Is this Good or Bad Business Practise

boxby · #1 (**permalink**) 19-08-2008, 15:37

To make a big fuss, for several years, fighting against the local council & business owners (and a lot of public opinion) for the right to open a store.

To purchase the second petrol station in the town, the busier & cheaper priced on.

To promptly demolish it and lodge a planning application for a new store.

To have you planning application disputed for over a year, withdraw it, submit an ammended version which is passed in a matter of days.

To start building your store.

To employ your staff, and send them off to other stores for training.

To require ALL your staff to take a Mandatory week's holiday. - week before last.

To finish your building - last week.

To sack your staff - last Thursday

To announce you will not be opening the store afterall- last Friday.

Who's Out??

OldWelshGuy · #2 (**permalink**) 19-08-2008, 16:10

I take it we are talking about Tesco? That is about right for their normal MO in matters such as this.

Jeewhizz · #3 (**permalink**) 19-08-2008, 16:36

Has to be tesco

http://www.carricktoday.co.uk/news/TesKOd.4405702.jp

Alvin · #4 (**permalink**) 19-08-2008, 17:44

every little helps http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...rmarkets.crime

Alvin

Indizine · #5 (**permalink**) 19-08-2008, 17:55

If it turns out it would not be profitable to open it, then isnt it a good decison not to go ahead? IMO big businesses also have to make the same difficult decisons small businesses do. If I had gotten so far as this,but say on a smaller basis, I too would pull out than take a risk in this climate, im afraid. It's unfortunate, course it is, but poo happens at times like this.

boxby · #6 (**permalink**) 19-08-2008, 18:09

But I don't understand why they let it get this far.

The building only started at the begining of July. If you have such significant worries, then you don't just wake up on a Thursday morning and decide not to open a brand new store. Surely logic would tell you just to delay starting the building. And not train the staff.

The economic climate hasn't changed that much in the last 8 weeks. And a company the size of Tesco's who plans expansion strategies across continents should have the ability to look 8 weeks ahead.

Alvin · #7 (**permalink**) 19-08-2008, 18:53

Its all tax deductable so don't cost Tesco a penny.

Maybe there needs to be some revison to out tax laws to save the situation where large companies like BA can squander millions of tax payers money on things like a bit of paint on there tailplanes.

Not to mention £400,000 on the olympic logo.thats the price of 500 life saving heart by-pass ops.

society has a long way to go before it can be described as civlised.

Alvin

boxby · #8 (**permalink**) 19-08-2008, 20:13

The bit about jobs in the article is true. People quit their jobs for those jobs, and Tescos has treated them like stuff on bottoms of shoes.

msmith · #9 (**permalink**) 19-08-2008, 20:40

Many places don't think it will get "that far" and always tend to hope for the best. I know many places like this and right now they are feeling it and slowly downsizing.

fee · #10 (**permalink**) 19-08-2008, 22:45

isnt it more profitable to buy the land and build the shop, then sell it as "a shop" ????

i dont like tesco anyway......