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by Paul Waine
Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cryptocurrency
Replies: 697
Views: 75317

Re: Cryptocurrency

For those who want to know more, most of the launches do come with a very detailed prospectus https://docs.syncus.fi/syncus.fi/vision/syncus-mastering-treasury-token-dynamics Hi aggi, thanks for the link. Is that what cryptocurrencies think of as a prospectus? It all reads like hocus pocus to me. "...
by Paul Waine
Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cryptocurrency
Replies: 697
Views: 75317

Re: Cryptocurrency

It goes into a treasury which is used for marketing and i believe for buybacks starting in the next week or so. Yes of course it depends on what periods we look at in terms of success, its very volatile at the moment, only started up in December so i dont think looking at the price trends are much ...
by Paul Waine
Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Blackburn rovers finances at mercy of judge in india
Replies: 75
Views: 6042

Re: Blackburn rovers finances at mercy of judge in india

People like Paul Waine and Chester Perry will know far more than me, but I've long suspected that the money Venkys pour into the black hole which is Rovers was some kind of tax mitigation "scheme" (at best) or money laundering (at worst) because otherwise it makes very little sense given the lack o...
by Paul Waine
Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cryptocurrency
Replies: 697
Views: 75317

Re: Cryptocurrency

Theres a 15% sales tax to try and encourage long term holding and to stop the usual pump and dumps. Think you might be looking at the wrong one, Syncus is up 100% in the last 7 days. Try checking on coinmarketcap. Which government is collecting the 15% sales tax? Imagine if a bank said when you wan...
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: City finally being tried ?
Replies: 23
Views: 2547

Re: City finally being tried ?

The documentation side is the curse of the modern world - I saw last week that a planning application for a new Thames crossing consisted of 398,000 pages in documentation. The documentation in the city case will come from: City who have a huge legal team from multiple practices (probably from acro...
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cryptocurrency
Replies: 697
Views: 75317

Re: Cryptocurrency

Anyone had any dealings with Syncus? Had it recommended by somebody who tends to be pretty good with this type of thing, seems like a pretty good team behind it and the value is increasing every week at the moment. Been given a discount code of SYNC29 if anyone wants to have a dabble, should give y...
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Online banking using a smartphone…
Replies: 90
Views: 4575

Re: Online banking using a smartphone…

A community type bank is being discussed in Wales. The issue with multiple banks sharing the same premises is primarily around technology. If it’s just for deposits and withdrawals (rather than opening accounts, mortgages etc) it’s probably easier. The Post Office effectively do this now via its Ho...
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Online banking using a smartphone…
Replies: 90
Views: 4575

Re: Online banking using a smartphone…

I have only been into my bank (Nationwide) about 3 times in the last 4 or 5 years. And that is only because the government insist on sending me refunds by cheque! My banking app is set up to accept a photo of the cheque. I was told this last year when I took a cheque to the branch to pay in. It was...
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Online banking using a smartphone…
Replies: 90
Views: 4575

Re: Online banking using a smartphone…

One of these for example is somebody setting up a new payee and making a couple of small payments of a few quid and then following it up with a bigger payment - many fraud systems will detect this pattern and allow the smaller payments through and hold the bigger one. Around 20 years ago I led a pi...
by Paul Waine
Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Online banking using a smartphone…
Replies: 90
Views: 4575

Re: Online banking using a smartphone…

Not sure if you have made any payments that have been referred to a bank fraud team recently but the scripts they are using have definitely escalated into the ludicrous territory now. They repeat a lot of stuff and you are asked to say out loud that you are aware that you will lose the money if the...
by Paul Waine
Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Online banking using a smartphone…
Replies: 90
Views: 4575

Re: Online banking using a smartphone…

It’s up to what you feel comfortable with of course. But it’s not just online banking where fraud is being originated. Are you going to stop online shopping too ? Scam emails ? Do you use contactless and presumably you have debit and or credit cards ? There are some new regulations shortly coming i...
by Paul Waine
Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: More FFP breaches…
Replies: 137
Views: 9893

Re: Everton found guilty of further breaches...

