Simon Nolan

Consumer & retail headhunter

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

1000pc this

[Merryn Somerset Webb @MerrynSW]

Ed Miliband really should watch this.

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

@FlashForFreedom Ask them if they still consider Drax power station to be carbon neutral on the same basis. https://t.co/lqfo0DNtW2

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

Regrettably true

[Toby Young @toadmeister]

Much-maligned Hull – branded 'Britain's crappest town' in 2003 – has had a turnaround of late, with National Geographic naming the Yorkshire port in its top 25 world cities to visit in 2026. Jack Watson tells us why. https://t.co/ZK9KAoiIHH

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

@EssexPR @SadiqKhan I don’t know whether they don’t ever clean it or it gets re done all the time. But you are 100pc correct. It’s a disgrace

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

@EssexPR @SadiqKhan Exactly the same on the central line yesterday. What I don’t understand is that it has only really been bad for the last 6 months or so. Was wondering what changed??

[Guy Dampier @dampierguy]

'You have no right to what you didn't earn' is an exciting position for a Left-winger to take, and I look forward to this being applied to the welfare state.

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

The central line currently looks like some thing from a 1980s New York movie…..

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I've been involved in the creation of more businesses than I can remember - investing in, and developing companies alongside, young British entrepreneurs is a real passion of mine.

Starting a business from scratch, building it up, making it a success? It is bloody hard work, and there is real risk involved. Anyone who has given it a go, successful or not, has my respect. Not many in the Labour Party can say they've done that...

There needs to be a total reset of the relationship between Government/HMRC and private businesses.

Just look at these average call waiting time figures, it sums up how the state treats the people actually paying the bills...

HMRC? 24 minutes, 18 seconds.
Universal Credit helpline? 3 minutes, 24 seconds.

It's a joke. Trying to get anything out of HMRC is pathetically difficult, as it is with ANY Governmental organisation. Any of them! Don't get me started on local councils...

They're working from home, off for the week, it's someone else's problem. Nobody takes any responsibility, and guess what? NOTHING gets done.

All work is done in silos. There is no joined-up thinking, with ZERO consequences for failing to deliver. I'd link senior public sector leadership pay to performance. See how that gets them jumping up and down.

Before I was elected, I knew it was bad. Having seen it from the position of an MP? Bloody hell. It's even worse than I thought, and that is saying something.

The services we're paying an increasing amount of tax for aren't serving the people actually funding the whole charade.

If it were up to me - I'd slash corporation tax, cut dividend rates, double the VAT threshold, reduce income tax/national insurance contributions, increase personal allowances, abolish businesses rates for high street small businesses, and generally simplify the tax process.

Incentivise people to make money and generate success. And guess what? They'll end up actually paying more tax. I will never understand how politicians can't grasp this basic idea.

It is NOT POSSIBLE to tax our way to economic prosperity. Governments don't drive growth, individuals and businesses do.

To anyone in business who is wading through this nonsense trying to make a success of themselves, you have my full admiration and respect.

I know it's difficult at the moment, but keep plugging away. Your hard work is appreciated!

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

Very interesting (and concerning)

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

The big story today is about a Cabinet minister being dishonest. But there’s another member of the Cabinet whose cavalier approach to the facts may cost Britain an awful lot more - @Ed_Miliband. (See what I did there?) 🧵

[Mark Dampier @MarkDampier]

I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times:
Miliband's green zeal plays into Farage's hands.
⁦@iainmartin1⁩ spot on with this. Surely though Parliament will at some stage junk Net Zero over the next decade. https://t.co/ossmbPpc07

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

@wallaceme Even in July with temperatures at 25c there are lots of riders on electric bikes wearing balaclavas in London. Dare I suggest that is not normal behaviour!

[Farnham Rugby @FarnhamRugby]

@EnglandRugby @allianz_stad @allianzuknews Not a TNT subscriber? Watch on giant screens @FarnhamRugby. Great bar & good food. Non members welcome. See you there!

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

@JoeMarler 100pc

[Nick Timothy MP @NJ_Timothy]

Higher energy costs mean industrial production transfers to countries with little or no environmental standards. My column today is how we need to get real about the net zero target - and the myth of international free trade: https://t.co/Sg3pM7rlT2

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

@RobWhite_UK If she received even a fraction of the press hostility Westminster did she would have been found out years ago

[Farnham Town FC @FarnhamTownFC]

The last remaining 100% league record in Europe ✅

Manager @Johno1006 and captain @RyanKinnane speak to @indyfootball about what's going on at Farnham Town both on & off the field.

Big thanks to @lawrenceostlere and @Independent for taking the time to learn about our Club 👊

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

Me playing dads v Farnham U9s on Tuesday night….. 😉

[Simon Nolan @simonnolanexec]

Best thing they did was to link the youth and adults teams together. The kids love to watch the big boys play in the same shirt that they wore that morning.

[Farnham Town FC @FarnhamTownFC]

🎙️ "The players sign autographs or get photos with young fans at the end of the game or at half time. That is what creates a community."

@HarryHugoGoat touches on the importance of building a community during our mid-season interview.

Watch now on YouTube by clicking below! 👇

[England Rugby @EnglandRugby]

Straight from kick off 😮‍💨

#GrassrootsRugby | @FarnhamRugby

[Mark Kleinman @MarkKleinmanSky]

Exclusive: Ten Entertainment, one of Britain’s biggest tenpin bowling venue operators, will tomorrow become the latest London-listed company to recommend a private equity takeover when it discloses an offer worth about £300m from US-based Trive Capital. https://t.co/UjQS8ur5aO