Andrew Metcalfe

Working as a CTO, keen on tech, cricket and the hugely successful Shrewsbury Town FC. Also own Downham Hall in Essex (@downhamhall)

[Andrew Metcalfe @artificialgold]

@Scaramucci oh dear my kids been hearing the trip us pod cast on our car journeys and can’t say your name properly, apparently “smooch me”….

[Andrew Metcalfe @artificialgold]

@gavinesler I appreciate getting to sit and reflect in Calais Ferry Port and edge forwards at 0.5mph towards a ferry we know we will miss…

[Andrew Metcalfe @artificialgold]

@_Tim_Ashton This is also true for those with English as a second language, and where that is inhibiting in the workplace etc I think the hope it gives is massive and a true productivity boost. A lot of the rest of AI hype is less convincing but this aspect is real. Glad it is helping you!

[UKHospitality @UKHofficial]

“We need to see urgent action at the Budget to reduce business costs,” @UKHospKate tells @thetimes, as it features the challenges facing pubs.

We’re calling for a lower rate of VAT and business rate increases to be capped to help our pubs.

https://t.co/a8HUEzadFM

[UKHospitality @UKHofficial]

"All we are asking you to do Minister, is to back a sector that will boost our economy, to the tune of billions more too, if only we have the ambition to let them."

Thank you to @timfarron for speaking in support of the hospitality sector at yesterday's debate.

[UKHospitality @UKHofficial]

"We have seen so many issues around VAT levels and the impact this has on hospitality and tourism".

Thank you to @pritipatel for speaking in favour of fiscal support for the hospitality sector at the upcoming Budget.

[UKHospitality @UKHofficial]

"Please listen to the hospitality sector, who are screaming out that VAT is too high".

Thank you to @Tobias_Ellwood for speaking at the Westminister Hall debate for fiscal support for the hospitality sector.

[Dine Out @DineOutMagazine]

"Our staff work incredibly hard over the busy festive period...and they deserve to be treated with kindness and respect," says @UKHofficial CEO @UKHospKate.

Read more: https://t.co/lcAuMxfETp

[Kate Nicholls OBE @UKHospKate]

National living wage confirmed to rise by 10% from April - up from £10.42 to £11.44 for over 23s. A reminder that although govt announces it it is businesses who deliver it and why it is so vital other action is taken to reduce tax and costs, particularly rates

[ThatPubChick 🥂 @pub_that]

‘If VAT is dropped will you drop your prices.’

A fair question but let me try to briefly explain why this may not be the case.

A short thread on why hospitality are asking for a cut to VAT…

1/5

[Tim Starkey @TimLabour]

Statement from 5 years ago, powerful and urgent today.

[Muslims Against Antisemitism and Christianphobia @MAAS_UK]

Honestly, we need far more empathy and humanity now.

What is happening is that we are all losing our own humanity, allowing sides, propaganda and enmity of the ‘other’ to overcome us.

If we don’t care for each other, what is left of society, nation or who we are.

[Andrew Metcalfe @artificialgold]

@Sticker500 @TheGayMeadow @salopcast @SAFCPanini @WaterfordUFC @LimerickFCie @80s90sfootball @90sFootballUK1 @daily_set @FootballPinks @OldSchoolPanini “Say oohhh aaaahhhh Tommy Lynch, say ooohhh ahhh Toomy Lynch”. Legend!

[Andrew Metcalfe @artificialgold]

@WarMonitor3 yes

[Andrew Metcalfe @artificialgold]

@PaulMouncey @DavidHarrison80 @ICNARC @KathyRowan101 Well done @PaulMouncey !

[Andrew Metcalfe @artificialgold]

@SouthendAirport Just checked back on this and you now have both Geneva and Amsterdam so hope you can keep it progressing!

[Andrew Metcalfe @artificialgold]

Anyone seen that now twitter is called “x”, you get weird close looking x on the iPhone and similar next to real x to close inside apps. It is beginning to annoy me enough to stop being on here. Am sure I’ll get used to it…

[Andrew Metcalfe @artificialgold]

@EaterWriter We’ve had this review type too at @DownhamHall , short of kicking people out nothing you can do and why people don’t get that is beyond me! We try and treat these are weird folks and hope people reading reviews get it. Very frustrating though.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

I am sorry for going on and on about reopening the three Rutherford centres.

I understand it's repetitive/boring, but I truly believe that a concerted Government effort would give thousands of cancer patients a far better chance at long-term survival.

That's worth repeating.

[Peter Borg-Neal @PeterBorgNeal]

The VAT rate for the hospitality industry:
France 10%
Germany 7%
Italy 10%
Spain 10%
Ireland 9%
United Kingdom 20%
The UK has the highest rate in Europe.