RVclaret wrote:
Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:58 pm
Forest’s ’mitigating circumstance’ of selling Brennan Johnson in a completely new financial period is an interesting one.
Is that what is known as "clutching at a straw man" argument?
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9974
Views: 1011466

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

At times I am quite shocked by the scale of the Everton love in and the level of emotional blackmail being employed - ahead of the appeal for their points deduction. Where was all this concern (and Premier League watchdogs) as that club took in all those £m's from USM including training ground spon...
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9974
Views: 1011466

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

for those who find themselves restricted by the paywall on the above article https://archive.ph/vqGVG a related story appeared in yesterday's New York Times, it is about the introduction of a Fanzone at Villa - it will be interesting to see how time and future plans of Villa affects the current sit...
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 14, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January transfer window rumours.
Replies: 2353
Views: 285501

Re: January transfer window rumours.

All fine in theory until we have to pay his (reported) wages of £250,000 a week and that's where it kind of falls down. I suppose we could always do a David Reeves type bucket collection? Henderson will have a massive tax bill if he returns to UK - he'd need to be outside the UK for the whole of a ...
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 14, 2024 5:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Alan Pace - Self made man
Replies: 82
Views: 5921

Re: Alan Pace - Self made man

That link doesn’t work for me My bad. Copy/paste from MMT thread lost a lot of the detail - the link works on MMT thread. Now re-copied again direct from the Sunday Times "share" facility - which by-passes the paywall. Aston Villa’s Chris Heck: We want to be in the Premier League’s top tier’ https:...
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 14, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January transfer window rumours.
Replies: 2353
Views: 285501

Re: January transfer window rumours.

Unless we sign a Roy Keane type midfielder, I can’t get excited by any signings we make. Media reporting Jordan Henderson wants to return from Saudi Arabia. If he's still in contention for an England place - and he's made his money in SA - I'd be happy to add Henderson to the squad to the end of th...
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 14, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Alan Pace - Self made man
Replies: 82
Views: 5921

Re: Alan Pace - Self made man

I've just now posted this on the MMT thread. Think it is also relevant here. Sunday Times, interview with Chris Heck, President of Business Operations (appointed May 2023), Aston Villa. An interesting (full page) article. Another American involved in running a Premier League club. Lot's of Heck's ob...
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 14, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9974
Views: 1011466

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

Sunday Times, interview with Chris Heck, President of Business Operations (appointed May 2023), Aston Villa. An interesting (full page) article. Another American involved in running a Premier League club. Lot's of Heck's objectives for Aston Villa could just as easily be Alan Pace's and ALK's object...
by Paul Waine
Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Luton
Replies: 469
Views: 16643

Re: Burnley v Luton

Newcastleclaret93 wrote:
Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:51 pm
Strange line up

Luton look full strength. Massive game this
Except Tom Lockyer their captain.

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by Paul Waine
Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January transfer window rumours.
Replies: 2353
Views: 285501

Re: January transfer window rumours.

Nori1958 wrote:
Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:04 pm
How often has he played for them?
Few appearances last season is what I was told. On loan, of course, first half of this season.
by Paul Waine
Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January transfer window rumours.
Replies: 2353
Views: 285501

Re: January transfer window rumours.

Spoke with a couple of Chelsea fans at walking football session this afternoon. They describe Fofana as "erratic." However, 21 year old, aiming to prove his worth in a Premier League team, I'm sure he will add to BFC squad.
by Paul Waine
Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 311
Views: 29264

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

https://apple.news/ANvIMznn1QSC7fg8k6fAtxQ As said above more and more is going to come out about this and at some point we have to hope that the likes of Vennells will be proven beyond all doubt to have lied and covered up the truth….which is what we already know. The link shows a bbc news story t...
by Paul Waine
Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 311
Views: 29264

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Been plenty of criticism of the justice system. Sub postmasters were being asked to admit things to avoid going to prison. I don’t know how many specifically cases had been heard before it became knowledge between them - but thats kind of irrelevant to what you are saying because we know at some po...
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12765
Views: 1249077

