Not condoning poor management, but many of the shareholders are the pension funds that ordinary people who weren't lucky enough to be able to get final-salary pensions depend on for their retirement incomes (now if they're retired already or in future if not). Those people have no direct say in the management of the companies that their pension funds are invested in (presumably the pension companies or fund managers get to vote at the AGMs etc).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
But who wants to stop the water companies making money and paying dividends? I don't - I just want them to invest back in the business BEFORE paying the dividends and bonuses. They charge for their service, but like all services such as gas, rail, roads, electricity....., infrastructure is involved. If usage is going up and is seasonal then the infrastructure should take that into consideration - not be an excuse to say to their consumers 'you're using too much - we're going to fine you if you use x...'.
Well that's good to know @Hostafan1 . But that 6% needs to increase in value (or at least not fall). I expect dividends on shares would be cut before fat salaries and bonuses for the high-ups.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Well that's good to know @Hostafan1 . But that 6% needs to increase in value (or at least not fall). I expect dividends on shares would be cut before fat salaries and bonuses for the high-ups.
I have been reading about an app from Cornell university that lets you identify birds by their song. I asked OH to install it for me on my portable as I hadn't a clue. He said I was hopeless.
I said I'd like to see him sew in a zip.
Silence.
The app is now downloading and I'll be able to identify who's chirping, tweeting and singing but still hiding.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Snap ! My sister who is an avid ‘Twitter’ when she was down from Richmond last week installed the same app on my phone, amazing to use only this morning sat with the window open having a cuppa (quite early for a Saturday) and it picked up 8 birds in 4 mins! you’ll have fun Obelixx .
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I said I'd like to see him sew in a zip.
Silence.
The app is now downloading and I'll be able to identify who's chirping, tweeting and singing but still hiding.