Kubi kakhulu! Imarike yeZithambiso yase-UK Iyancipha

Ngomhla we-18 kweyoKwindla kulo nyaka, urhulumente waseBritane ubhengeze ukurhoxiswa kwayo yonke imiqathango kwi-crown bhubhane entsha, nto leyo ephawula utshintsho olupheleleyo lwe-UK ukusuka kwinqanaba lokuthintela ubhubhane ukuya kwinqanaba “lokungalali kakuhle”.

Ngokwedatha echazwe yi-IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, ukuthengiswa kwe-intanethi e-UK kwehle nge-12% unyaka nonyaka ngo-Epreli 2022 emva kokuba i-UK iphakamise ngokupheleleyo umgaqo-nkqubo wayo wokuthintela ubhubhane ngoMatshi. NgoMeyi olandelayo, ukuthengiswa kwe-intanethi e-UK kwehle nge-8.7% unyaka nonyaka—xa kuthelekiswa nokwanda kwe-12% unyaka nonyaka ngo-Epreli 2021 kunye nokwanda kwe-10% unyaka nonyaka ngoMeyi 2021, umlawuli weCandelo leCapgemini Strategy and Insights u-Andy Mulcahy ngokungakhathali wanika igama elithi "elibi" kumanani exesha elifanayo kulo nyaka.

“Akukho nto ifihlakeleyo, intengiso ibimbi kakhulu kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo,” utshilo kudliwanondlebe neFinancial Times. “Emva kokususa ukuvalwa kobhubhane, wonke umntu ujonge phambili ekubuyeleni kwinqanaba ngaphambi kobhubhane omtsha we-crown. Kodwa silandele abathengisi abangaphezu kwama-200 kwi-intanethi, kwaye ukusebenza kwentengiso kwehle ukusuka kwi-5% ukuya kwi-15%.” Ucaphule inkampani enkulu yefashoni ekhawulezayo e-UK iBoohoo njengomzekelo, njengoko inkampani ibhengeze ngoMeyi 31. Kwingxelo yayo yengeniso yekota yokuqala, ingeniso yehle nge-8%.

Phakathi kweendidi ezahlukeneyo zamaqonga e-e-commerce aseBritane, ubuhle kunye nezinto zokuthambisa zenze kakubi, apho intengiso yehla ngama-28% unyaka nonyaka.

UMulcahy ukholelwa ukuba urhulumente waseBritane ufanele ukuba unoxanduva loku, kwaye utyhola urhulumente ngothotho lokunyuka kwerhafu kumaqonga e-e-commerce: “I-10th (iOfisi yeNkulumbuso) ifuna ngamandla ukuba abathengi babuyele kwiivenkile ezingaxhunyiwe kwi-intanethi, kwaye imisele uthotho lokunyuka kwerhafu. Irhafu ephezulu yokuthengisa kwi-intanethi inyanzele abathengisi ukuba bonyuse amaxabiso emveliso, nto leyo ebangela ukuba abathengi bathenge kwiivenkile ezingabizi kakhulu. Ngexesha lobhubhane, urhwebo lwe-e-commerce kunye nokuthengisa kwi-intanethi kwakuthathwa njengomsindisi woqoqosho lwaseBritane ngomhla we-10. Ngoku xa ubhubhane uphelile, singagxothwa, akunjalo?”

Iintengiso ze-intanethi neze-intanethi ziyancipha, ngoko ke imali yabathengi iya phi? Impendulo ye-Guardian kukuba ichithwe yindleko ephezulu yokuphila.

Enyanisweni, i-UK ijongene nokunyuka kwamaxabiso okubi kakhulu kwiminyaka engama-40, kunye nezinga lokunyuka kwamaxabiso eliyi-9.1%, nto leyo eye yabangela ukuba i-UK ibe nezinga eliphezulu lokunyuka kwamaxabiso kwi-G7 (G7). IBhanki yaseNgilani ilumkise ukuba ukunyuka kwamaxabiso e-UK kungadlula i-11% ngo-Okthobha.

“I-Guardian” ithe ngenxa yeziphumo zexesha elide ezibangelwe yintsholongwane entsha ye-crown, inani elikhulu labantu abaneminyaka eyi-16 ukuya kwengama-64 ubudala baye barhoxa kwimarike yabasebenzi baseBritane. Oku kukhokelele ekunqongophaleni okukhulu kwemisebenzi yokuthengisa, njengabaqhubi beelori kunye nabasebenzi bezothutho. Ukunqongophala kwabasebenzi bokuhambisa kwenza abathengisi bajongane nemingeni enzima yothungelwano lokubonelela, kwaye kufuneka bonyuse imivuzo ehlawulwa kwezi zikhundla ukuze bafezekise isiphumo “semivuzo enzima, kufuneka kubekho amadoda anesibindi” - kwaye le nkcitho eyongezelelweyo, Ngokwemvelo idluliselwe kwimveliso.

