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Abergavenny, Wales
Joined August 2015
Sharing this (pay wall free) article again in light of posts about 24 hour work e mails. Comments afterwards emphasised the right corporate culture over ‘easy fixes’ like fruit at meetings. Stress and burnout: an FT investigation via @FT ft.com/content/f32a4a1a-9f41…
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The period of non-removable power cells is concluding. The European Union is forcing hardware manufacturers to engineer power packs that are simpler to swap and engineered for expanded lifespans. Commencing in 2027, cellular devices distributed across the EU marketplace will universally mandate power cells that buyers can detach and substitute with greater simplicity, without necessitating exclusive brand apparatus or intricate disassembly procedures. The statutory guidelines also decree that substitute power packs must remain obtainable for a minimum of 5 years following the discontinuation of a specific device design. Furthermore, longevity benchmarks are becoming significantly more stringent. Handsets retailed inside the EU must generally preserve a minimum of 80% of their initial energy volume after completing 800 comprehensive replenishment cycles. The objective is explicit: extend device longevity, streamline servicing, diminish redundant hardware replacements, and minimize electronic refuse. For a long duration, numerous cellular devices have been manufactured with integrated power units that prove challenging or costly to substitute. The European continent is currently driving the manufacturing sector toward the inverse approach. Beginning in 2027, the European region will mandate handsets to possess more accessible, longer-lasting power cells to assist hardware in remaining functional for extended durations.
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This is the great irony of British privatisation. We were told the state should not own strategic infrastructure. So we sold it. Then foreign states, sovereign wealth funds and state-linked companies bought stakes in the very assets we had decided our own state should not own. Chinese investors have held stakes in Heathrow and Thames Water. Chinese-linked companies bought major utility assets and became involved in UK nuclear power. So perhaps the question was never: “State ownership or private ownership?” It was: whose state owns it, who gets the returns, and whose national interest is ultimately being served? Britain did not abolish state ownership, it simply outsourced it.
Almost £200 billion of British infrastructure is now owned by Beijing-linked firms. Energy, schools, even asylum hotels, sold under governments who promised sovereignty. This is what post-Brexit freedom looks like: a fire sale. ⚙️ What China 🇨🇳 owns •Hinkley Point C nuclear plant – £13.15 billion stake •Heathrow Airport – £22.03 billion •Inch Cape Wind Farm – £1.75 billion •Multiple City of London office blocks bringing in tens of millions in rent each year •Private schools, ports, power stations, and hotels, part of an investment web tied to Beijing-controlled firms and state-backed funds.
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At last tax avoiders are to be treated the same as benefit claimant's as this right exists now to reclaim benefit overpayment so why not for unpaid tax.
EXCLUSIVE from @oliver_wright People who fail to pay their tax bill will find the money taken directly from their bank accounts under new powers to be given to HMRC at the budget In an attempt to recover up to £4bn of small unpaid debt John Healey, the chancellor, will announce that HMRC will have the authority to automatically deduct money from current and savings accounts when they fail to engage with the taxman It is the latest move to close Britain’s £60bn tax gap — the difference between the amount of tax that should in theory be paid to HMRC and the amount that is collected At present HMRC has limited powers to take money directly from taxpayers without their consent The tax authorities can only take money from bank accounts if it would leave someone with at least £5,000 remaining after the debt had been recovered and if the debt owed is more than £1,000 But ministers are concerned that the high threshold means a significant number of taxpayers are deliberately ignoring HMRC demands for money in the knowledge that the taxman is unlikely to come after them Under the new rules HMRC will be given powers to automatically deduct instalment payments from people with lower-value debts who persistently do not engage with the taxman. The threshold for debt recovery will be lowered to as little as a few pounds and the deductions could also include repaying fines and interest thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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This chart probably mirrors your felt experience since 2016 pretty well…
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Lord Rose “we know capitalism is the only system that works” @BBCAnyQuestions Don’t tell China
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Trump ordered to sit for deposition in BBC lawsuit bbc.in/47vF8sP
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#grosmontpathsgroup side hustle @HfdsCouncil putting in place a recovered step in time for #ChepstowWalkingFestival walk 15 on Friday through Llanrothal @RamblersGB @RamblersCymru
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Clywch Clywch!!!!! Unionists have always held Cymru back. #bbcqt
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