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ISA Interesting that you ordered a Taycan. I bought a Corsa-e which does seem a tad cheaper at approx £30K plus battery storage at £4K. I'm happy with that. Could you have saved £50K and bought more cnr shares? 0-60 in 2.8seconds eh!! That's quite fast. Enjoy.
I watched the investor presentation today. Pretty positive stuff "You are never more that 4 miles from a Good Energy Generator" was one comment and "there are now over 1 million electricity generators in the UK compared to 38 twenty years ago.
Zap Map has the advantage of an interoperable payment system so you don't need different charge cards. That was one of they USP's that they mentioned.
As announced on 25 June 2020, Good Energy increased its initial 12.9% minority stake in Zap-Map to a 50.1% majority equity stake having exercised the right to convert the convertible debt element. Good Energy will continue to work closely with Zap-Map to ensure the delivery of these innovative products and services, including advisory support to accelerate the implementation of the strategy. Zap-Map will continue to benefit from the scale and resources supported by Good Energy, whilst leveraging the expertise of Good Energy in innovative technology solutions.
So according to your comments either Nicaragua is downplaying the COVID figures or lying about the statistics. But how about the possibility that the international media in general is failing to tell the whole truth about Nicaragua?
My view, based on having worked with Nicaraguans at a community level for many years now is that they would quite like to be able to improve their own and their families lives by having jobs that pay reasonable wages.
One way is for gold exports to be boosted by projects like this. The Nicaraguan government are committed to developing the mining sector and should be praised for this and for their progressive policies in many sectors including poverty alleviation and women's rights.
MC is giving an investor presentation at 12.30pm this Wednesday at the Canadian mining Symposium e-conference. Registration is free. CJ also attending and speaking.
From the Nicaraguan Embassy - London dated 10/04/20
We are deeply concerned at a number of reprehensible and mendacious articles smearing the Government, People and Sandinista Revolution of Nicaragua. These include: "President nowhere to be seen as Nicaragua shuns coronavirus curbs", (The Guardian, 8th April), "'Our players are afraid': Nicaraguan football ploughs on amid the crisis", (The Guardian, 1st April) and "Love in the time of COVID-19: negligence in the Nicaraguan response" (The Lancet).
The central claim of all three articles is that Nicaragua is out of step with the WHO, that there is insufficient public education about social distancing and hygiene, and that our health system is inadequate (The Lancet). Added to this are lurid accusations in The Guardian that our Government secretly controls the independent Nicaraguan Football League, that President Daniel Ortega “might even have died” and is “so detached (that) his absence hardly mattered at all”, that there is a “macabre plan” underlying these supposed misdeeds, that an “uprising” in 2018 suffered a “brutal police crackdown”, and, in the most despicable, shameful and disgusting smear of all, that our democratic Sandinista Government (described as a “regime”) “actually wanted to rid itself of part of the population”. This in regards to a country which has suffered centuries of actual genocide, oppression and occupation, first at the hands of racist and colonialist foreign occupiers, and then externally armed right-wing dictatorships and terrorists.
These accusations are mostly completely unsubstantiated - and based entirely on the journalists’ own assertion, or hearsay from unnamed sources or opposition activists -, or in a small minority of cases, some authority is quoted, but is done so out of context and with omission of several relevant and important facts. Such unfounded speculation is especially irresponsible and dangerous during the COVID-19 pandemic, by painting a false picture of an out of control crisis, at a time when misinforming the public can have fatal consequences - as the Guardian itself reported last month.
The truth is that Nicaragua's responsible measures to contain COVID-19 are internationally recognised and supported by, and in full coordination with, the World Health Organisation and in regional and bilateral cooperation with multiple countries, and that Nicaragua is an open, democratic and socially progressive society which guarantees freedom of speech, conscience and human rights to all its citizens
Excellent, now we can all relax. And there was silly old me thinking that 20,000 deaths worldwide and a 10% death rate in Italy was a lot.
My Nicaraguan friend tells me that they are all scared stiff of the Coronavirus. this is because they think that the national health service is not as well developed as in the North.
