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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. 13:32 - Nov 20 with 33376 viewsOldFart71

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.
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 06:47 - Nov 24 with 1936 viewsBenters

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 17:17 - Nov 23 by BlibbiBlob1976

Who’s building them!!??


Erm builders ?

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:08 - Nov 24 with 1833 viewsWeWereZombies

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 16:33 - Nov 23 by The_Flashing_Smile

I probably know as much about being the head of B&Q as you do.

I reckon on a day-to-day basis the stores run perfectly fine by themselves without too much intervention from the chairman of the company. I should think the managers just below him can keep things running fairly well if he's ever out of action for a month.


When you think about it, the World's most militarily powerful and probably still second largest consumer market nation is about to install a President who lacks competency in many areas. And they will probably get by with a combination of carrying on as usual and pushing back his crazier ideas, they have done it before.

So with you as CEO (or maybe Chairman of the Board) I think B&Q will survive. If it spurs a cohort of the staff to finally stop the chain from its race to the bottom battle with Wickes so that some better quality DIY goods are widely available then even better. And they can blame Dolly for the temporary dip in profits as the new direction beds in so that a public sacking gets them a bounce in the financial markets.

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:21 - Nov 24 with 1812 viewsYou_Bloo_Right

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:08 - Nov 24 by WeWereZombies

When you think about it, the World's most militarily powerful and probably still second largest consumer market nation is about to install a President who lacks competency in many areas. And they will probably get by with a combination of carrying on as usual and pushing back his crazier ideas, they have done it before.

So with you as CEO (or maybe Chairman of the Board) I think B&Q will survive. If it spurs a cohort of the staff to finally stop the chain from its race to the bottom battle with Wickes so that some better quality DIY goods are widely available then even better. And they can blame Dolly for the temporary dip in profits as the new direction beds in so that a public sacking gets them a bounce in the financial markets.


Plus, of course, Dolly gets a pay-off from B&Q and then moves on to be CEO somewhere else.

Managerial merry-go-round.

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:40 - Nov 24 with 1790 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:21 - Nov 24 by You_Bloo_Right

Plus, of course, Dolly gets a pay-off from B&Q and then moves on to be CEO somewhere else.

Managerial merry-go-round.


You can do it if you B&Q it

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:22 - Nov 24 with 1737 viewsZapers

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 17:30 - Nov 23 by The_Flashing_Smile

I asked for recommendations as I was looking for a specific type (and indeed colour) of sofa, for which I had some good suggestions. Lots of people ask for recommendations on here. That's not the same as not knowing where to buy a sofa.

You really are quite dim aren't you? Was Harry Enfield's Tory Boy based on you?


"lots of people ask for recommendations on here"

But none of them boast that they could run B&Q for a month, none accept Flasher
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:36 - Nov 24 with 1718 viewsWeWereZombies

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:22 - Nov 24 by Zapers

"lots of people ask for recommendations on here"

But none of them boast that they could run B&Q for a month, none accept Flasher


I don't think it was a boast, more a case of the TWTD forum kicking him upstairs...

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:55 - Nov 24 with 1697 viewsblueasfook

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 14:49 - Nov 23 by GlasgowBlue

"I reckon I could be the head of B&Q for a month and it wouldn't suffer". Mate, you had to ask a football message board where to buy a fcukin' suit, let alone run a company that turned over £3.85 billion last year.
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I look forward to the "Does anyone know how to run a major hardware retail outlet?" post lol

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:01 - Nov 24 with 1684 viewsDJR

Given what's recently happened to Homebase, maybe none of us could have made a worst fist of running that company.
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:35 - Nov 24 with 1636 viewsWeWereZombies

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:01 - Nov 24 by DJR

Given what's recently happened to Homebase, maybe none of us could have made a worst fist of running that company.


Didn't stay true to their core market, did they ? Should have been sticking to the knitting (insert your own hated cliché) etc. So when they tried to compete with Dunelm on soft furnishing they appeared expensive and second rate, and when they competed with The Range on other household stuff it was another B&Q / Wickes race to the bottom...which they both managed to lose but at different times.

If Dolly won't save B&Q, who will ?