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

I posted this on the MMT last week For those who believe that all clubs have deposited their 2022/23 accounts with the Premier League by December 31 2023 I suggest you read rules E.47 and E.48 in the latest edition of the Premier League Handbook (https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/do...
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12765
Views: 1249077

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

What do you think Paul ? New debt or refinancing existing debt ? More inclined to think it’s the latter on the assumption that the previous facility may have had some kind of fixed term at the reduced interest rate. Or maybe that’s more in hope that we are not increasing our debt by another sizeabl...
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 311
Views: 29264

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Hi Paul Yes knew that. Absolutely crazy that they were allowed just plough on with the new Horizon system for the Post Office. Just shows you more than anything the lack of accountability (let alone expertise) in these taxpayer funded government organisations. Shocking It may not even be the worst ...
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 311
Views: 29264

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Maybe they thought that Horizon was going to be robust, bug free and a fantastic shiny new system and trusted Fujitsu to be more than capable of delivering this ? Oh hang on a minute the government had just had to write off £700 million in a failed horizon system Fujitsu had tried to build for anot...
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12765
Views: 1249077

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Paul Waine wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:08 pm
Isn't Morgan Edwards signing off as witness, rather than director of the chargor?
OK. See I've joined this latest information later than others. Need for document to be witnessed and this being separate from director signing to indicate agreement to terms of document already discussed above.
by Paul Waine
Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12765
Views: 1249077

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Also worth noting that the documents were signed off on the ALK/VSL side by Morgan Edwards whose occupation is described as partner in ALK. Of course finding this kind of finance is a historic speciality of Edwards if you look at his LinkedIN profile Isn't Morgan Edwards signing off as witness, rat...
by Paul Waine
Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cryptocurrency
Replies: 697
Views: 75317

Re: Cryptocurrency

With the SEC approval of a crypto ETF expected by many this quarter, along with the halving of the BTC mining rate, there's quite a bit going on. BTC expected to lead the charge up the charts over the next 12 months. What is likely to be in the group of crypto that may form the basis of an ETF? If,...
by Paul Waine
Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cryptocurrency
Replies: 697
Views: 75317

Re: Cryptocurrency

They're always looking for people to grass themselves up. Take Kraken based in San Francisco for instance, how can HMRC UK compel them to handover details of trades made by UK citizens? How are HMRC able to assess the amount of tax an individual crypto trader is liable for? Authorities worldwide ha...
by Paul Waine
Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12765
Views: 1249077

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

I would be very surprised if this was all automated [quote="Big Vinny K" Hi Paul Not my understanding of how it works. STP (Straight through processing) is not something I associate with companies house, HMRC or tbh any government agency or website. The front end website you see now on websites lik...
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 311
Views: 29264

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

I think you are so right. It shouldn’t need a TV drama but in this case it’s at least highlighted just how serious this has been. It’s so easy for issues to be brushed under the carpet so we have to be thankful that it has been dramatised and people have become aware. It's very true that the 4 part...
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 311
Views: 29264

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

It's an absolute outrage what has gone on. Disgusting. I had no insight into what has happened. I want to see criminal prosecutions. I don't understand why only now this has become widely known. It seems you were privy to it so why have you never mentioned it before? Hi taio, you might want to take...
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:20 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 311
Views: 29264

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

They've had the contract with the post office extended! https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366560655/Controversial-Fujitsu-contract-with-Post-Office-extended-again Great link to Computer Weekly - includes a timeline from 2009, with a lot of detail, of Post Office Horizon scandal. It also includes ...
by Paul Waine
Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:07 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 311
Views: 29264

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

I’m pleased to see the police are now investigating PO staffers for fraud but no mention yet of Fujitsu, the cause of all the injustices. https://news.sky.com/story/post-office-investigated-by-police-over-potential-fraud-offences-13042832 Reports I've read are that police have already been investig...
by Paul Waine
Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12765
Views: 1249077

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

The thing is the proposed address for Velocity Capital (UK) Holdings Ltd was and remains the current registered address for Kettering Capital Limited and Calder Vale Holdings Limited of course there have been a lot of legislative changes to increase the powers at Companies House recently (https://c...
by Paul Waine
Sat Jan 06, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12765
Views: 1249077

