopping basket of identical or equivalent products be more or less than it was when Shoprite operated. That it’s an express isn’t relevant. Shoprite didn’t carry their full range of lines in Castletown, Michael Street, Village Walk, Winerite or St Paul’s Sq.. Even in UK not every superstore carries the same number of lines. It depends on floor space and what sells well.

All explained here. Masks are really good at reducing influenza virus spreading, as is social distancing. No brainer really. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9862942/ conclusion In conclusion, this study found that influenza reduction was consistently related to a higher mask-use ratio across three of the four analyzed seasons. In the winter season in the Northern hemisphere, a low human social distancing index was consistently related to the reduction in influenza. These results may suggest that a surge of influenza is controllable through effective preventive measures and should be put into place during a possible pandemic of novel influenza viruses. To sum up, without masks and distancing we’d have had influenza and covid together. One doesn’t stop or interfere with transmission of the other. Without masks and social distancing covid could have been much worse.

The use of CCTV in the lavatory area can be lawful if they are positioned correctly. Same in pubs or public conveniences. If you read the article the use is suspended until compliance with a direction. However any usage must be proportionate to the issue it’s being used to combat, criminal damage, fighting, vaping, drug taking/dealing, etc. No use where any image would be captured in cubicles or looking down on urinals, basically. There may also be issues about how long the recording is kept before wiping and who can access. This all needs covering in a written policy. Plus prominent and unambiguous signage.

As the door slides, and is often open when passengers go down to their cars, that wouldn’t work. Their is however, an identical sign, in the stairwell lobby, immediately to the right or left of the door, on each stairwell, at each car deck level. I’ll give you that on blue stairwell it’s only on the port side. But red and green only have one stairwell exit to car deck.

Yes, breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea and cake, high tea, dinner, supper and breakfast on the run down. Plus unlimited tea, coffee, soft drinks and wine ( of sorts ) with lunch & dinner. on the way back it’s afternoon tea, dinner, supper, breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea & cake, high tea, dinner. Today the connection works well. I can eat in Portsmouth before embarkation. Return journey arrives 8pm so not enough time to make 02.15 from Heysham. Immigration and customs is very variable.

Yep. Specifically checked, for you. If I remember on the way down I’ll take a pic.

I’m on my 11th Manxman crossing. Crew are starting to fully get the hang of loading for passenger convenience. Up until today I’ve been parked at the red or green stairwells. Long haul to the Exec lounge. Today the blue stairs. End up at exec club entrance. Not back until practice week. Return fare just over £300. My BF leg, Portsmouth to Bilbao and return, 65 hours at sea, 3 nights in cabin and all my food and drink in Commodore Club lounge is £1100

Of course I’m speaking for myself, just like you are speaking for yourselves. If retailers offered a discount for shop & scan, or self checkout, or wages pro rata, or holiday pay… As I pointed out self checkout is being rolled back in some places. Theres room for home delivery, whoosh, click & collect, scan & shop, self checkout and full service checkout. It’s ensuring the balance is right. Retailers always dress things up. Morrisons are pushing quiet times for people who don’t like busy stores. The cynic in me says “virtue out of necessity” as Morrisons are failing and always empty. Asda, on the other hand could shave 2% off prices if they weren’t saddled with so much venture capital debt.

Try thinking slightly outside the box. It’s only popular because it may save time. Why may it save time? Because the retailer never has enough staffed checkouts open, so there are queues. Hence shoppers are pushed to scan & shop and self checkout. It’s nothing to do with customer convenience, its retailer cost cutting. That being said, one supermarket chain, small, I grant, is removing self checkout tills from its stores, and reverting to serviced checkout.