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HMRC Website Most Confusing and Difficult to Use in the World

by Druid's Loom Reporter | Feb 12, 2022 | Business, News

Website application designers at the HMRC were jubilant yesterday, after they won the award for ‘Most confusing and difficult to use website”, for the fifth year running. Website Web shite “It has been no easy feat to make a website this bad and unusable,”...

Banks Prove They are Utter Bastards

by Druid's Loom Reporter | Mar 25, 2020 | Business, News, UK

Whilst the country languishes in lockdown, and heroic front line NHS staff struggle in the fight against Coronavirus, British banks prove (if any further proof were needed) that they are total and utter f**king bastards. Sick, Vulnerable and Desperate In a totally...

BudgetFood – Where Everything Costs 20p.

by Druid's Loom Reporter | Feb 2, 2016 | Business, News

The BudgetFlight brand has gone from strength to strength, offering a cheap, yet frightful travel experience for tight-fisted customers; where luggage is treated better than the passengers. After launching a range of other budget products, owner Stavros Honolulu has...

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HMRC Website Most Confusing and Difficult to Use in the World

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