Comments on: Conservatives want you to start a business from home http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:01:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alan http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55367 Alan Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:54:22 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55367 Lets not get carried away. This is a sound bite and has no meat attached at this stage. This info has been in the public domain for years and Cameron is referring to a report made by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in 2002. http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/social-tenants-access-home-working-opportunities Apart from the actual conditions set by the RSL's (and these may also be conditions set by the actual owners of a private development, there are a myriad of other restrictions on home working which apply to everyone regardless of the type or ownership of the property. Some of these conditons are there to protect the community as a whole. There are planning considerations, insurance considerations and rating considerations. In the same interview with Andrew Marr, Cameron also says and I quote "...But this is an indication of how far from spewing out commitments and being loose with our language or anything else, we are being very disciplined." I think the opening quote will prove to be extremely loose. Lets not get carried away.
This is a sound bite and has no meat attached at this stage.

This info has been in the public domain for years and Cameron is referring to a report made by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in 2002.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/social-tenants-access-home-working-opportunities

Apart from the actual conditions set by the RSL’s (and these may also be conditions set by the actual owners of a private development, there are a myriad of other restrictions on home working which apply to everyone regardless of the type or ownership of the property.
Some of these conditons are there to protect the community as a whole. There are planning considerations, insurance considerations and rating considerations.

In the same interview with Andrew Marr, Cameron also says and I quote “…But this is an indication of how far from spewing out commitments and being loose with our language or anything else, we are being very disciplined.”

I think the opening quote will prove to be extremely loose.

]]> By: Steve Antony Williams http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55342 Steve Antony Williams Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:54:56 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55342 The point I was making is it sounds great .... If the business doesn't impinge on the neighbours. But car mechanics etc aren't going to be happy if the "law" suddenly became selective and it only applied to "certain" types of business. If this is going to happen (and I doubt it, politicians are all hot air after all) it has to be done RIGHT.Where I lived in Birmingham one of my neighbours (4 or 5 doors down from me) was a mechanice and despite being 4 doors down blocked up half the street, mad a racket and made the place look like a mess. The point I was making is it sounds great …. If the business doesn’t impinge on the neighbours. But car mechanics etc aren’t going to be happy if the “law” suddenly became selective and it only applied to “certain” types of business.

If this is going to happen (and I doubt it, politicians are all hot air after all) it has to be done RIGHT.Where I lived in Birmingham one of my neighbours (4 or 5 doors down from me) was a mechanice and despite being 4 doors down blocked up half the street, mad a racket and made the place look like a mess.

]]> By: Bigpoppa http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55341 Bigpoppa Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:40:53 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55341 Is that to say that this should only apply to quiet businesses? I think Steves point is very valid... ...I think it's great that people decide to work for themselves, so long as it doesn't have a negative impact on my life. Is that to say that this should only apply to quiet businesses? I think Steves point is very valid…

…I think it’s great that people decide to work for themselves, so long as it doesn’t have a negative impact on my life.

]]> By: Emma Jones http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55339 Emma Jones Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:43:03 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55339 I followed these comments with interest! And then came to Antony's comment. Understand your point entirely but what we're seeing is a significant increase in 'quiet' businesses based from home - online businesses selling goods or people running professional service businesses. They're doing it from home and not dirturbing the neighbours but they are contributing to the economy which is why it's spot-on for David Cameron to be expressing support for the sector. Lots more to be done to encourage everyone with a business idea to get started but the tories do seem to be making the right noises. Thanks, Tamebay, for highlighting the point. Emma I followed these comments with interest!

And then came to Antony’s comment. Understand your point entirely but what we’re seeing is a significant increase in ‘quiet’ businesses based from home – online businesses selling goods or people running professional service businesses. They’re doing it from home and not dirturbing the neighbours but they are contributing to the economy which is why it’s spot-on for David Cameron to be expressing support for the sector.

Lots more to be done to encourage everyone with a business idea to get started but the tories do seem to be making the right noises.

Thanks, Tamebay, for highlighting the point.

Emma

]]> By: Steve Antony Williams http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55322 Steve Antony Williams Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:20:17 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55322 Taking away the barriers to people working from home sounds commendable. However, you wouldn't find it so commendable if the neighbour was a mechanic with a dozen cars up and down the street; or some role which involved "noise". Taking away the barriers to people working from home sounds commendable. However, you wouldn’t find it so commendable if the neighbour was a mechanic with a dozen cars up and down the street; or some role which involved “noise”.

]]> By: Bigpoppa http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55317 Bigpoppa Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:26:15 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55317 <i>...but I dont fancy an enema from any of them</i> ...That statement implies that there are a group of people that you <b>DO</b> fancy an enema from... ;-) …but I dont fancy an enema from any of them

…That statement implies that there are a group of people that you DO fancy an enema from… ;-)

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55315 northumbrian Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:20:52 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55315 yep dustmen are just as important too but I dont fancy an enema from any of them yep dustmen are just as important too
but I dont fancy an enema from any of them

]]> By: BigPoppa http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55313 BigPoppa Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:49:01 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55313 ...dustmen are just if not more important to society...everyone should pay tax. …dustmen are just if not more important to society…everyone should pay tax.

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55307 northumbrian Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:01:29 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55307 reduce politicians and the legal professions salary and expenses .to a reasonable level to help pay for it ,not to mention the financial sector reduce politicians and the legal professions salary and expenses .to a reasonable level
to help pay for it ,not to mention the financial sector

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55306 northumbrian Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:53:55 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55306 just think how many more of those nurses, doctors, ambulance, police, firemen there would be because they would feel valued and rewarded not TAXED and want the job just think how many more of those nurses, doctors, ambulance, police, firemen there would be
because they would feel valued and rewarded not TAXED and want the job

]]> By: Bunchy http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55300 Bunchy Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:08:06 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55300 "what bemuses me is that nurses, doctors, ambulance, police, firemen, pay any at all" And if they didn't just think how many less of those nurses, doctors, ambulance, police, firemen, there would be. Council tax suppliments fire and police services ..... “what bemuses me is that nurses, doctors, ambulance, police, firemen, pay any at all”

And if they didn’t just think how many less of those nurses, doctors, ambulance, police, firemen, there would be.
Council tax suppliments fire and police services …..

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55283 northumbrian Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:19:57 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55283 I dont like paying tax, though I dont feel its that bad for small business, what bemuses me is that nurses ,doctors, ambulance, police, firemen, pay any at all I dont like paying tax, though I dont feel its that bad for small business,
what bemuses me is that

nurses ,doctors, ambulance, police, firemen, pay any at all

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2010/01/conservatives-want-you-to-start-a-business-from-home.html#comment-55282 northumbrian Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:12:53 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10716#comment-55282 pre election tripe saying it and doing it are miles apart pre election tripe
saying it and doing it are miles apart

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