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• Shoestring says:

  26 Jan26 January 15:29

  [FLYBE is racing to plug a multimillionpound hole in its finances as the Government decides whether to step in with a bridging loan.
  The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that Europe’s biggest regional airline has held a series of emergency meetings with airports over millions of pounds in unpaid landing fees.
  Industry sources said Flybe last week “got out its begging bowl”, appealing for more time to pay debts. It is understood that boss Mark Anderson led crisis talks with major bases including Birmingham, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton.]

  • marcw says:

    26 Jan26 January 18:17

    So it´s not looking good. What´s your guess Shoestring?

    • Shoestring says:

      26 Jan26 January 19:15

      guess: Flybe will get the £100m loan from Govt, limp on, cut quite a few routes, cut a lot of Exeter jobs and any other overhead the new owners can think of, mortgage their assets to the hilt as TC did, survive this winter OK then basically have one season to prove the model can/ will work

      • Secret Squirrel says:

        26 Jan26 January 19:34

        Hope they don’t cut lots of Exeter flights!

  • Doug M says:

    26 Jan26 January 20:51

    The thing is that if the gov step in is it to protect routes on the basis of national need? Because commercial management from Virgin and friends will be about what’s profitable and works for them as a feeder network. Which leaves the purpose of the loan and commercial reality on separate paths. Still I’m sure the gov will protect national interests like they have with railways, utilities and Cadbury.

• Shoestring says:

  26 Jan26 January 16:23

  [One of the most crucial figures for start-ups is the number of monthly active users that they have. Having a high percentage of customers returning each month is a reliable indicator that a digital bank is healthy. Business Insider’s claim that data showed just 14pc of Curve customers used their card every month is far below statistics around 70pc claimed by many banking start-ups.
  Is the 14pc statistic accurate? Bialick answers without any hesitation: “Very.”
  His public relations manager almost leaps to his feet. Bialick hurriedly corrects himself. “Very inaccurate. It’s not accurate! Everyone uses the card,” he says.
  Bialick claims the figure published by Business Insider was “taken a year before the article was made”. He says a more accurate figure is around 80pc.]

  Sunday Telegraph p8 Business & money section

  • TGLoyalty says:

    26 Jan26 January 17:23

    Considering lots here use it to pay monthly bills in the south I think he’s probably right.

    I use mine multiple times weekly if not daily

    • Munch says:

      26 Jan26 January 18:40

      Does this still work without charging a fee? Wasn’t sure if the recent changes at Curve would affect this type of transaction?

      • TGLoyalty says:

        26 Jan26 January 20:28

        Yes ONLY charge for HMRC transactions

        • Alan says:

          27 Jan27 January 07:55

          …and anywhere else that only takes debit card payments – such as NS&I etc

        • Lady London says:

          27 Jan27 January 12:53

          The latter, not yet.

• BJ says:

  26 Jan26 January 17:12

  OT: I continue to experience problems topping up Monese via paypoint with cc. Today the transaction initially went through only to be reversed seconds later.

  • mark2 says:

    26 Jan26 January 17:42

    I used mine at two different Coops this morning

    • BJ says:

      26 Jan26 January 17:54

      Thanks Mark. I have no idea what’s up. I contacted Monese and they claimed my card is fine.

      • prune says:

        26 Jan26 January 18:38

        So am i right to think paypoint is still working and over the counter at the post office is not.

        • Jay H says:

          26 Jan26 January 19:06

          For now yes…

      • EwanG says:

        26 Jan26 January 20:13

        Did you see my reply yesterday @BJ to your bits comment about this on Friday’s article? Might explain one of the issues you’ve had!

        • BJ says:

          26 Jan26 January 22:58

          Thanks Ewan, just found it. Unfortunately it was neither of those as I previously used the card to top up Monese successfully and .it was a Co-Op in Moray. The shop assistant definitely swiped it, I added another item and it went through fine before reversing itself. She was as surprised as me. It was £245 so I’ll wait to ensure it drops off my amex pending list before trying with a different card next time. Might try a small cash top up to ensure Monese card is ok despite assurances from them that it is.

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