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 12:35 - Nov 24 with 1562 viewsYou_Bloo_Right

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:35 - Nov 24 by WeWereZombies

Didn't stay true to their core market, did they ? Should have been sticking to the knitting (insert your own hated cliché) etc. So when they tried to compete with Dunelm on soft furnishing they appeared expensive and second rate, and when they competed with The Range on other household stuff it was another B&Q / Wickes race to the bottom...which they both managed to lose but at different times.

If Dolly won't save B&Q, who will ?


Won't somebody think of the fixings?

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 12:36 - Nov 24 with 1563 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 10:22 - Nov 24 by Zapers

"lots of people ask for recommendations on here"

But none of them boast that they could run B&Q for a month, none accept Flasher


I reckon you could run B&Q for a month, but I feel for the workers only earning dust and taking tea breaks in puddles for that month.

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:42 - Nov 24 with 1491 viewsRadioOrwell

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:01 - Nov 24 by DJR

Given what's recently happened to Homebase, maybe none of us could have made a worst fist of running that company.


I guarantee that if the current boss of B+Q or Homebase had to spend a month on gardening leave they would be absolutely fine.

If the store staff / drivers / IT dudes stopped for a month they would be screwed.
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:29 - Nov 25 with 1319 viewsWeWereZombies

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 09:40 - Nov 24 by The_Flashing_Smile

You can do it if you B&Q it


So how is your first morning as CEO going ? Notice that you are doing the right thing and neglecting what you get paid for so that you can post on the forum. But apart from that, anything interesting ? Acquisitions, divestments, rationalisation strategy, chatting up the tea lady ?

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:37 - Nov 25 with 1307 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:29 - Nov 25 by WeWereZombies

So how is your first morning as CEO going ? Notice that you are doing the right thing and neglecting what you get paid for so that you can post on the forum. But apart from that, anything interesting ? Acquisitions, divestments, rationalisation strategy, chatting up the tea lady ?


I'm currently redesigning the logo by incorporating a bee and a cucumber. They love a rebrand in the corporate world don't they?

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:37 - Nov 25 with 1306 viewsleitrimblue

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:29 - Nov 25 by WeWereZombies

So how is your first morning as CEO going ? Notice that you are doing the right thing and neglecting what you get paid for so that you can post on the forum. But apart from that, anything interesting ? Acquisitions, divestments, rationalisation strategy, chatting up the tea lady ?


I like to think he as a 4 hour, high powered, executive, liquid lunch meeting planned for 12...
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:48 - Nov 25 with 1282 viewsWeWereZombies

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:37 - Nov 25 by The_Flashing_Smile

I'm currently redesigning the logo by incorporating a bee and a cucumber. They love a rebrand in the corporate world don't they?


Here's an idea for this afternoon, have a look in the desk drawer and hoick out your predecessor's Roladex, look up the number of the boss of IKEA and give him a bell:

'Wotcha mush, Børk, hurdy gurdy, you ever thought about IKEA local, y'know like Sainsbury's and Morrisons are doing for groceries ? I've got some properties for ya if you are up for it.'

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 12:57 - Nov 25 with 1222 viewsGlasgowBlue

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 11:37 - Nov 25 by The_Flashing_Smile

I'm currently redesigning the logo by incorporating a bee and a cucumber. They love a rebrand in the corporate world don't they?


Well there's your first mistake. Re designing the logo is the job of the Marketing department who would liaise with the graphic design department or consult with an outside designer.

Whilst you were fannying about with your crayons and paper you missed that call with one of your Chinese suppliers, your finance department, your lunch appointment with your bankers, the three site visits for planned new flagship stores, and your interview with Ian King on Sky News.

So this year B & Q has no Christmas decorations for sale, your share price has plummeted, the banks have called in their loans the new stores opening dates have been delayed and that much needed publicity you had planned by doing the media rounds has come to nothing.

You've crashed the company on day one and tens of thousands of people will now have to be laid off. But the logo probably looks nice
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:01 - Nov 25 with 1213 viewsleitrimblue

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 12:57 - Nov 25 by GlasgowBlue

Well there's your first mistake. Re designing the logo is the job of the Marketing department who would liaise with the graphic design department or consult with an outside designer.

Whilst you were fannying about with your crayons and paper you missed that call with one of your Chinese suppliers, your finance department, your lunch appointment with your bankers, the three site visits for planned new flagship stores, and your interview with Ian King on Sky News.

So this year B & Q has no Christmas decorations for sale, your share price has plummeted, the banks have called in their loans the new stores opening dates have been delayed and that much needed publicity you had planned by doing the media rounds has come to nothing.

