Small business proprietors dread demise of the cheque
Monday 10th January 2011, 1:00PM GMT.
Almost three-quarters of Brian Martel’s customers pay their milk bill by cheque.
SMALLER businesses fear trade could suffer if cheques are phased out.
Window cleaners, milkmen and newsagents are among those who are concerned about losing the payment method.
Brendan Le Moigne, who owns Scott’s Window Cleaning Services, said most of his customers paid by cheque.
Milk retailer Brian Martel also said around 70% of customers still paid by cheque. He said while around 15% did now pay by interbank transfers it would be difficult for older people to make that change.
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Another nothing story, cheques are not be phased out till at least 2018, and only if a alternative is made available
As for old, well as the likes of Belgium, Germany, Switzerland where cheques are rare I suspect unless they don’t have any old people there is a usefully alternative!
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….is this the phrophesy that my good friend George Torode used to warn me about…the mark of the beast, where only sinners could buy and sell…as per the Book of Revealtions I believe…over to you Paul Le Page!
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Maybe more people will pay with cash? I’m told there is some concern within HMRC in the UK about this.
I understand there is a proposal for a voucher type system, similar to a cheque but we’ll have to put on the Payee’s sort code and account number so the payment can be processed electronically by the banks and negate the need to the physical movement of cheques within the clearly system.
It’s too early panic.
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Apologies for spelling prophesy incorrectly…I should have foreseen that!
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Vic – George Torode was referring to the words of Revelation 13.
As for 2018, no comment. Sorry to be a party pooper old pal but too many people have come a cropper claiming insider knowledge of the book of Revelation. I have no wish to join their ranks!
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Hi Paul…didn’t manage to lure you into that quicksand then…must say you are quite right, it is a heady mixture of Hammer Film Production and Alice in her Wonderland….666 upside down is 999…call the police quickly!
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Why not use internet banking? Ideally suited for this sort of thing and the businesses would save money in not being charged by the banks for having the cheques cleared plus any monies are not ‘lost’ in the system for a few days making the banks profits on interest. Before anybody starts about people not having access to the internet, I would imagine most do presently and more will have by 2018, for any elderly people not comfortable I’m sure they have family members who could help them.
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