Peter mentioned Covid tests recently but I can't find it.
Depending on circumstances one needs different tests, different timetable and perhaps different geography and these must be booked before one enters the UK.
gov.uk helpfully offers a list of providers in alphabetical order. And it's s***e.
Firstly the companies are called things like "!! Company" or "##>> Company" or anything else in their fight to be first.
Secondly every entry says something like "tests from £20". To get a £20 test you must be a one-legged, green, one-eyed, resident of outer Mongolia willing to pick your test up at 3:00am in John-o-Groats.
The tests are anywhere from £50ish up to a couple of hundred but you have to visit each site and go through half a dozen clicks to find that out.
I shan't take the risk, but it's all so very irritating that the idea of using any compatible reference number is attractive.
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