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I said that months ago, if you're not being paid, why do it?
If they stopped doing it, they'd either pay them to do it, or get more staff. But they made them feel guilty about other staff being laid off, and went along with it... now the staff they helped by working unpaid are getting paid a higher rate of overtime, no bonus, thank you or anything.
Suppose I see it differently running a business. Think this is the final straw and OT will stop.
Thanks for the advice. I doubt I'll use my own NCB as I use my van for my own personal means. I know keeping everything under the limited business keeps things simpler, maybe I do what I originally thought and just sign it over to the limited company.
No one issues such a thing.... it would be impossible/worthless. Just because you may have stopped being self employed in the UK it doesn't mean you aren't working working self-employed somewhere else.
GTLs suggestion is a good one.... if these people want a document they must be able to give you an example of what they want and/or who would issue it. Ask them.
What they've all said above, yes yes yes, lien is the key, but also, hindsight is a wonderful thing, certainly worth looking at a daily storage fee, that you can apply if the vehicle isn't collected/paid for within X days of the work being completed.
(It's what all recovery companies do, to the point that after they've recovered your car for more than a week you can just about say fairwell to it!)
It just adds leverage to your position, to be able to cite XX repair bills and XX storage costs should you be faced with the situation again.
If he is actually receiving cash kickbacks he is unlikely to be acting in the interests of the company / have a conflict of interest and thus in breach of directors' duties.
In some circumstances that might fall foul of the Bribery Act as well. That is really serious stuff, and if so, you should definitely notify someone who is not involved. In any event - I would recommend the first "notification" to be a quiet and informal chat and nothing committed to writing. That way if turns out there is no issue the company does not have to go through any onerous reporting obligations. If there is genuinely an issue, a more formal approach can be made later.
You could also check your phone records, texts and emails. There might be the basic terms of a contract in there, and in any event, it may be valuable evidence to prove your version of events.
As above, you should send the letter to everyone including the bank. Whilst it is a requirement to pay each creditor in proportion to what you owe them, it is likely that as soon as the bank gets the letter they will freeze your accounts and effectively give themselves preferential treatment. Likewise any final income paid into the bank will also go their way. People who have a personal guarantee with the bank tend to like this consequence. The other creditors not so much. Unless you pay for an use an Insolvency Practitioner it is difficult to avoid this.
Is is possible other creditors can force the bank to hand over funds that get paid in, increasing the overdraft. It seems strange because that is the banks money and would force them to try and collect through the personal guarantee.
I ask because I have some customers that are paying final balances on jobs, which will reduce the overdraft. I am in process of typing up spongbob letters to send out -in the next day or so.
It gets even worse - I have been told that some of these call centres have absolutely NO RELATIONSHIP with the agency they purport to represent. They try to gather together a number of potential licenses and sell them to the agency.
They give themselves away as Dewee, Cheetem & Howe call centres by stating "I am calling on behalf of the XXX agency." or "I am calling for XXX"
In that case, ask them if they work for XXX. Ask them to state clearly "My name is Joe Bloggs and I am a full-time employee of the XXX agency."
If they cannot fulfil that simple request, put the phone down.
All the best Liam. Is there a shopping centre you can use rather than a showroom? Pay 4-5k on a decent stand with lots of interactive stuff and samples/brochures etc. Huge footfall.
Other than that then leaflets and Facebook will be the easiest and cheapest way to get in to it.
LinkedIn has also got to be a great shout. Contacting builders etc
The supplier should be able to charge you without VAT but would need proof of export from the freight company you have used in the UK to send on.
What we normally do in these circumstances is charge including VAT and on proof of export, refund the VAT side. This only happens with us when we don't ship to the country the customer is in.
This has to be one of the most bizarre posts I have come across in my time! If you don't want to pay staff for taking holidays then they will simply leave. Alex
In a nutshell, you do appear to be inventing problems in order to solve them.
Your answers are very broad and a little naive, which indicates a lack of depth of knowledge or research.
I’d move on from this one ( or treat it as a hobby) and go look for a genuine need that wants filling and can utilise your skills and enthusiasm better