Nicaragua is working hand in hand with the Pan American Health Organisation (the regional arm of the World Health Organisation). Ana Emilia Solís, the organisation's representative in Nicaragua, has stated that since January, when the Nicaraguan Government declared a sanitary alert due to the threat of COVID-19: "Nicaragua has been working according to (WHO and PAHO) guidelines. It has been working hard on the enlistment of health services, strengthening epidemiological surveillance and has been working with the Community Health Network to identify possible cases that may occur at the community level". She also noted that Nicaragua has a family and community oriented healthcare model that gives institutions trust, involvement and access to local communities, ensuring quick and appropriate actions can be taken, and that official advice and orders are met with co-operation.
Nicaragua is also collaborating very closely with the other seven nations of the Central American Integration System - Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama -, currently presided by Secretary General HE Vinicio Cerezo, to jointly implement the CAIS Contingency Plan. In the case of each country, the Heads of State are directly signatories of the plan and co-ordinating actions daily, while the organisation is publishing daily reports and collectively agreed decisions.
message sent out by the Nicaraguan government on 17th. I now understand that there are two cases reported.
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While no cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Nicaragua at the time of writing, a national action plan is underway to ensure the lives, health and well-being of Nicaraguan nationals, residents and visitors, as well as to play our part in the joint effort with our neighbours and the international community.
In the context of ongoing actions, this week an early detection network is currently mobilising 3,928 health professionals and volunteer brigades to test 70,000 people and provide preventative education and medical attention through door to door visits, mobile clinics and health fairs in 905 communities. Extra testing and treatment equipment being provided to local health centres and hospitals. Full testing is also in place at the 15 entry and exit points to Nicaragua.
Furthermore, the government of Nicaragua continues working closely with other member states of the Central American Integration System (SICA), at the highest level, including heads of states and all ministries, in coordination with the SICA Secretariat, the Pan American Health Organisation and the World Health Organisation, as well as bilaterally with countries such as Taiwan and Cuba; ensuring regional and international cooperation, best practice and approved protocols are implemented to ensure the lives and health of Nicaraguan nationals, residents, visitors and all people.
For further information, please see the Central American Integration System latest joint update on the current situation in our region at the time of writing.
These figures don't look right to me. Share Centre shows ex on 13th paid on 28th amount 1.735p for a total for 2019 of 6.94p. Increasing to 7.1p in 2020.
Yes, I've noticed that this is up by over 100% during the last year.
Good Energy, the 100% renewable power company, has received an official Decision Notice from Wiltshire Council to start work on its new headquarters.
The decision follows a positive approval from the council’s strategic planning committee last month to go ahead with the project.
This latest seal of approval means the company can start the next phase of its work on the project. This comes in two parts; first, the internal design work will draw out the spaces where employees will work every day. Good Energy has appointed Bath-based Interaction to design the new office space.
Physical works are also due to take place on the site over the next month. This includes preliminary digging to prepare the area for construction work later this year.
Fran Woodward, Good Energy’s Director of People & Culture, said: “We are delighted to receive the council’s backing to build our new headquarters. The decision secures our long-term future in Chippenham, our home for the past 20 years.
“Our partnership with local companies, such as Interaction, will mean the project can now come to life over the coming months.”
Dieter Wood, Interaction’s managing director, commented: “We’re delighted to be working alongside Good Energy, to design and deliver a workspace that will truly reflect the culture and aspirations of such an innovative company.
“The design is well underway, and consultation with employees across the company has helped to shape the concepts so far – with emphasis on an agile, healthy, and sustainable provision that will benefit employee, customer and contractors alike.”
The completed headquarters is slated for completion in late 2020.
I should have bought a pile of these shares at 95p.
Doing pretty well today too. We've even got onto the leaders board for once.
I think he just wants to buy the mill, not the mine itself.
The usual tosh that one expects from you.
It would appear that the current gold price at $1345 is more or less double our all-in sustaining cost of $690. Quite a good line to use when promoting the company.
Summary - change to advice against travel; the FCO no longer advise against all but essential travel to Nicaragua
It's a common problem with AIM that spreads are wide. Although often the difference between ask and bid is not so extreme as it might appear. I'm a big supporter of GOOD and its aims and have my electricity supply, gas supply and FIT with them. I get the impression that they are gearing up for SMART metering which will be nice when it happens.