Tsk-tsk, fat cat Softcat: Milk-slurping reseller taken to court

London Stock Exchange-listed tech box-shifter Softcat was taken to courts by a Leeds newsagent after the £832m turnover company failed to settle its milk bill. The cream-scooping company, whose gross profits last year were a wallet-bulging £136.3m, was being chased over an unpaid invoice of £840 for its Leeds office. The …

[Anonymous Coward]

I feel you have milked this story though I won't have a cow about it.

[Aladdin Sane]

Now, now, don't be sour.

[Warm Braw]

El Reg is a red-top, just skim through...

[Anonymous Coward]

If you skim it feels as though it just goes pasteurise.

[Korev]

Sounds like he was the Softcat that got the cream

[Steve Evans]

Yoghurt that right.

[John H Woods]

Surprised he showed his face in the shop...

... How dairy

[Mark 85]

At least it wasn't an udder failure.

[Doctor Syntax]

From the report it sounds as if they also ignored the judgement. Would they have noticed the winding up order if el Reg hadn't alerted them? Shame on el Reg for spoiling the fun.

[Peter2]

Malik told us that the fat cats agreed to hand over the cream, saying they “were very apologetic” and “settled in full, very quick” once the court claim reached them.

Sounds like they received the form from the county cort enquiring if they wished to plead guilty, or not guilty, and instead paid him and asked him to vacate the court case.

[hugo tyson]

History repeating itself...

There was a time when "troubled Cambridge micro-maker" Acorn Computers couldn't get milk delivered because of unpaid invoices with every last one of the local newsagents and dairies. Because of idiot finance bods going "oh this little one doesn't matter"...

[Korev]

Re: History repeating itself...

A shame they didn't feel the strong ARM of the law...

[pleb]

Re: History repeating itself...

That's the RISC you take.

[John H Woods]

Re: History repeating itself...

You mean to tell me that Acorn churned through every last one of its suppliers?

[AMBxx]

Always pay me bang on time

Odd, SoftCat have always been one of my better payers. Way to get paid appears to be to check the PO is in place and approved. Not sure how you'd do that with milk though.

[adam payne]

It's good to see that he was paid but it really shouldn't have needed to go so far.

[MrKrotos]

Soft cat, hard milk?

[Anonymous Coward]

Sounds like they were saying "hard cheese" to the supplier.

[Martin 66]

Udderly ridiculous

that is all

[Anonymous Coward]

good to know they've got the basics covered

It's scandalous in our office, the problems we have with milk. (Especially when we have interlopers visiting. Coming here taking our milk...). Pretty sure the staff wouldn't stand to hear the deliveries arn't being paid (we might sit for it though).

Anyway at least it was settled without relationships really freezing over and that the matter can be put to pasture.

[Chris G]

When I were a lad in sarf London, people who didn't pay their bills would lack toes free.

[Anonymous Coward]

I hope they charge them delivery.

[Scott 29]

Crying over milk not spilled

Could have been your headline, instead of that tortured one you ran with.

[David Nash]

While there is an amusing side to it, and I appreciate the puns as much as everyone else, it is a symptom of unacceptable treatment of small suppliers, who can ill-afford to give this much credit.

Just pay your bills on time guys!

[anothercynic]

Agree with David Nash...

... Small suppliers are being taken for a ride, and that someone like Mr Malik had to resort to a court order is downright stupid.

[Androgynous Cupboard]

Re: Agree with David Nash...

Also massive props to Mr Malik for handling this the right way. Well played sir, well played.

[Stuart Halliday]

Sounds like the supplier pissed off the local manager.

No use crying over spilled milk?

[ravenviz]

Mr Grimsdale!

[Anonymous Coward]

Mind the stairs.

[ravenviz]

Down vote troll's been in tonight

[7teven 4ect]

I'm lactose intolerant and I demand to know why we have not heard from a vegan on this issue?

[Mark 85]

Maybe they saw the word "milk" and decided not to read the story. Milk might be contagious you know.

[Anonymous Coward]

Nowadays it probably needs a "trigger" warning.

[Mattjimf]

I guess the shop owner is a fan of Herman's Hermits:

https://youtu.be/LesWfbkJJlQ

(no I can't post HTML)

[Anonymous Coward]

"no I can't post HTML"

This is the HTML encoded version of the link.

All you need to do usually is to bracket the URL (in double quotes) like this

<A HREF="https://youtu.be/LesWfbkJJlQ" >

Followed by the string of text you want to show as covering the link

then add </A> after that text to terminate the link section

Use the "Preview" button to check the HTML has been recognised as correctly formatted.

[The Nazz]

Better than no supply at all

In a nearby Yorkshire town ....

There was a girl from Huddersfield

Who had a cow that wouldn't yield

The reason why it wouldn't yield?

It didn't like it's udders feeled.

Sorry (again), i get worse.

It could almost be a parable of modern life, get the written agreement before you get the feeling.