AGENDA WEST Consumer News: if you are paying up front for a suit, wedding dress or expensive outfit – then read this first – the story of the £3,000 suit that never materialised
Posted on 20th February 2020by Harry Mottram Dominic Hall of Hertfordshire paid A Suit That Fits £3,000 for a suit that never…
AGENDA WEST Business News: alarming increase in insolvencies during 2019 – Ian Carrotte of ICSM Credit in Bridgwater looks at the reasons behind the rise in business failures (and it’s not what you might think)
The final quarter of last year revealed administrations were up by 24% and creditors voluntary liquidations were the highest in…
AGENDA WEST Business News: ICSM Credit’s Ian Carrotte is saddened by the loss of Axminster Carpets – an ‘icon of British brands’
Originally founded in 1755 Axminster Carpet is set to finally close its doors after administrators have failed to find a…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE Feature: the good, the bad and the downright dodgy – the crazy world of football’s oddballs – the goalkeeper
In 2008 Stretchmark Theatre produced the one man show Dodgy Keeper. This is an essay written at the time on…
AGENDA WEST Consumer News: Paying a deposit for furniture? Don’t get caught out if the company goes bust like House of Fraser and like Fiona Boston you are forced to ‘steal’ it since you’ve paid for it already – save the trouble and check them out with Checkaco first
So many people got caught out when House of Fraser went bust as they lost their deposits on furniture and…
AGENDA WEST Business News: another day another retailer in trouble with Laura Ashley on the brink of collapse as the owners meet with their lenders after the stores lost millions last year
High Street stalwart Laura Ashley is on the brink of collapse as crisis talks take place with its malasian owners…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES News: Axbridge could soon only have one dedicated pub if planners agree to the change of use of one of the town’s hostelries
The landlady of the Crown Inn Linda Bishop has put in planning permission to convert the pub in Axbridge’s St…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Feature: from jilted Clifton bride to Bristol playwright and Christian evangelist – and founder of schools across Somerset – the extraordinary story of Hannah More
This article was written by Harry Mottram in 2013 I blame it on Four Weddings and a Funeral – the 1994 Richard…
AGENDA WEST Consumer news: Before you switch energy companies – read this and save money and heartache – and don’t end up loaning a failing utility cash because you are in credit
Last year nine energy firms went bust in the UK meaning nearly a million people lost their energy company of…
AGENDA WEST Business News: firms keep on crashing and it’s only February – Beales, the Burger Chain and Hawkin’s Bazaar go – but is it a blip? ICSM Credit give their verdict and the reasons are to be found at home
Call it the 2020 massacre or the season of company closures but since Christmas a huge number of firms have…