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Free tool for searching UK government contract awards

andav
Mark T Jones said:
The big question here is how will yours differ from the many others who have trodden this path?

Some fremium, some hard-sold on dubious promises?
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I have not found any others that have trodden down this path. Various websites list government tenders, but this data is already provided already by the government. The same companies have historical databases but you need to pay them for access. ContrctLens is a public historical record of companies that have won uk gov contracts, with details about the contracts. I do not believe anything else like it exists. If it does please share the url :)
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Has anyone here started a car competition business here?

Frank the Insurance guy
Hi @LeeUK2025,

There have been quite a few threads on this topic over the years - you can view these using the search function.

From memory, most of the threads turn to the issue of regulations and licences - you can't just start a competition, without doing the necessary due diligence and making sure you have the appropriate licences etc.
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How to go about disposing capital assets of company into my personal name.

K
Thank you.

I am still within the tax year I might just take it off the company accounts and post the transaction as a drawing (reducing the directors loan)

The business has been going strong for 10+ years so I dont forsee any difficulties. Maybe just keep it as CA for now and dispose of the drive if the business comes close to financial difficulties.

Hard drives keep their value, I got the hard drives very cheaply from amazon as a pre-order for 2 x £233 (12TB). I'm see used drives go for £300+ on ebay - these are like 4-5 years old.
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Kitchen companies with field sales reps/designers.

Lucan Unlordly
Mark T Jones said:
Although the notion of 'good salesman' is highly subjective.

Devious f**ker who always smashes target vs honest guy who hits target and doesn't leave a trail of destruction?

From observation, personally Id far rather the latter, but I guess if you're in a certain environments, integrity and empathy are a disadvantage
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I worked for the MIRROR newspaper on a section who's aim was to sell ad space irrespective of whether it worked or not. The idea that selling ads that work brings repeat business was lost, as long as revenue targets were hit. I didn't last long but having threatened to throw a colleague (Devious F as above) through the 9th floor windows of 1 Canary Wharf - the tower- the writing was on the cards😂
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EMAIL MERGE SOFTWARE - What are you using?

Data Swami
Honestly i see you pain with practically all the email marketing tools. Tried active campaign, tried mail chimp and many more and i couldnt get past the 90s layout and clunky nature of them. I dont do much with a list i know i should but i have heard good things about SendFox and its got a deal on appsumo at the moment too for lifetime membership https://appsumo.com/products/sendfox/

Deliverability i believe from what i have read is on par with other platforms that charge per contact
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Shared toilet trouble - funny, but not funny.

lmkeller14
paulears said:
This is a serious post. Trouble is you will all s******, but it's really unpleasant.
My office and video studio is on the ground floor. Above me, accessed from stairs that go up from the lobby from the external door is a salon. You walk through the outside door and the door on the left is my office - the stairs straight ahead through another door and to the right two loos. One is mine, the other is the salons, and recently renovated and quite posh.

The snag is that one of the two people upstairs clearly has some kind of dietary, or metabolic condition that means the smell leaks under my door, wrinkles the carpet and stains the paint. Well, not quite, but it is disgusting. I tend to leave the outside door open - to get the foul air out, but it's also making the office cold.

In their loo there is a 13A power point, oddly on my distribution board. I have put one of those air freshener gizmos but despite this going full tilt, the lady upstairs (I initially assumed it was the fella) frightens the scent from coming out.

There's not really an option for extraction, so I'm looking for something that can cancel the smell rather than overpower it with scent. Has anyone found any sort of 'cancellation' device that works. I've looked at the type that has a small can of pressurised scent but these things always smell like lavatories. My options at the moment are God awful 'natural' smells or the scorch you throat chemical masking solutions. There must be something better? I guess opening the outside door might just be simplest - but maybe there is some better kind of smell reducer.
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Zinc ricinoleate based products are worth looking into for this specific situation because they actually trap and neutralize odor molecules chemically rather than masking them with fragrance, and there are commercial odor neutralizer sprays built around this ingredient that genuinely cancel the smell rather than just adding another layer on top of it which sounds exactly like what you need here.
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How to deal with a directors loan repaid after 4 years

MyAccountantOnline
digimars said:
I agree.

But have been quoted unreasonable amounts and on top of that, I don't need anybody to go through my bank statements. I have all the numbers in my spreadsheets. I don't need anybody to act as my agent. I basically need someone to help me out as an internal accountant and submit the accounts under my company's name.

