Gareth Buckley

Insolvency Practitioner helping individuals and businesses throughout England and Wales to deal with financial crisis

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@Dave_Tingle @PSDuffy @BellaWallerstei So, significant cost increases and yet none of the private schools are struggling? I suspect your political blinkers may be firmly in place here.

I suppose if you’re hoping for another election run it pays to toe the party line.

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@Dave_Tingle @PSDuffy @BellaWallerstei And my background qualifies me to comment on business failures. I’d love to know how you gained your experience on the subject, or is it merely a political trope?

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@Dave_Tingle @PSDuffy @BellaWallerstei Any business will struggle if you whack customers with a 20% price hike, higher NI and scrap the 80% charitable relief on business rates (worth hundreds of thousands a year for some schools). That triple hit would floor plenty of healthy organisations. schools are no different!

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@Dave_Tingle @PSDuffy @BellaWallerstei Closures aren’t just about pupil numbers. Losses are regional, hitting areas with no spare state capacity. Each closure brings redundancy costs, unemployment claims & loss of local spend. far bigger impact than you and others suggest

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@Dave_Tingle @PSDuffy @BellaWallerstei Capacity isn’t evenly spread. Where schools are closing there are major capacity issues.

You have no idea of the costs. Redundancies and unemployment costs alone will be v large.

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@Dave_Tingle @PSDuffy @BellaWallerstei It’s not one child is it. If a school closes all of those children go to local schools so the one extra child point is disingenuous.

If you had any experience of business closures you would know the huge impact a business closure has on local suppliers. It���s pretty obvious

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@Dave_Tingle @PSDuffy @BellaWallerstei It is costing extra for children in state. If there is no cost then why does the gov fund £8k per child and the schools are still under resourced?

Also the schools that remain open can claim VAT which they couldn’t before. Also the cost of closure on the supply chain is huge.

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@PSDuffy @BellaWallerstei VAT is a tax on the parents, not the school. It effectively means reduced demand. At the moment this scheme is costing the country a lot of money as we all now pay those children’s fees. Not to mention the costs of redundancy etc for employees

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@robinmmorrison @SomersetCouncil The previous CFO took redundancy according to BBC. Why give someone a redundancy payout if there is still a position? Doesn’t make sense https://t.co/kAoZLgrPKd

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@jebear @apoliticaleye @anthonyboutall Why is it? Who are you to restrict others from making a choice for their family? Why not restrict in other areas too? Where does it stop?

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@jebear @apoliticaleye @anthonyboutall There should be no private cars. Public transport only. There should be no homeowners. Council houses only…problem fixed? I think not

[Avon and Somerset Police @ASPolice]

We need witnesses/dashcam after a fire at Silk Mills Park & Ride #Taunton which destroyed minibuses used by people with disabilities & schoolchildren.
If you can help pls call 101 ref 5225117181. We expect Park & Ride & school services to run tomorrow, but check @TravelSomerset.

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@TCenturylife @CharlesHThyme But that costs everyone more as then the state is paying their education too

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@paulsregor @CharlotteW_R @NextGenMP Maybe give away half your house to someone without one. It starts with everyone having a stake….

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@LordNumpty @LOUISES52199231 So this is the new corn tax? ����

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@aj_hine @IrritableChris @richjohnston @PaulKetchley @afneil Have you missed the words secondary places added in preparation. Do t want back and forth but you are not objective.

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@aj_hine @IrritableChris @richjohnston @PaulKetchley @afneil Thank you. That’s in relation to primary only, doesn’t take into account the subsequent increase in secondary…and doesn’t say these are fully funded. Selective facts paint a false picture

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@aj_hine @IrritableChris @richjohnston @PaulKetchley @afneil Please point out where the 1 million fully funded but unused spaces are in the report?

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@aj_hine @IrritableChris @richjohnston @PaulKetchley @afneil That would equate to over 9 billion. If there were really that many vacant spaces they wouldn’t need the VAT tax in the first place…

[Gareth Buckley @bucklesG]

@chris_burns79 @Imogenlemon02 @BellaWallerstei Mid year change can only be for maximum disruption. The ban on disposable vapes has a 2 year implementation. Why no similar introduction to protect those studying for GCSEs