Lack of publicity over England's shops charging 5p a bag

enfield_freddy

is,nt the toll owned by the French?

Poppy9

From Wiki




Funding and ownership

The bridge was built at a cost of £380 million and is owned by the company Severn River Crossing Plc. As of November 2010[update], Severn River Crossing Plc was owned

• 35% John Laing, British developer infrastructure operator
• 35% Vinci, French concessions and construction company
• 15% Bank of America, American multinational banking and financial services corporation
• 15% Barclays Capital, British multinational investment bank[29]

enfield_freddy

35% + 15% , its only half "british" then

BlueEyedGirl

geerex wrote: »

I wonder if dictionaries qualify for free bags...

geerex wrote: »

Right, so it wasn't actually a free ciffe but a £5 gift card.

Ciffe? Another accidental typo?

daytona0

God I love my local corner shop!

Spend about £5 on food, drink and a paper. Pay on the card. 50p card charge. No problem.


"Do you want a bag?"

ME: Yea ok thanks

"Ok"

*adds on 5p onto the card transaction, for a tiny white bag*

:rotfl:

Fair enough lad!

enfield_freddy

local shop , "yup its going to charity" , out comes phone with camera , and snaps all the thank you letters pinned on the wall from a charity , non were for over about £5,


"expect that to be ten times as much in 3 mths time" , shop owner goes all sheepish and lowers head

daytona0

There's only one charity he's donating to.... his back pocket.

custardy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2647716/At-Plastic-bags-banished-Ministers-force-reluctant-supermarkets-impose-5p-charge.html


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3259578/English-supermarkets-braced-chaos-confusion-checkouts-5p-plastic-carrier-bag-charge-comes-force-TOMORROW.html

BlueEyedGirl

5p bag in Morrisons is not new and improved... it's just the normal free bag with a 5p charge, would have expected something a little stronger from a major supermarket!

Boots do two bags, as well as 5p for the normal size, they do a larger one with a 7p charge, needed one today to carry some Christmas gifts home in. Sadly it had split down one side by the time I had got home so not reusable! :mad:

JReacher1

BlueEyedGirl wrote: »

5p bag in Morrisons is not new and improved... it's just the normal free bag with a 5p charge, would have expected something a little stronger from a major supermarket!

Boots do two bags, as well as 5p for the normal size, they do a larger one with a 7p charge, needed one today to carry some Christmas gifts home in. Sadly it had split down one side by the time I had got home so not reusable! :mad:

Its a tax that the government imposes. I wouldn't expect any retailer to introduce better quality bags for the 5p (although I realise Sainsburys are being a bit sneaky with how they are getting round the charge)