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

ALK/VSL filing at Companies house carries on with it's bizarre somewhat erratic course Velocity Capital (UK) Holdings Ltd the entity that only last month became the major shareholder in Burnley Football Club has had its company address posted as being at Companies House in Cardiff after it appears ...
by Paul Waine
Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Forest
Replies: 36
Views: 6350

Re: Forest

Steve1956 wrote:
Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:04 pm
I really wouldn't want to stay in this division because someone got docked points,the only reason we should stay in this division is on merit.
If BFC have stuck to the financial rules while other clubs haven't I'd say that is footballing merit.

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by Paul Waine
Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 311
Views: 29264

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

I've not watched any of the Mr Bates tv programme, yet. I've been following the Horizon sub-post-office prosecution saga for a number of years. The Horizon system was developed by ICL, originally a UK "competitor" for IBM. ICL had a major office (possibly their headquarters?) in Manchester. Fujitsu ...
by Paul Waine
Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s Footy
Replies: 99
Views: 5258

Re: Today’s Footy

Finishes 2-3.
by Paul Waine
Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12765
Views: 1249077

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

By way of emphasising the contrast to the above, what we see in the detail and transparency of Jim Radcliffe's acquisition of a minor stake in Manchester United is a very rare insight within the world of football - and all thanks to the US Securities and Exchange Commission - somewhat surprisingly ...
by Paul Waine
Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Spurs FA Cup tickets - ticket office
Replies: 1
Views: 481

Re: Spurs FA Cup tickets - ticket office

Bump, because ticket office has probably been closed since I posted my thanks to the ticket office team for doing a great job all year.

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by Paul Waine
Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Spurs FA Cup tickets - ticket office
Replies: 1
Views: 481

Spurs FA Cup tickets - ticket office

My Spurs tickets arrived in the post today. Spurs tickets are larger/longer than most tickets, so the envelope is larger than usual ticket envelope size. The BFC address card, of course, is the same size as for every game. I notice this has created more work for the ticket office, including needing ...
by Paul Waine
Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage
Replies: 85
Views: 4974

Re: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage

Should be nowhere near the men's game. I see no need for it at all. There isn't a shortage of male referees. Virtuous box ticking bull****. Its just another ploy to demasculate the game. Hi groove, have you slipped into a time warp? It's now 2023, not 1921 when the FA used the "reasoning" you are q...
by Paul Waine
Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage
Replies: 85
Views: 4974

Re: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage

No Ney Never wrote:
Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:21 pm
Women don't like taking instructions from men, maybe she'll tell the VAR bloke that she's sticking to her on field decision!
I imagine she will do it very nicely. "Sorry, VAR, I saw all I needed to do first time. I'm sticking with my first decision. Thanks, anyway."
by Paul Waine
Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: European Court of Justice - EU Superleague Back on the Cards?
Replies: 33
Views: 1915

Re: European Court of Justice - EU Superleague Back on the Cards?

All these Americans buying English clubs isn't a coincidence, they will want a return, they are used to no relegation, cornerstone of the ESL is no relegation, if they get away with it watch it happen here. The new proposal includes relegation: Star league, Gold league and Blue league - and bottom ...
by Paul Waine
Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dave Fishwick - Politics Live
Replies: 25
Views: 2863

Re: Dave Fishwick - Politics Live

I thought he couldn't get a licence to open a bank, thus the credit union? I was wrong in describing Burnley Savings and Loans as a "credit union." It appears to be a non-credit union. (Credit Unions are regulated by both FCA and PRA. BS&L is only regulated by FCA). "Bank on Dave!" (not " of " Dave...
by Paul Waine
Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dave Fishwick - Politics Live
Replies: 25
Views: 2863

Re: Dave Fishwick - Politics Live

As above, BBC2 from 12:15 today. I only posted earlier to let people know that Dave Fishwick was on tv. I think many have seen his film. A nice film. Lots of the film is not accurate - and, not just the bit about a band playing at Turf Moor. Nice, however, to see Burnley portrayed well in a film. D...