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Who is using llms.txt files?

gpietersz
@fisicx thanks, that makes sense. its not something you can usefully do with a very generic approach.

Are we talking about the same thing? Schema.org semantic markup is often added to the body.

@Shopclicks Google (and just about everyone else I can find) seems to use llms.txt only for documentation sites or paths. That implies it is useful for certain narrow use cases.
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Companies will have to pay UK supplier invoices within 60 days or face fines

MikeJ
Justin Smith said:
The facts :
The UK minimum wage is the 2nd highest in the world (excl Iceland and Luxembourg).

My first job in 1985 was as an assistant manager in a Hire Shop on £5,500 p.a. = £2.64 per hr. As at Apr 25, inflation adjusted, that equals £8.02 per hour.
The minimum wage for 2025 was £12.21 an hour which is 52% higher then my starting wage as an assistant manager !

When the minimum wage was introduced in 1999 it was £3.60 per hr, adjusted for inflation in 2025 that would be £6.80, but it's actually £12.21, which is is 80% higher.
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So fourth then ...:rolleyes:
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Beware the union rep

frankie007
I don't work for them any more but when I was, there was not a lot of work around. Not everybody has choices that you might have. Catering is a very exploitative industry that takes advantage of a lot of people which I have seen over more than 30 years in the game.
You saying" well don't work for them" is over simplifying things, state of economy will only make things worse
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How do pre-order sales work within the tax year?

MyAccountantOnline
Jack Robinson said:
Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm new to selling. I recently sold some stuff via preorder on ebay. This was done at the start of April before the current tax year began. However I didn't pay for them until today due to some issues with my wholesaler.

Do I deduct these costs for the current tax year when they were actually bought (this is what I'm assuming) or would they be deducted for the tax year they were sold?

Any help is much appreciated!
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If you are a sole trader you will (by default) use the cash basis - that means you record payments and receipts when they are made. So the sales you made will be in last years accounts, and the stock purchased will be in this tax year.

If you trade via a limited company, or are a sole trader who doesnt use the cash basis, you record income and expenses when they are invoiced and need to include in your accounts debtors (monies owing), creditors (monies owed) and stock.
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Insolvency Act claims

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Here’s another write up of Zedra.

Summary: there is a limitation period on unfair prejudice claims


The Limitation Act 1980 (LA 1980) does not expressly mention unfair prejudice petitions anywhere, however an unfair prejudice petition was an ‘action’ and therefore fell within the broad scope of that statute. In particular, unfair prejudice petitions are caught within the scope of LA 1980, s 8 which imposes a limitation period of 12 years for actions upon a specialty. LA 1980, s 8 is itself disapplied in the event that another provision in LA 1980 prescribes a shorter limitation period. LA 1980, s 9 provides a limitation period of six years for ‘an action to recover any sum recoverable by virtue of any enactment’.

The Court of Appeal accordingly reasoned that a general 12-year limitation period applies to unfair prejudice petitions but a shorter period of six years applies where the relief sought includes a money judgment.
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Share your SEO tips and tricks?

ThatDevAaron
Richard Huskey said:
One thing that consistently works for me is focusing on search intent first, not just keywords. If your content actually answers what users are looking for, rankings usually follow. Also, updating old content can give quick wins. Page speed and clean structure matter more than people think too.
On a side note, when I work on SEO while traveling or on public Wi-Fi, I use fastvpn — it’s simple and keeps things secure without slowing me down much.
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i'm gonna give this a shot.
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The World of "AI Agents" the Good the Bad and the Ugly

Keynote Speech
Data Swami said:
So here is the "Bad" what i learnt in this specific case was that many agents gets messy. In total i had 58 "agents" each with a specific job and workflow that it would do. The problem came with orchestrating them all. Individually they were fine but orchestrating at that many levels meant things became confused if I just wanted it to run one of the skills. So lesson learnt was to have the specialisation but keep it to those "leadership" roles as otherwise they were just there not doing much apart form orchestrating approvals.
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That’s a really interesting breakdown, especially the bit about orchestration becoming the real headache rather than the agents themselves.

It feels like a lot of these setups start off with the idea of loads of specialised agents, but in reality it just gets messy quite quickly. I’ve seen similar where keeping things simpler and focusing on a few solid workflows tends to work better long term.

The cost side is a good point as well. It’s easy to get carried away with what it can do and forget how quickly usage can creep up.

Have you found a decent balance yet between keeping it flexible and keeping it manageable, or is that still the tricky part?
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Cease and desist letter from BMW AG, Germany - Advice needed

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KL7773 said:
After contacting some very capable firms, I am 4 out 4 that don't want to deal with this, some with no reason, some due to client conflict. I have send an initial email as I need more time on this
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The way some solicitors do not give a reason for not taking on a client is annoying. What about trying a customs agent? They might point you in the direction of a lawyer who specialises in this type of work.
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How do you gauge value when starting out?

