Post covid-19 companies to use/boycott

With all the indoors time we are all having and whilst not being "lucky" to have a job now that can be done remotely (I've always worked hard and made my career moves relatively sensibly, I havent won a job lottery) I've been thinking a lot about how we move on from this and whilst a lot of people, if not most, will go back to eating and drinking in Wetherspoons, flying with virgin Atlantic, spending money in one of Philip greens shops or Sports direct hopefully a substantial number will look more local for purchasing and work. Hopefully the farms in kent go back to putting on buses to bring people in to pick and pack fruit and vegetables. We go back to green grocers, markets and butchers and plenty of other stuff 

A lot of these places have stood up and exposed themselves by staying open to feed the country 

LenGlover said:

McBobbin said:

Timpson have been good to their staff. Doesn't surprise me, they do a lot right

Puzzles me that Timpsons are shut though given that they have loads of key workers.....

(I'll get me coat)

Think a lot of their people are sole traders mate

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Cordoban Addick said:

How does Branson get away with convincing enough of the world that he is a decent bloke and not a capitalist?

Nice beard.

DaveMehmet said:

LenGlover said:

McBobbin said:

Timpson have been good to their staff. Doesn't surprise me, they do a lot right

Puzzles me that Timpsons are shut though given that they have loads of key workers.....

(I'll get me coat)

They’re on lockdown 

You had to shoehorn that in

To be fair there ain’t that many British companies that haven’t stepped up to the plate here. Whilst I am not a fan of either Branson or Phillip green, I’m not sure they have really don’t anything wrong or different to other smaller players. I think we just expect them to be stepping up not and doing the philanthropy thing, rather than furloughing and asking for bail outs from their private yachts and Islands. 

Good list of who's been naughty or nice

https://www.lewiscotter.com/brands?fbclid=IwAR3nBfTqLzUD1ffYu46b9aBVChqqOjiKFVHIAvIGw90liIqlSurzxcKGlqQ

I’m not going to say I’m boycotting any particular company, ordinarily people have to earn a living. It’s not their  fault the governor they work for is a Tim Martin or a Philip Green. 
But saying that  will not forget or forgive some of the antics that certain individuals and companies have got up to in recent times. 
The only time I use a Spoons pub is when I go to the NEC, it’s that or go without, I’m not that strong willed but it does remind me of how much I prefer the local free house near my work and the governor is a decent human being.

kentaddick said:

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

Cordoban Addick said:

How does Branson get away with convincing enough of the world that he is a decent bloke and not a capitalist?

Think you'll find there a shed load of "capitalists" shovelling a lot of their resources into the aid effort on this, along with many other things that ain't related to C-19. 

Being a “capitalist” and a good bloke are not mutually exclusive, either. 

But in answer to the original question: Branson has been openly used cannabis for years, so got a pass for a long time from the hippie left. 

I never implied that they were. 

I work for them and pretty pleased with what Barclays are doing here.  £100m for charities helping the vulnerable as the sector has, so far, not been covered by any government aid, free banking & overdrafts for small businesses.

https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/barclays-launches-100m-coronavirus-fund-charities/finance/article/1679766

Stig said:

I hope these shoe repair puns last.

Yeh - nothing like a good sole 'n' eel to get CL groaning!

killerandflash said:

I think it simplistic to paint goodies and baddies. Wetherspoon is UK incorporated and pays Corporation Tax for example unlike the multi nationals and big tech firms who move their money around the world to pay less tax.

But then boots staff with no money

Grandson been working (partying) in Sydney Australia for the last two years.
His visa was running out this month and Australia was facing a lockdown similar to the U.K. his work on a construction site was stopping.
So, he started looking at the few flights that were leaving Australia.
Now I would guess from his facebook photo's that he had spent most of his money on beer and girls.
Bit like the old joke, what did he do with the rest of his hard earned income - he squandered it.
Flights few and far between, him running out of money, pubs and clubs shut and his visa running out.
Panic set in.
His mum started looking at flights, they were initially priced at around £700 which is reasonable for a flight from Australia to the U.K. but as she processed the flight it went up to £1800.
Rip off British Airways.
Although to be fair, the first part from Sydney to Doha was on Quata airways.
So, bank of grandad part funded his trip home.
Glad he's back though. 

 

Branson has given substantial sums to charities and schemes.
An estimated $1.2-2 billion back in 2013
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sir-richard-branson-give-away-1721394

Founding the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children was an excellent act. Eben put his mother on the board of directors.
https://www.icmec.org/

His Virgin Money foundation is amazing, dedicated to regenerating communities.
https://virginmoneyfoundation.org.uk/about-the-foundation/

Virgin Money Giving hitting the $1billion in fundraising
https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/virgin-vergin-on-ps1billion-for-charity-881074913.html

Possibly some people think his Virgin Unite prooject makes him a good bloke?
https://virginmoneyfoundation.org.uk/about-the-foundation/

or Virgin Start-up?
Or the first charity he set up when he was 17?

Stelios took a £60M dividend out of Easyjet but the airline won't refund customers or the travel trade and was showing April flights as "sold out" rather than cancelled.