You've crashed the company on day one and tens of thousands of people will now have to be laid off. But the logo probably looks nice
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That'll teach him not go for a 4 hour long executive liquid lunch meeting. He's just wasted his day and made a right mess with all his crayons all over the desk
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:03 - Nov 25 with 1199 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 12:57 - Nov 25 by GlasgowBlue

Well there's your first mistake. Re designing the logo is the job of the Marketing department who would liaise with the graphic design department or consult with an outside designer.

Whilst you were fannying about with your crayons and paper you missed that call with one of your Chinese suppliers, your finance department, your lunch appointment with your bankers, the three site visits for planned new flagship stores, and your interview with Ian King on Sky News.

So this year B & Q has no Christmas decorations for sale, your share price has plummeted, the banks have called in their loans the new stores opening dates have been delayed and that much needed publicity you had planned by doing the media rounds has come to nothing.

You've crashed the company on day one and tens of thousands of people will now have to be laid off. But the logo probably looks nice
[Post edited 25 Nov 2024 13:25]


All this goes to prove how silly your assertion is that I couldn't run B&Q for a month. None of this would happen! The idea that the CEO is in charge of ordering the Xmas decorations is pretty funny. As is the idea that they don't have a secretary to answer calls from Chinese suppliers.

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:11 - Nov 25 with 1160 viewsJ2BLUE

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 12:57 - Nov 25 by GlasgowBlue

Well there's your first mistake. Re designing the logo is the job of the Marketing department who would liaise with the graphic design department or consult with an outside designer.

Whilst you were fannying about with your crayons and paper you missed that call with one of your Chinese suppliers, your finance department, your lunch appointment with your bankers, the three site visits for planned new flagship stores, and your interview with Ian King on Sky News.

So this year B & Q has no Christmas decorations for sale, your share price has plummeted, the banks have called in their loans the new stores opening dates have been delayed and that much needed publicity you had planned by doing the media rounds has come to nothing.

You've crashed the company on day one and tens of thousands of people will now have to be laid off. But the logo probably looks nice
[Post edited 25 Nov 2024 13:25]


To be honest, I have full confidence in Dolly to run B&Q.

Especially for a month. It's not like he wouldn't have experienced managers and directors around him.

Also, maybe i'm deluded, but how much work do they actually do in a standard month? I would imagine most of it runs itself and the CEO is just basically overseeing things and making some key decisions. That was how Steven Bartlett described his recent CEO work on his podcast...helpfully called 'Diary of a CEO'.

I hope he does something radical on day one like boost wages by 15%, grant an additional 4 days annual leave and announces he is closing all stores on Boxing Day so employees can spend time with their family.

Then he can go on Bloomberg in six months as they ask how he has managed this amazing turnaround in staff retention and morale.

Truly impaired.
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:19 - Nov 25 with 1121 viewsLord_Lucan

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:11 - Nov 25 by J2BLUE

To be honest, I have full confidence in Dolly to run B&Q.

Especially for a month. It's not like he wouldn't have experienced managers and directors around him.

Also, maybe i'm deluded, but how much work do they actually do in a standard month? I would imagine most of it runs itself and the CEO is just basically overseeing things and making some key decisions. That was how Steven Bartlett described his recent CEO work on his podcast...helpfully called 'Diary of a CEO'.

I hope he does something radical on day one like boost wages by 15%, grant an additional 4 days annual leave and announces he is closing all stores on Boxing Day so employees can spend time with their family.

Then he can go on Bloomberg in six months as they ask how he has managed this amazing turnaround in staff retention and morale.


Personally I don't think the bloke could run a bath.

He's probably a real nice guy and we seem to get on ok (until he gets stroppy over something or other) but some of the stuff he comes out with beggars belief.

......and he's got a beard.

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:20 - Nov 25 with 1123 viewsleitrimblue

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:11 - Nov 25 by J2BLUE

To be honest, I have full confidence in Dolly to run B&Q.

Especially for a month. It's not like he wouldn't have experienced managers and directors around him.

Also, maybe i'm deluded, but how much work do they actually do in a standard month? I would imagine most of it runs itself and the CEO is just basically overseeing things and making some key decisions. That was how Steven Bartlett described his recent CEO work on his podcast...helpfully called 'Diary of a CEO'.

