In those lazy, hazy days of Lockdown 1, we walked by the beautiful River Windrush most days. Our puppy had a paddle and a dip most days. Her tummy troubles were explained when we heard the rumours of sewage dumping by Thames Water, now, a couple of years on, hitting the press. Amazingly, they were fined £20m for the same thing in 2017; lot of good that did. If you follow the money, they made a profit of £98m in 2020, which turned into a loss of £110m last year. Who owns them? Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and China. Make of that what you will.
“Sunak and Hunt accused of ‘damaging UK plc’ over NatWest boss’s exit”
Here’s the flip side. Should a business not have the right to choose whom it serves? If you as a client, or more likely potential client, rub us up the wrong way, are a declared anti-vaxxer or support the barges, can we not, as a business, say ‘Be Gone’?