I don ‘t normally flag up those raising money but the reader in question has been reading my ramblings for many a year and thus the plight of his brave wife Angela touched my heart somewhat.
I said that last year was my last year and health issues mean that is very much the case. But Grandpa, aka Lucian Miers, and reader Nick (a bit of a health Nazi, between you and me) are made of sterner stuff and are doing a 100 km, or as you and I would put it 63 miles, sponsored walk along with members of Lucian’s family. The cause is one I support for personal reasons.
I am happy to say that Doritos has now fired the paedophile it hired as a brand ambassador. Not because it accepts that it showed dire judgement but because of a huge consumer backlash. Folks know that the pampered preppies in the Doritos’ marketing department share the same warped values as those in marketing at Bud Lite and view ordinary grunts like you and me with disdain. Sales of Dorito’s cardboard flavoured product will still go down. Next up for corporate hara kiri is lingerie seller Victoria’s Secret.
John Lewis changed the redundancy terms for its 76,000 employees ( partners) last week. Now they will get 1 week's pay for every year served instead of two. And it now emerges that 11,000 of the 76,000 staff are going to be getting P45s. To fund this the company has added to its debt pile and had to do a sale and leaseback on 11 stores. So who is to blame?
The AIM Market statistics for September 2023 have arrived. It is another shit show from the self styled world’s most successful growth market and a reminder to those crony capitalists heading to the black tie AIM awards beanfeast next week what a total “fuck you” message that sends to those ultimately funding the ceremony, that is to say ordinary investors.