I hope he does something radical on day one like boost wages by 15%, grant an additional 4 days annual leave and announces he is closing all stores on Boxing Day so employees can spend time with their family.

Then he can go on Bloomberg in six months as they ask how he has managed this amazing turnaround in staff retention and morale.


Exactly, I think he will p1ss it in. Delegation is Flashes friend.
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:21 - Nov 25 with 1121 viewsSuperKieranMcKenna

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:11 - Nov 25 by J2BLUE

To be honest, I have full confidence in Dolly to run B&Q.

Especially for a month. It's not like he wouldn't have experienced managers and directors around him.

Also, maybe i'm deluded, but how much work do they actually do in a standard month? I would imagine most of it runs itself and the CEO is just basically overseeing things and making some key decisions. That was how Steven Bartlett described his recent CEO work on his podcast...helpfully called 'Diary of a CEO'.

I hope he does something radical on day one like boost wages by 15%, grant an additional 4 days annual leave and announces he is closing all stores on Boxing Day so employees can spend time with their family.

Then he can go on Bloomberg in six months as they ask how he has managed this amazing turnaround in staff retention and morale.


In my experience, executives (of large corps particularly), as well as the CEO is not a job - it’s their life. There’s no holidays, time off, weekends (even evenings) without making yourself available for video calls, phone calls, emails are round the clock - particularly for multinationals where you are across multiple time zones.

That’s not a justification for the wage multiples versus the lowest earners, but the idea that they don’t do much, or it’s an easy gig compared to driving a delivery van and clocking off at the end of the day is frankly absurd.
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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:32 - Nov 25 with 1096 viewsGlasgowBlue

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:11 - Nov 25 by J2BLUE

To be honest, I have full confidence in Dolly to run B&Q.

Especially for a month. It's not like he wouldn't have experienced managers and directors around him.

Also, maybe i'm deluded, but how much work do they actually do in a standard month? I would imagine most of it runs itself and the CEO is just basically overseeing things and making some key decisions. That was how Steven Bartlett described his recent CEO work on his podcast...helpfully called 'Diary of a CEO'.

I hope he does something radical on day one like boost wages by 15%, grant an additional 4 days annual leave and announces he is closing all stores on Boxing Day so employees can spend time with their family.

Then he can go on Bloomberg in six months as they ask how he has managed this amazing turnaround in staff retention and morale.


How much work do they actually do?

"The Job Is All-Consuming
CEOs are always on, and there is always more to be done. The leaders in our study worked 9.7 hours per weekday, on average. They also conducted business on 79% of weekend days, putting in an average of 3.9 hours daily, and on 70% of vacation days, averaging 2.4 hours daily. As these figures show, the CEO’s job is relentless.

About half (47%) of a CEO’s work was done at company headquarters. The rest was conducted while visiting other company locations, meeting external constituencies, commuting, traveling, and at home. Altogether, the CEOs in our study worked an average of 62.5 hours a week.

Why such a grueling schedule? Because it is essential to the role. Every constituency associated with a company wants direct contact with the person at the top. As much as CEOs rely on delegation, they can’t hand off everything. They have to spend at least some time with each constituency in order to provide direction, create alignment, win support, and gather the information needed to make good decisions. Travel is also an absolute must. You can’t run a domestic company, let alone a global one, from headquarters alone. As a CEO, you have to be out and about".

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Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:34 - Nov 25 with 1090 viewsWeWereZombies

Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything. on 13:11 - Nov 25 by J2BLUE

To be honest, I have full confidence in Dolly to run B&Q.

Especially for a month. It's not like he wouldn't have experienced managers and directors around him.

Also, maybe i'm deluded, but how much work do they actually do in a standard month? I would imagine most of it runs itself and the CEO is just basically overseeing things and making some key decisions. That was how Steven Bartlett described his recent CEO work on his podcast...helpfully called 'Diary of a CEO'.

I hope he does something radical on day one like boost wages by 15%, grant an additional 4 days annual leave and announces he is closing all stores on Boxing Day so employees can spend time with their family.

Then he can go on Bloomberg in six months as they ask how he has managed this amazing turnaround in staff retention and morale.


I feel very contrite now, my last post channelled 'The Muppets' and yours the Dickens 'Christmas Carol.' I wonder if the Christmas ad could feature the ghost of B&Q past, present and future ?

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