Possible?

Cheers
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I do understand and appreciate the need to keep costs down but an accountant who prepares accounts solely from a spreadsheet isn't doing the job properly.

Preparing company accounts is way more than just “typing the numbers into accounts from a spreadsheet.” A UK accountant is usually taking on professional responsibility for the final accounts, making sure they comply with Companies House and HMRC requirements, checking that the figures are treated correctly and that you are claiming all tax relief possible as well as carrying the liability if something is wrong. That professional oversight is part of what you’re paying for.
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Laptop for rental business (limited company)

MyAccountantOnline
MichelleO said:
Hello everyone
We purchased a laptop for use soley in our new rental business (limited company). Everything to do with the company goes on it (tenant managment, accounts etc) Cost = £399. We do the book keeping and accountants do the year end and filing etc. Do we record the laptop as a capital expense/purchase and depreciate over 3 years or does it go onto expenses. also does depreciation cost need to be apportioned since the laptop was purchased in the middle of the company's financial year. Thank you for your help in advance.
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You can do either - for tax it wont make any difference you'll get 100% tax relief on the cost of the laptop.

You can decide on the depreciation if you do capitalise it. Bear in mind depreciation is disregarded for tax.
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Freeagent payroll questions.

K
freeagent looks and feels incomplete, like you dont have full features. But actually everything is there, just hidden away in various places. I often have to click around the various pages to find specific settings I need.

I have done SMP in freeagent. claimed employment allowance, started people middle of financial year etc.

The only question I would have for you how do you do the transition from your exisiting payroll onto freeagent.

Middle of financial year might be difficult with IT calculations, so started from April might be a good shout.

Edit: I use freeagent.
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Zoho mail

Nico Albrecht
ctrlbrk said:
Hi Nico - interested in the security aspect: what can 365 or google do that Zoho can't
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The difference is that Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace operate as full security ecosystems, not just email platforms. They integrate identity security, advanced phishing and malware protection, attachment sandboxing, real-time link analysis, threat intelligence, behavioural detection, incident investigation tools, and broader security monitoring across accounts, devices, and services.
In simple terms:
Zoho provides mail security features.
Microsoft and Google provide integrated security platforms.

Zoho provides mail security features.
Microsoft and Google provide integrated security platforms designed to detect and respond to modern threats much earlier.
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Delivering goods into Europe

K
I believe the documentation requirements also change significantly depending on who is declared as Importer of Record (someone correct me if I'm wrong?).

If the UK exporter takes on that role (via an EU EORI or indirect representative as mentioned), they'll also need to ensure their commercial invoice, packing list, and any product-specific certifications reflect that arrangement correctly. Essentially the paperwork trail needs to match the customs declaration exactly or it can cause clearance delays.
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Council tax AFTER bankruptcy and disclaimer?

Gyumri
eteb3 said:
There you go!

Section 6 LGFA (2)(a)-(e) says the person liable is the resident, if any.

S 6(2)(f) says it’s the owner if there is no one resident.

S 6(5) says “owner” means the person entitled to possession.

So the only two factors for liability are
(A) residence and
(B) entitlement to possession.

Actual possession, legal possession, keys or not, is irrelevant.

Tax provisions are construed strictly in favour of the taxpayer, so there is zero chance that factual possession will be implied into the provision.

QED?
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I agree but I didn't think that was the point of our debate, which was whether the TIB was in possession by merely being the beneficiary. So we are singing from the same hymn book even if we are not singing the same hymn.
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Is AEO the new SEO?

Data Swami
One thing i have found for AEO/SEO is that if you are answering the questions people are asking it starts getting scored better in LLMs and the Search engine optimisation.

Mind you there is a bit of a kerfuffle around Google AI summaries at the moment and how their reference who actually gave the answer.

Also checkout indexnowplease github for a solution that can help keep your site uptodate on search console and bing so you dont have to manually reindex stuff all the time
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UK Facebook down..........

Lucan Unlordly
JEREMY HAWKE said:
My God WTF are we going to do
I had all that botox yesterday and non of you can see it 😀
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Send a pic in messages and I'll return one of the full English breakfast I had this morning;)😆

I spend a bit of money promoting Facebook posts for two reasons. No point in moaning if not enough people read it ............and it does actually generate some leads.😇
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