Mex to United KingdomEnglish · 5 months agoThames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water face £168m fines for sewage spillswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkThames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water face £168m fines for sewage spillswww.bbc.co.ukMex to United KingdomEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareLifeBandit666linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoWhen they tell you a number is so you go “HOW MUCH? WOW” when they should be telling you the number as a percentage of profits. 0.5% of yearly profits doesn’t sound as big does it? I mean I’ve made that number up, but the point stands.
minus-squareInsanelyCrewed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoIt says in the article the proposed fine for Thames is 9%, but doesn’t mention Northumbria or Yorkshire.
minus-squareLifeBandit666linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months ago…can you tell I didn’t read it? Thanks for that. 9% is fuck all really innit?
minus-squareInsanelyCrewed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoAye still a joke, especially when they’re wanting to charge us more, government should force the bosses to give back their bonuses but that’s never gonna happen.
When they tell you a number is so you go “HOW MUCH? WOW” when they should be telling you the number as a percentage of profits.
0.5% of yearly profits doesn’t sound as big does it? I mean I’ve made that number up, but the point stands.
It says in the article the proposed fine for Thames is 9%, but doesn’t mention Northumbria or Yorkshire.
…can you tell I didn’t read it? Thanks for that. 9% is fuck all really innit?
Aye still a joke, especially when they’re wanting to charge us more, government should force the bosses to give back their bonuses but that’s never gonna happen.