A
lmkeller14 said:
Price it against what those errors cost them, not what it cost you to build it.
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It's a difficult one, because I don't know how much of that I would be expected to be privvy to.

I do know that a salesperson got a very large bonus for one particular itinerary but made some quite fundamental mistakes in it that, I believe, cost the company 4 or 5 figures (on a 6 figure sale).

I think a lot of issues are just not visible for them. It's a company that is quite established, but has effectively bootstrapped with no experience, so this thing is driven by experienced people coming in and seeing all of the problems that were just masked, in blind spots, or covered up.

Where it blows my mind a little is that I've worked for boutique software companies, like warehouse management systems, in the past, and thought of an 8-man company as tiny (with about 10 clients), but the scale of revenue to afford just 1 person's salary seems like an outrageous reach to me based on presuming people wouldn't pay thousands per month when there are your shopify type companies who come across as being lunch money subscriptions
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Writing a book that names real people

Newchodge
FreddyG said:
Assuming that they can prove the facts reported, yes, they are "allowed".

Though I do bristle somewhat at the use of the word "allowed". This would be a civil case of libel and so there is no permission. Only the danger of litigation!


Certainly safer and less likely to ruffle feathers.
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If the real person can be identified by other means from the writing - description of house, car driven, business run, changing the name makes no difference.
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Looking for Sale or Return Guarantee Wholesale suppliers

fisicx
Anthony015 said:
That's why I really need a guarantee that if I don't make any sales, I can return the products and get my money back. This way, I won't end up stuck with inventory that I can't sell, which is exactly the situation I'm trying to avoid.
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If you want sale or return you will be paying more for the products than your competitors which means they will always be cheaper than you.

And those buying in bulk will always get bigger discounts and will again be sell more cheaply than you.

If you want to sell and succeed online you have to take a risk and trust in your marketing skills to shift stock.

What happened to Merkandi?
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Recording rental income

Tigris
Ziggy2024 said:
This is fine for a rental business. Cash basis is the default so using the bank to process the incoming & outgoings will suffice.

You can do it accruals basis by posting supplier invoices but you don't need to, just keep a copy of them.

Check your profit & loss, if you have posted the transaction correctly it will show there.
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I usually just allocate the money landed in my bank under the tenants name (as a customer). I then attach a copy of the invoice from the estate agent which shows a breakdown.
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US company shipping to UK and insisting sale is VAT exempt

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paulears said:
I do indeed use freeagent, but I'm shifting to xero shortly. So at the moment, no idea how the next chapter will work. With alibaba - depending on which agent they use to ship, I usually get no VAT, unless UPS decide to charge it and then I have their VAT number to use against that one.
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UPS don’t charge the VAT at import they will however recharge what they have paid to HMRC ( that HMRC calculate) on your behalf. If no import VAT looks like it has been charged then it’s likely postponed VAT procures have been used.
In both cases the proof HMRC need for input VAT purposes is either a C79( when VAT has been paid) or postponed VAT statement. Both these documents must be downloaded by the importer .
www.gov.uk/guidance/get-your-postponed-import-vat-statement
www.gov.uk/guidance/get-your-import-vat-certificates

You may also find this useful.
www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-imports-acquisitions-and-purchases-from-abroad
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Legal action to stop Spam mail?

Lucan Unlordly
DontAsk said:
Are they to a personal email address, personal corporate address or generic corporate address? It matters, see https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/spam-emails/
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Business addresses.....
JEREMY HAWKE said:
Come on your Lordship

Don't let it get to you and dont spend to much time on it
Its just something coming through the internet Its not real 👍
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I get dozens of corporate style emails, for finance, energy, recruitment etc., The one's that have the look of a leaflet/flyer, on top of those received that brought about this post. I mean, I like to be popular but not this much.:D A whole new thread - and a genuine one - is the rise in middle aged women following my business page on Facebook., the majority of users of which are male?
HFE Signs said:
When you unsubscribe are you unsubscribing from a specific list or campaign? It could be that the unsubscribe is only removing you from that campaign rather than their complete database. I would contact them and ask to be put in touch with their data controller.

I have known people do this, so I am speaking from experience, hope this helps.
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I just hit unsubscribe and cross my fingers!

UPDATE: I replied to the latest email with attachments of every piece of spam sent in recent years with notification of action through legal channels if my email addresses weren't removed from their lists and received an apology and assurance that it would be done.
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