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Nobody could have forseen whats happened over the last 3 years. With Covid and then the war in Ukraine having had a business I really feel for any business owner particularly if tied to renting property. Anyone who doesnt have sympathy and empathy needs to give there head a wobble. Yes , for sure we all have a difficult time currently but most dont have responsibility for others income too.   

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32 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said:

Yeah tough shit and all that. The sympathy on this forum is so overwhelming. 

No, not tough shit, but realism.  What would you like to see happen?  A change in the law which requires renegotiation of leases when economic factors make the lease onerous? 

 

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Just now, Gladys said:

No, not tough shit, but realism.  What would you like to see happen?  A change in the law which requires renegotiation of leases when economic factors make the lease onerous? 

 

The realism is that more and more of this sort of thing is going to happen. Many businesses are tied into leases that make little commercial sense anymore. Especially in the IOM where many commercial rents are nuts and many of the property owners are the same multi millionaire property owners who probably could afford to take a hit but won’t. So the result, as I said above, is a load of jobs lost as 10s of similar businesses like this go to the wall and lay staff off. There is only one set of losers. And it isn’t multi millionaire owned property companies who will just sit on empty assets bought years ago until the market recovers. 

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1 hour ago, Banker said:

Well Tim Glover has been on radio saying more help is needed for small businesses, not sure where he expects money from!!

£1.07 billion in reserves. ? Or is it not raining hard enough yet Dr.

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2 hours ago, Apple said:

£1.07 billion in reserves. ? Or is it not raining hard enough yet Dr.

A lot of our funds are tied up in various investments which have taken a hit in recent years & to sell them to fund expenditure could mean realizing losses & selling at bottom of market.

Weve also got pension deficit & £400m bond to service 

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8 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said:

If it was up to Glover we’d be handing out free cash to everyone just like we did in his covid world. 

Exactly. Or in 2008 when the banks were bailed out. Apprently what goes around doesn't alway come around.

2 hours ago, Banker said:

A lot of our funds are tied up in various investments which have taken a hit in recent years & to sell them to fund expenditure could mean realizing losses & selling at bottom of market.

Weve also got pension deficit & £400m bond to service 

And whose fault is that...ours?

Haven't we got enough Accountants and Lawyers and Technos and well informed Treasury and Civil Service people in Government. We'd best appoint some more then - oh we just have.

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1 hour ago, Apple said:

Exactly. Or in 2008 when the banks were bailed out. Apprently what goes around doesn't alway come around.

And whose fault is that...ours?

Haven't we got enough Accountants and Lawyers and Technos and well informed Treasury and Civil Service people in Government. We'd best appoint some more then - oh we just have.

In case you hadn’t noticed there’s been a worldwide pandemic, a war in Europe & rising inflation which has led to falls in stock markets worldwide so no amount of advisors will protect you against these issues 

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2 minutes ago, manxfisherman said:

That's definitely shitty behaviour then.

Depends really, when the amount owing is astronomical and there is little likelihood of getting it back, it also begs the question whether Bodycraft has been trading whilst probably insolvent. 

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