Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. 13:32 - Nov 20 with 33423 views | OldFart71 | Inflation up and rising. Costs to businesses up. Energy prices going up again in January. Not long ago I paid £68 per month for gas and electricity. In the winter I was able to have my heating on 1-1.1/2 hours in the morning, then again 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. I now pay £85 per month (Just increased by my supplier) and I have it on for two hours at night. Absolutely bonkers. Whilst I admit and I was just as p*ssed off as most people with the Tories, Labour have steam rollered in like a bull in a china shop and now costs are and will keep increasing by more than they needed to. Companies will cut costs by cutting hours or even laying people off. Will put prices up whilst giving lower wage increases. This in turn will lead to workers striking for higher pay. There's a saying "You can't burn the candle at both ends" Labour are trying to put all the ills made by the previous Government in one go. It is too much all at once and is already leading to many sections of our community taking to the streets or totally feed up with a Party that has only been in power a few months. |  | | |  |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:28 - Nov 26 with 1195 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 04:40 - Nov 26 by Benters | Don’t they ? All the business owners I’ve met in my long time on this place we call Earth are blooming hard working and are obsessed with the figures. You lead from the top matey. |
I'd put money on the business owners you've met will be plumbers, market stall holders, builders and maybe the owner of the local hardware store. I reckon you've met very few CEOs at the top of businesses as big as B&Q. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:33 - Nov 26 with 1177 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:12 - Nov 26 by FrimleyBlue | OK I'll ask it another way. You've been one of many plaudits of mark ashton and his running of the club. If you can easily take over the running of B&Q I take it you could easily run itfc? If that's the case then really these plaudits of ashton are OTT as you're basically saying he's not that important and the club would run itself without him. No? :) |
No. Nice try, but running a football club is nothing like running B&Q. The CEO of B&Q doesn't have all the projects to organise that Mark Ashton's had this year, and the B&Q boss has way more business managers below him to keep things ticking over. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:35 - Nov 26 with 1172 views | Zapers |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:24 - Nov 26 by The_Flashing_Smile | But the CEO doesn't have the sales quotas, the sales managers do. |
Clueless remains clueless. You wouldn't make it past the front entrance to head office, before security slung you out on your ear |  | |  |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:42 - Nov 26 with 1148 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:35 - Nov 26 by Zapers | Clueless remains clueless. You wouldn't make it past the front entrance to head office, before security slung you out on your ear |
Jesus wept. Woohoo, Zapers! ZAPERS! Z A P E R S !!! This is all hypothetical, dear. Glassers brought up the scenario of me running B&Q; if it were ever allowed then security would have been informed and would escort me in. But it's not real. I'm not going to actually try and run B&Q for a month. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:48 - Nov 26 with 1136 views | Swansea_Blue | This is morphing into one of the most bizarre threads on TWTD in a long time |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:54 - Nov 26 with 1097 views | itfcjoe |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:48 - Nov 26 by Swansea_Blue | This is morphing into one of the most bizarre threads on TWTD in a long time |
How long can Dolly stay as CEO of B&Q before anyone notices? |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:58 - Nov 26 with 1086 views | Zapers |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:42 - Nov 26 by The_Flashing_Smile | Jesus wept. Woohoo, Zapers! ZAPERS! Z A P E R S !!! This is all hypothetical, dear. Glassers brought up the scenario of me running B&Q; if it were ever allowed then security would have been informed and would escort me in. But it's not real. I'm not going to actually try and run B&Q for a month. |
Hypothetically you took up the challenge. I’m just pointing out that even in your deluded mind, you wouldn’t have the necessary skill set. You seem to be the one who’s so keen to project your abilities . |  | |  |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:06 - Nov 26 with 1069 views | Lord_Lucan |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:24 - Nov 26 by The_Flashing_Smile | But the CEO doesn't have the sales quotas, the sales managers do. |
Of course they do. The CEO is answerable to the board and the investors. .....and you had better look for a new position if private equity is involved. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:08 - Nov 26 with 1057 views | FrimleyBlue |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:33 - Nov 26 by The_Flashing_Smile | No. Nice try, but running a football club is nothing like running B&Q. The CEO of B&Q doesn't have all the projects to organise that Mark Ashton's had this year, and the B&Q boss has way more business managers below him to keep things ticking over. |
Way more managers? We have ticket office managers Head of security Luke werhun COO Hospitality managers Project managers Catering managers A first team football manager U21 manager U18 manager Academy director Financial director Director of Venue Head of human resources Head of marketing Head of digital and marketing Stadium facilities manager Head groundsman Head of academy sales Family activities manager Etc etc That's quite a lot of managers flash. Quite a lot of projects sure. But that's a lot of managers to be able to easily get them done tho. No need for ashton is there? |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:09 - Nov 26 with 1052 views | redrickstuhaart |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:06 - Nov 26 by Lord_Lucan | Of course they do. The CEO is answerable to the board and the investors. .....and you had better look for a new position if private equity is involved. |
No. They dont. They impose quotas on others. |  | |  |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:12 - Nov 26 with 1042 views | Lord_Lucan |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:09 - Nov 26 by redrickstuhaart | No. They dont. They impose quotas on others. |
You clearly know absolutely nothing. All aspects of the company the CEO will be where the buck stops. Everything stops at the CEO. If sales go down from £750m to £500m then he's gonna know about it. [Post edited 26 Nov 2024 9:20]