Ixabiso eliphezulu lokuphila lenze abathengi baqinise imida yabo, apho omnye kwabathathu baseBritane esithi baqala ukuyeka iti eshushu baze basele amanzi abandayo kuphela ukuze bonge iindleko zombane. Inkulumbuso yaseBritane uJohnson ide yakhuthaza wonke umntu ukuba anciphise iindleko zokuphila “ngokutya kancinci”. “Siyekile ukuchitha imali kuyo yonke into ngaphandle kokutya nerenti,” utshilo uDimi Hunter, oneminyaka engama-43 ubudala, kudliwanondlebe neThe Guardian. “Ngoku mna nomfazi wam sitya ukutya kabini kuphela ngosuku, siphendula ubizo lweNkulumbuso.”

Phantsi kweemeko ezinjalo, iivenkile zezithambiso ezingasebenzi kwi-intanethi zinqabile ngokwendalo. “Urhulumente usixelele ukuba ubhubhane uphelile. Kodwa abasebenzi basasulelekile kwakhona, baqhubeka befowunela besithi bayagula. Ndingaqhubeka ndiqesha abasebenzi abatsha kuphela – ndize ndihlawule umvuzo wokugula wangaphambili ngaxeshanye. Ukuba umsebenzi omtsha naye uyasuleleka, kwaye uElizabeth Riley, umnini wevenkile yezithambiso eBrixton, emazantsi eLondon, wakhalaza esithi, “abathengi abadala baye bandibuza: kutheni nithengisa iRIMMEL (Rimmel) Mystery) Isiseko solwelo sibiza kakhulu kunexabiso elikwiwebhusayithi esemthethweni? Kutheni ningenzi izaphulelo? Ndingaphendula kuphela, ewe, ewe, ndingalinciphisa okanye ndilinciphise ixabiso, kwaye kwiveki ezayo, niza kundibona ndipakisha ndize ndihambe.”

Ngokuphathelele oku, unobhala wezoshishino waseBritane uPaul Scully ucebise icebo elitsha: vumela abasebenzi baye emsebenzini begula. Waza wabacela ukuba balandele umzekelo wokumkanikazi oneminyaka engama-95 ubudala, “Indoda endala kangaka ingaqhubeka nokusebenza, kutheni wena ungenakukwazi?” 

Eli bango lahlangatyezwa ngoko nangoko yingxolo evela kuRiley kunye nabasebenzi bakhe. “IKumkanikazi inazo zonke izixhobo zonyango zase-UK zokuxhasa oku ngamaxesha onke, kwaye kufuneka silinde emgceni kuluhlu lokulinda lwamashumi amawaka abantu abalinde oogqirha ukuba babone umntu ngamnye.” Abasebenzi uMaria Walker uthe: “Akulunganga ukugula, nokuba yiCovid-19 okanye Ukuba ndinomkhuhlane, bendiya kuhlala ndithimla, impumlo egobhozayo, isiyezi kunye nentloko ebuhlungu, kwaye bendingenakukwazi ukunceda abathengi konke konke.”

URiley wathi, “Thixo, ngubani ofuna ukungena kwivenkile yezithambiso apho bonke abasebenzi banethemba lokufumana isithsaba esitsha? Xa wena nabahlobo bakho nikhetha iimveliso, bathimla ngasemva? Xa ufumana iinkophe zakho, kufuneka ame phakathi ukuze andivuthele impumlo? Kungaphelanga neveki, ndiza kugcwala zizikhalazo neeleta ezindithumelayo!”

Ekupheleni kodliwanondlebe, uRiley ubonakalise ukungabi nathemba ngekamva leshishini lokuthengisa laseBritane, waza wathi angalivala ivenkile yezithambiso eLondon, ebivuliwe kangangeminyaka engaphezu kwama-30, aze abuyele emaphandleni aseYorkshire ukuze athathe umhlala-phantsi. “Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, abantu abanakukwazi nokuhlawula isonka, ngoko ke ngubani okhathalayo ukuba ubuso babo bucocekile?” wahleka.