Experienced wedding chauffeur seeks employment
19 years experience of driving vintage and classic cars (mainly 1920’s Austins) for hundreds of weddings, across Somerset and Devon.
Now seeking a new role after retirement of previous employer .
On the Parkinson show, Eric Morecambe discusses his first heart attack and the help he received from a passing member of the public, Walter Butterworth.
Why should you have to tell firm after firm that you’re vulnerable? Our new @mmhpi campaign is for a ‘tell us once’ service for those with mental (or physical) health conditions, to minimise stress in a crisis.
Do watch and read more here https://t.co/v9nNSonaXx
@drlukeevans eel a fool as we had no choice to buy as our oil ran out on day Trump went to war. As we bought it before assistance was offered, despite being low income, medically vulnerable and not claiming any benefits. We will not receive any assistance. min delivery of 500l . #EastDevon
@RichardFoordLD , is this something you could raise to help those in #EastDevon, who try to survive on very little and not claim any benefits, get punished at every turn for working hard all their life, but that self reliance makes them invisible ?.
@MartinSLewis I feel a fool as we had no choice to buy as our oil ran out on day Trump went to war. As we bought it before assistance was offered, despite being low income, medically vulnerable and not claiming any benefits. We will not receive any assistance. min delivery of 500l . #EastDevon
@MartinSLewis I feel a fool as we had no choice to buy as our oil ran out on day Trump went to war. As we bought it before assistance was offered, despite being low income, medically vulnerable and not claiming any benefits. We will not receive any assistance. min delivery of 500l . #EastDevon
@MartinSLewis I feel a fool as we had no choice to buy as our oil ran out on day Trump went to war. As we have bought it before assistance was offered, despite being low income, medically vulnerable and not claiming any benefits. We will not receive any assistance. We ha min delivery of 500l .
@PeterStefanovi2@bbclaurak We are due to leave our rental within the next month , oil has run out so we have had to buy at 2x normal rate and min 500l delivery (that’s 6months supply) . we will only use a tiny fraction in next few weeks . How can we be compensated 😖😡?
@MartinSLewis We are due to leave our rental within the next month , oil has run out so we have had to buy at 2x normal rate and min 500l delivery (that’s 6months supply) . @MartinSLewis we will only use a tiny fraction in next few weeks . How can we be compensated 😖😡?
@BBCPolitics We are due to leave our rental within the next month , oil has run out so we have had to buy at 2x normal rate and min 500l delivery (that’s 6months supply) . @MartinSLewis we will only use a tiny fraction in next few weeks . How can we be compensated 😖😡?
HOME HEATING OIL & LPG CRISIS
This is a short summary of issues identified from 1,000s responses we (MSE) have had to build a dossier to send to govt...
1. SHARP PRICE INCREASES. A typical pattern is prices increasing from 55p to 65p per litre to £1.20 to £1.45 per litre or £1.60+ per litre if a delivery is needed quickly.
- Prices have surged leaving some households unable to afford essential heating
- Reports of supply shortages, with some firms not quoting at all for bulk deliveries, stating “no stock” or “no oil available”
- Households told only smaller boxes are available for £3.15 per litre around 5x the normal bulk delivery price.
- Some considering or actually switching off heating to preserve what little oil they had left
- Severe emotional and financial strain especially for older, disabled and low‑income households
2: UNFAIR PRACTICES. Orders not being fulfilled as expected, even when placed earlier or already paid for.
- Firms cancelling already‑placed orders, even fully paid ones or demanding more money
- Re‑quotes after cancellation massively increase the price, leaving households financially exposed
- New ‘price‑on‑delivery‑day’ policies remove price certainty and shift all risk onto consumers, who have no idea of cost
- People running out of oil, including medically vulnerable users, feel forced to accept inflated prices
- Problems with refunds and additional surcharges on refunds
3: LACK OF REGULATION- "IT'S THE WILD WEST" There is widespread anger that heating‑oil is an “unregulated, unprotected” market.
- People feel abandoned, heating oil & LPG users have no regulator, no affordability support, and no safety net.
- People are confused about their rights and whether many current practices are even legal
We will be sending a larger version today to the top of the Department for Energy and working on a full portfolio of problems and case studies to send in a week on top to the CMA and Energy Committee.
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And it came to pass in Devon that the heavens forgot how to close. For thirty and eight days did the clouds empty themselves, as if all the buckets of heaven had been overturned at once.