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:36 - Nov 26 with 971 views | GlasgowBlue |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:09 - Nov 26 by redrickstuhaart | No. They dont. They impose quotas on others. |
Deary me. Absolutely clueless. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:40 - Nov 26 with 963 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:09 - Nov 26 by redrickstuhaart | No. They dont. They impose quotas on others. |
Not heard of LTI’s then? Again, not interested in justifying CEO remuneration, but there’s some bonkers assumptions here about what they actually do. Some people have been watching too much Succession I think. |  | |  |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:41 - Nov 26 with 957 views | BanksterDebtSlave | Starmer has increased the cost of marquee hire at our local Christmas tree grower from 2 to 4k in one year. Seems like businesses are just trying to take the piss now. They didn't hire it. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:43 - Nov 26 with 947 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:40 - Nov 26 by SuperKieranMcKenna | Not heard of LTI’s then? Again, not interested in justifying CEO remuneration, but there’s some bonkers assumptions here about what they actually do. Some people have been watching too much Succession I think. |
Is this all evidence that we need a better business model though or are we sticking with, "it's just the way it is" and trying to game it on the markets? |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:49 - Nov 26 with 934 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:43 - Nov 26 by BanksterDebtSlave | Is this all evidence that we need a better business model though or are we sticking with, "it's just the way it is" and trying to game it on the markets? |
Personally I think more firms should give (or at least discount) equity for their staff. That way everyone is invested, and everyone is rewarded for the company’s success. |  | |  |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:50 - Nov 26 with 929 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 08:58 - Nov 26 by Zapers | Hypothetically you took up the challenge. I’m just pointing out that even in your deluded mind, you wouldn’t have the necessary skill set. You seem to be the one who’s so keen to project your abilities . |
I'm really not. I've basically said I wouldn't do a lot and I'd entrust any big decisions to the experts/slightly lower managers. Which abilities of mine have I projected? But regardless, you know next to nothing about me and haven't a clue what my skill sets are in a working environment. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:54 - Nov 26 with 911 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:49 - Nov 26 by SuperKieranMcKenna | Personally I think more firms should give (or at least discount) equity for their staff. That way everyone is invested, and everyone is rewarded for the company’s success. |
Or just share profit and decision making as per a cooperative and dispel the myth about clever manager/ceo types. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:55 - Nov 26 with 915 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:12 - Nov 26 by Lord_Lucan | You clearly know absolutely nothing. All aspects of the company the CEO will be where the buck stops. Everything stops at the CEO. If sales go down from £750m to £500m then he's gonna know about it. [Post edited 26 Nov 2024 9:20]
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That's not him going out and getting sales himself though is it? He has trusted managers who do that. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:01 - Nov 26 with 906 views | DJR | Here's a July 2024 article with some interesting facts about FTSE 100 CEOs. https://www.raconteur.net/ceo-index/ftse-100-ceos-in-numbers-2024 Amongst other things it states that 64 of the 100 CEOs were promoted from within the business, which points to conservatism rather than radicalism when it comes to taking the business forward. Interestingly, the most recent high profile case of a CEO radically changing things (admittedly a partnership rather than a FTSE 100 company) was Sharon White at John Lewis who wasn't successful. And somewhat ironically, Tesco, which screamed the loudest about the NI changes, was the company with the largest disparity in terms of pay, with its CEO being awarded 431 times the pay of its median staff member. And for context the £31 million increase for Tesco in NI has to be seen in the light of a company with £2.3 billion profits. [Post edited 26 Nov 2024 10:16]
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:08 - Nov 26 with 878 views | Zapers |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:55 - Nov 26 by The_Flashing_Smile | That's not him going out and getting sales himself though is it? He has trusted managers who do that. |
The whole point of running a business is revenue income, versus outgoings. Sales are everything. You’re embarrassing yourself with your naivety |  | |  |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:10 - Nov 26 with 867 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:08 - Nov 26 by Zapers | The whole point of running a business is revenue income, versus outgoings. Sales are everything. You’re embarrassing yourself with your naivety |
How does that differ from what you're replying to? Where have I said business isn't about revenue income versus outgoings? You’re embarrassing yourself with how dim you are. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:14 - Nov 26 with 847 views | Zapers |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:10 - Nov 26 by The_Flashing_Smile | How does that differ from what you're replying to? Where have I said business isn't about revenue income versus outgoings? You’re embarrassing yourself with how dim you are. |
Again you’ve resorted to abuse. I’ll leave it there. |  | |  |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:22 - Nov 26 with 821 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:14 - Nov 26 by Zapers | Again you’ve resorted to abuse. I’ll leave it there. |
I've literally responded in kind to your "You’re embarrassing yourself with your naivety" line. |  |
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:35 - Nov 26 with 776 views | WeWereZombies |
Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:08 - Nov 26 by Zapers | The whole point of running a business is revenue income, versus outgoings. Sales are everything. You’re embarrassing yourself with your naivety |
'Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, cash is reality' And I will leave it to you to trawl the internet to find out who first said that. |  |
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