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UPDATE: the company has now bowed to growing public pressure and announced a three month rent free period for small businesses.
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Gramsci
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Read the companies statement twice and I still can't answer BusLanes question above. Which is a good question.
I like the bit about getting loads of phone calls
. Obvious that many small business are really worried.imo , and Ive said this before, the normal workings of the market economy have stopped. The government should have said all payments to the rentier class stop for three months. With no backdating.
All these small business will be losing income for next three months. Even if they manage to get some kind of government income its going to be a drop in earnings. Plus they are likely to going to have to rebuild business after this is over.
These small business are supplying goods and services not just extracting rent from people. Which isnt socially useful.
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hiraethified
So I popped into NISA which remains an infinitely more attractive store than the nearby Co-Op and Tesco. I love the big old fashioned display of fruit and veg they have by the window.
Went into the Co Op after to get something and there was a queuing system in place - only took about 3 mins and I don't think there was more than ten people in the store when I got in.
The security guard was so terrified of catching the virus that he refused to press the door release for people exiting. Didn't bother me but it annoyed the person before me who had lots of shopping.
There was quite a queue outside the Tesco.
Went into the Co Op after to get something and there was a queuing system in place - only took about 3 mins and I don't think there was more than ten people in the store when I got in.
The security guard was so terrified of catching the virus that he refused to press the door release for people exiting. Didn't bother me but it annoyed the person before me who had lots of shopping.
There was quite a queue outside the Tesco.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
The new Nisa is ok, and generally quite friendly, but sadly nowhere near as good as the old one which had a really useful and quite wide range of stuff that complemented the standard supermarket type stock that the co-op carries. It largely just duplicates the kind of stuff the co-op has, with perhaps a slightly greater emphasis on junk food type things.
Probably not the ideal time to make a fair comparison though. With queuing slowing everything down, having two shops to choose from is certainly welcome just now.
Probably not the ideal time to make a fair comparison though. With queuing slowing everything down, having two shops to choose from is certainly welcome just now.
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Given the DVLA's strict stance on any kind of anagrams or other kind of silly buggers regarding letter combinations on number plates, I'm surprised 'SHT' is allowed. I could be wrong but this one appears to be DVLA-issued rather than personalised, so perhaps they only scrutinise personalised number requests.
Gramsci
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New Twitter account for Loughborough Park.
Take a look at Loughborough Park (@LoughboroughPrk): Loughborough Park (@LoughboroughPrk) on Twitter
Started by one of the local people who are lobbying Council for improvement of this park.
Take a look at Loughborough Park (@LoughboroughPrk): Loughborough Park (@LoughboroughPrk) on Twitter
Started by one of the local people who are lobbying Council for improvement of this park.
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hiraethified
I know some of those folks. I'll give them another plug soon.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Has anyone else noticed a noisy chimney thing somewhere round the back of kings hospital? I think it's a flue from a boiler or something like that but it sounds a bit like a helicopter. I reckon you'd hear it from most of the streets south of coldharbour lane between LJ and Camberwell, or the streets between herne hill road and ruskin park.
I'm not sure if it's new, or just that I've only noticed it since the drop in general background noise from planes and roads.
I'm not sure if it's new, or just that I've only noticed it since the drop in general background noise from planes and roads.
ChrisSouth
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Ah, is that what it is? Yes I've heard it recently. I also thought it was a helicopter constantly flying over Brixton, but it wouldn't be there for 2 weeks on the trot.
There's some white tentage built in the carpark in between Kings and the electricity place - anything to do with that?
goldengraham
Well-Known Member
I think it's an on-site incinerator? Prob working overtime to dispose of contaminated PPE at the minute
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Not sure. I think it's on the roof of one of the main buildings. You can see it from Ruskin Park I think, although it's hard to identify whether the noise is definitely coming from the chimney I think it is.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Pity Tescos have stopped selling Hobgoblin @ £1.40/bottle though.
I think the next cheapest bottle ale is £1.95.
I am complaining - but also observing that if you go back 10 years it was highly unusual to get bottled ales for less than £1.75 in supermarkets.
Gramsci
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Ive been using the Acre Lane Tescos a lot recently. Ive noticed some of the prices at the large Acre Lane store are less for the same product at Tescos in LJ. I think the small local stores have different price to larger ones.
Will check the Hobgoblin price at Acre lane next time I there.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
The Bishop's Finger and Hobgoblin are headbangingly good. Greene King IPA gnats piss IMHO.
Roger Protz's obituary of Robert Neame who died last November aged eighty five is appreciative. Hope Shepherd Neame keep their act together, unlike what happened to Youngs when John Young died. Robert Neame obituary
Roger Protz's obituary of Robert Neame who died last November aged eighty five is appreciative. Hope Shepherd Neame keep their act together, unlike what happened to Youngs when John Young died. Robert Neame obituary
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Community crowdfunder launched
www.brixtonbuzz.com
Emergency support for Loughborough Junction – community crowdfunder launched
The people behind the Platform community cafe in Loughborough Junction have launched a crowdfunder to help them reach out into local communities in isolation and provide ongoing support
www.brixtonbuzz.com
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
They've been reading the Coronavirus conspiracy thread Coronavirus Conspiracy Corner
Travellers occupied the Herne Hill Road site some months ago. Since then dog units have been there and the security vans parked across the gate. Security very quickly put a large concrete block across the entrance so the travellers couldn't get their vans in and out and after only a few days they negotiated an exit and moved on.
snowy_again
Slush
The MOT for the one on the left has long expired (although there’s an extension due to CV29 but this doesn’t qualify for that as it’s too far lapses I think).
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A look around Loughborough Junction. It's going to look very different soon.
www.brixtonbuzz.com
Loughborough Junction in 75 photos – signs, streets, details and abstract views
Here’s a series of 75 photos taken in and around Loughborough Junction over the last three weeks of the lockdown:
www.brixtonbuzz.com
teuchter
je suis teuchter
The reality is not actually one of desolation and neglect, but roads largely free of traffic, a fair few folk out and about, some of the garages open and working and lots of people sitting out on their balconies and doorsteps.
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