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It seems the Clowns at the top have been persuaded by some market research agency that because EE has been a little less unsuccessful than BT then changing the name will fix everything and customers will suddenly become loyal. No no no. Call EE as a new customer and try to order a £10 SIM card, and if after 20 mins you haven't run out of patience you are a better person than me.
Adviser "thanks for your purchase and welcome to EE...... what do you do for refrigeration? how about boiling ? do your whites come out whiter than white? It would be so funny if it wasn't true
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I just read an article in the Telegraph in which it states "Its new chief executive, Allison Kirkby, has £220,000 in bonus payments tied to diversity and inclusion targets.", I really hope this is provisional and tied into some share price improvement target and profitability improvements. It does sometime appear the clowns are really running this circus
Halifax have managed to reinvest my dividend at 1.184, it looks like they couldn't have timed it much worse. I am really quite curious how others did, I would have imagined large brokers would have placed a couple or three bulk orders throughout the day to get an average price, or is it automated in some way or did some highly paid broker think this was a deal. Your thoughts
How do you change a website with childish people bickering into one with decent insightful thoughts and ideas?
I have shares in BT and many other companies, I also believe that the only way is up and I am also happy for the dividend re investment to be at this level, I would much rather them go up to £2 today and re invest at £2 but as I am in this for the long term I am happy the dividend re investment level will be at the current price.
It would be nice if people to get back to discussing the stock.
There are many employees with share options that matured on the 1st of August or thereabouts, I am hoping that those who decided to exercise the options and sell may be account for some downward pressure on the share price.
Hi, his point was most people are too busy going to work to earn a wage/salary and get by to do something else that will make them more money ie investing in shares, buying a flat/house to rent out, anyway I know what he meant. If I wasn't clear, its a money transfer from Barclaycard, a bit like a balance transfer, I pay a one off fee of 3.5% (£350) then its interest free until April 2025 off course having to make the minimum payments until then. The money arrived last night, so will keep an eye on the share price today. Thanks for all replies
Thanks. I have been playing the stock market since before university, and doubled the proceeds of my student loan by investing. also I have over that figure in cash earning about 5% in the bank, and given the offer is 0% for about 20 months and just a 3.5% or £350 transfer fee it just seems to go to be too good an option to miss. I have put the request through so should have the funds later today. I have lost money on Barclays and BT, but happily bought RR at 85p so it will no doubt even out. My father used to say people are too busy earning money to actually make money, well I am trying, and think I will carry on trying. Thanks for your comments
Funny isn't it. A company making as much money as it is can afford to pay massive director/boardroom salaries, has a massive marketing budget wasted on "celebrities" and glitzy adds but to spare £30 million as an incentive to employees and a way to give employees a vested interest in the business is just to much. Tells you a great deal about BT and how its run. I for one would agree to an all share takeover in the expectation if it was run by professionals it would prosper
I understand you use other institutions to arrange the buy back, so another reason for such buy backs.is to pay some fees to your buddies and to enjoy expenses paid lunches whilst negotiating. you scratch my back..........
absolutely. Such a percentage uplift must surely indicate something, wether its institutional buyers looking to secure value or other funds for income who knows. I am just happy it has today passed my break even point and at last am in a small profit
We are all no doubt aware of all the fines Barclays have had, I heard "Barclays docks execs' pay by 1 million pounds over regulatory failures", this is the regulatory failure that cost its shareholders over £1billion I assume. The board have repeatedly demonstrated they cannot control the business I really believe it is time for a significant change
Am not sure what the engineers get paid but imagine around 50k, a contact centre worker around 20k, the offer across the board is 1,500. A strike for a 10% rise would earn the contact worker another 500, but the engineer another 3,500
I honestly can't see the lower paid staff walking out for such a small increment, but time will tell
Yes indeed, and thanks. I was assuming there would be a peak as people pile money into their ISAs, still not sure when but I think my money is going in the direction of Barclays now. They seem to stumble from one mini crisis to another, but at 145p I am hoping i cant be wrong
I like many are waiting for the next tax year to add more shares to my ISA. I have been trying to find price data that gives a close price 60 days either way of April 6 for the last few years- any ideas? I just want to see if there is a pattern to help me determine if I should be buying on April 6th or waiting. Thanks in advance