Archiestephens_elbow
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Should be an online shopping tax
Robert Maxwell will be looking up, smiling approvingly.Hang on. How can dividends be paid with pensions owing? I thought dividends could only be paid on profit.
Surely that is fraud??
Why ?Should be an online shopping tax
If people want to save the high street from stuff like this happeningWhy ?
"stuff like this" is happening because people don't want to save the high street - it's up to the high street to offer something that people wantIf people want to save the high street from stuff like this happening
Daft ideaIf people want to save the high street from stuff like this happening
Playing devils advocate….Daft idea
Let's halt progress and tax new stuff so that the old ways stay the same forever
There's already an online shopping tax, it's called VAT. Last thing we as consumers want is extra tax piled on top so that failing firms can continue to pay landlords for a bit longer, as, let's face it, any online shopping tax is coming out of our pockets, not theirs.
High streets just need to change. You can no longer have 8 of the same shop within a few minutes drive and have the same chains on every local high street. Replace them with fewer smaller units, leisure/services and residential properties to have people living back in town centres but in better quality housing than ancient poor quality terraces.
It's not meant to be a level playing field though, is it? Businesses compete on cost and many industries won't have want a physical presence and shouldn't be penalised for that.Playing devils advocate….
There are likely two things that have driven people to online shopping rather than the high street; the convenience of not having to go out to get a product, and the fact it is cheaper.
One of the reasons it is cheaper online is because of the amount of tax paid by large online retailers compared to bricks and mortar businesses. Not really a level playing field is it?
Such is the purchasing and selling power now of some online retailers that there’s now not a huge amount of price different to what is left of the high street. The more that competition is reduced, the freer companies are to raise prices for profits with no consequences.
Middlesbrough Wilko closes 8th October - it really is so sad for all the staff and their regular customers.Wilkos had revenue of £1.25bn. I don’t think we need to pretend it some little corner shop going out of business.
Sad for the staff, for sure.Middlesbrough Wilko closes 8th October - it really is so sad for all the staff and their regular customers.
There are a lot of regular customers to the shop and the cafe that serves cooked food especially breakfasts at reasonable prices. I have used the shop regularly for years as my office is round the corner and it has always been a well used store. Especially convenient for those living in town. Being next to bus station and a multi storey car park (used to be free for 3 hours now, £1 for 3 hours) it is really conveniently situated.Sad for the staff, for sure.
I’d be surprised if there are that many regular customers in truth. There are other shops to buy Brillo pads in. They’ll cope.
Ok, it’s sad for users of the store too then. But as above, it’s progress. Wilko helped kill off the high street independent stores a couple of decades ago.There are a lot of regular customers to the shop and the cafe that serves cooked food especially breakfasts at reasonable prices. I have used the shop regularly for years as my office is round the corner and it has always been a well used store. Especially convenient for those living in town. Being next to bus station and a multi storey car park (used to be free for 3 hours now, £1 for 3 hours) it is really conveniently situated.