B725 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 It's truly shocking what's happening in this country when someone can affect your life based on nothing but dislike for what you do legally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) Last month, amidst calls for a banking probe into the unfair treatment by banks of politicians and their families, BASC wrote to Andrew Griffith MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury highlighting the issues faced by shoots and the trade. Click the following link for more information: https://basc.org.uk/discrimination-against-shooting-businesses-by-banks-highlighted-by-basc/ This morning the Telegraph published an article on this issue, which we provided input to, and there were supportive comments from Andrew Griffith MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Sir Robert Goodwill, chair of the environment committee, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, a former business secretary, and Dame Priti Patel, the former home secretary. Click the following link to read the article: Gun clubs' accounts shut as banks 'cancel the countryside' (msn.com) Hopefully, we will soon see an end to discrimination against the shooting community by the banking sector and BASC will continue its efforts to make this happen. Edited August 4, 2023 by Conor O'Gorman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted August 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 Thank you Conor 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 Its up to us - all of us - to lobby OUR MPs too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 A further BASC update here: https://basc.org.uk/banks-exposed-for-ongoing-discrimination-against-shooting/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 BASC has written to Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), to provide evidence of sector-wide discrimination by many high street banks against shooting-related businesses for the FCA’s de-banking review. Click here for more information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted August 15, 2023 Report Share Posted August 15, 2023 (edited) @Conor O'Gorman a good interview, on GB news Edited August 15, 2023 by Newbie to this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HantsRob Posted August 16, 2023 Report Share Posted August 16, 2023 On 04/08/2023 at 17:50, B725 said: It's truly shocking what's happening in this country when someone can affect your life based on nothing but dislike for what you do legally. I fully agree with the sentiment. I think we need to be careful of our collective argument, as I do not believe we can use the argument "for what we do legally". Look at something in reverse, of homosexuality only being fully decriminalised in 2013. This was an act that people disliked what people did illegally, however it wouldn't be right to keep it that way. Back on track, I don't agree with the salacious photo of a fox hunt when it is talking about banks and shooting clubs, which affects even clay shooting rather than the more contentious areas of the overall sport. But, combining both, I think it is quite poor that we have become so understanding of each other, to "be kind", to be open without judgement, and yet a sport is brutally targeted by people who do not understand the full details behind our love of shooting. Hopefully this is seen as discrimination as a bank shouldn't be able to pick and choose it's current legal customers, and is resolved swiftly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutt Posted August 16, 2023 Report Share Posted August 16, 2023 Didn't the CO-OP do this years ago not a lot of hoo har then ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted August 16, 2023 Report Share Posted August 16, 2023 19 hours ago, Newbie to this said: @Conor O'Gorman a good interview, on GB news link please?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted August 16, 2023 Report Share Posted August 16, 2023 19 hours ago, Newbie to this said: @Conor O'Gorman a good interview, on GB news Thank you, 9 minutes ago, discobob said: link please?? Main segment available from link below: Further information here: https://basc.org.uk/accountability-needed-on-debanking-scandal-basc-tells-gb-news/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted August 16, 2023 Report Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Conor O'Gorman said: Main segment available from link below: Thanks Conor.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted September 14, 2023 Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that its review into the provision of banking services will take account of BASC evidence, which shows widespread ‘de-banking’ of the shooting community. Further information here: https://basc.org.uk/shooting-sector-evidence-to-be-included-in-fca-de-banking-review/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted September 14, 2023 Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 Given the drive to becoming a cashless society, whats the end result of people being debanked not having wages paid in and what does a debanked person do to pay bills etc? I'm not keen on govmnt intervention on some things but I shudder to think what I'd do if I were debanked, say for being a shooter or driving a 4WD or any other thing some orgs dislike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted September 14, 2023 Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 9 hours ago, Dave-G said: Given the drive to becoming a cashless society, whats the end result of people being debanked not having wages paid in and what does a debanked person do to pay bills etc? I'm not keen on govmnt intervention on some things but I shudder to think what I'd do if I were debanked, say for being a shooter or driving a 4WD or any other thing some orgs dislike. It's a devastating experience to be informed out of the blue and with little notice that your personal and/or business bank accounts including savings accounts etc are being shut down and worse no proper explanation given. You wouldn’t expect your electricity, gas or water to be shut down because of your interest in shooting so why should banks be allowed to get away with denying us fundamental financial services? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HantsRob Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 I found yet another shooting ground that my contactless payment doesn't work at now, all with normal EMV card readers and nothing special. I am not sure if it's my bank that doesn't like wireless payments at the grounds or pure coincidence that I cannot pay with contactless at 3 separate clay grounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 Yesterday the FCA published an interim report on its banking services review and there will be further work ahead - BASC evidence being referenced in that regard. This morning the story was covered by BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today with BASC interviewed about the de-banking of shoots and shooting businesses. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qmj9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 Latest updates as follows: Fieldsports TV https://www.facebook.com/fieldsportsnews/videos/1746069042498989 GB News Full interview (Watch from 37 minutes): Summary: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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