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I Tried Proton's Lumo AI, a Private Alternative to ChatGPT in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] soapysage@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They don't fail it tho?

New direct bus from Edinburgh to Heathrow Airport launches next week in c/ukpublictransport@feddit.uk

[–] soapysage@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

If you're booking further ahead of time you can get it down to £40 on certain days

Revealed: Banking giant threatened to leave UK over mooted tax increase; JP Morgan Chase wrote to Rachel Reeves to lobby against rumoured banking surcharge rise ahead of autumn budget in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] soapysage@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago

Let the door hit them on the way out, if they don't want to stay in the UK due to increased taxes, oh well, someone else will step in and take their customers.

After-work drinks in decline outside London, peers told in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

[–] soapysage@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It used to be a major thing, even pub lunches during your shift, go out for a pint and some food at lunch and then go back to work afterwards

Anyone else hate hot weather? in c/askuk@feddit.uk

[–] soapysage@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

I wouldn't say I hate it, just more so not a massive fan when it's hot, give me mild weather instead

More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] soapysage@feddit.uk 11 points 4 months ago

Adjust Vehicle Excise Duty to something that also taxes vehicles based on their size and weight, it'll discourage larger vehicles, hopefully.

British-owned Chocolate? in c/buybritish@feddit.uk

[–] soapysage@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Monty Bojangles - London based, British Owners

Mrs Tilly's - Larbert based, Scottish Family Owners

Mackies - Aberdeenshire based, Scottish Family Owners

Buchanan’s Confectionery - Greenock based, owned by Golden Casket

US companies and their brands in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] soapysage@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago

Both Nestle and Unilever's biggest individual shareholders are BlackRock, so make of that as you will.

US companies and their brands in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] soapysage@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago

One of their biggest shareholders are BlackRock, puts a big black mark on the company.