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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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Insolvency

Lisa Thomas
I wonder if the 'registration' you are referring to, is actually a debenture. Had a legal debenture been drawn up and registered with companies house BEFORE any funds were advanced, then that would have given you some priority as a secured creditor, ranking above the unsecured creditors (but not the prescribed Part)

However the preferential creditors (HMRC for VAT and PAYE and some monies paid to employees for wages and holiday) would still have ranked above you.

Here, it wounds like you treated yourself preferentially. I.E you paid yourself back while other creditors were left unpaid.

Ideally you need to negotiate a deal with the liquidators using a specialist insolvency solicitor. I can recommend one if you want to dm me.
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What to do with land from a dissolved property company?

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Lee Green said:
It is highly unlikely that the TS will have disclaimed the property, especially since it was only dissolved in August last year.
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I won't disagree with your practical knowledge.

The published guidance says

Disclaimers​

The power to disclaim is frequently used in relation to difficult or problematic land, land which has limited value or where it would not be cost effective to dispose of it.

As soon as BVD have evidence that an asset has vested in the Crown they will consider whether it should be disclaimed before taking further steps.

BVD usually disclaim​

  • ...
  • low value property
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Ah, but maybe you mean they only "have evidence" when someone brings it to their attention?
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Restaurant and Tips

Newchodge
clamp1988 said:
Can someone clarify laws around tips in restaurant.

A small restaurant with 5/6 staff has a policy of distributing tips collected whereby the tips are split 50% chef/kitchen and 50% waiters. They dont have a dedicated waiter serving a table as its a small restaurant. 1 waiter in particular has an issue where she collects all tips in cash given to her although she might not have served the table but taken payment. She then also wants record of all other tips colleceted in cash and how it is distributed. How do you deal with this.
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Why aren't you doing that anyway? If all tips are distributed 50:50 you have to know what tips have been collected.
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How do you close down a VAT Registered LTD company

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commadus said:
So how long does company strike off take?

App strike off 22/12/25
First Gazette 30/12/25

I thought it was 2 months after the first gazette?
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The wording says ‘not less than 2 months’
I have had some go through within days after the 2 months and others that take months.
Just had one now 2 weeks after the 2 months date that has had the strike off suspended due to an objection.
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Tech stack for booking customer appointments

Ahmed Afzal
Stuart_Walker said:
Hi All,
I've been struggling with sorting out a tech stack to solve a process we use in the business so thought I'd ask the hive mind.

We have companies that we contract to.
Every six months they will send through a list of properties we need to inspect. The properties have tenants in them.
At the moment, we email the tenants and tell them we wish to visit on say the 20th of the following month. We ask them to indicate an AM or PM preference.
They then email back, and my Ops team complete a job sheet with timed visits for an inspector on that day. In general, we'll visit 20 properties a day and try to group them relatively close together so there is sort of a route.

If they don't email back we email again and finally call.
This feels like it 'should' be easy to automate but all the solutions I come up with either don't have the functionality I need so I need more than one app or they cost a fortune.

Has anybody used anything successfully that looks like it might help me?
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Hi Stuart,That process is a classic case where off-the-shelf tools often don’t fit because of the mix of: tenant comms, slot choice (AM/PM), job sheet creation, and route grouping. A lot of people end up thinking “this should be easy to automate” and then hit the same wall you’re describing.In practice, this usually needs either a few tools wired together (e.g. a simple booking form → spreadsheet/CRM → job sheet and maybe a route optimiser) or one small custom flow that does: tenant link → pick slot → auto job sheet + suggested route for the day.I help UK businesses automate exactly this kind of process—often where the gap is between “what we do manually” and “what existing software does.” I’m happy to do a short free audit of your flow and sketch what a minimal tech stack (or one custom bit) could look like and roughly what it might cost. No obligation. If you’d like that, drop me a DM or reply here and we can take it from there.
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Redeeming from SIPP

MikeJ
This is worth a watch...


Also, assuming you're somewhere between 57 (the point at which you can access a pension) and 66 (current age for government pension) you should look at drawing it down now. Once you get your old age pension, that effectively wipes out your tax free allowance so your pension will be taxable (other than the first 25%, as above). Get it out before you access your OAP, and it's more tax efficient.

(see above disclaimer about rules and advice)
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Local bookstore owner looking to modernize: Need advice on an AI customer support

Ozzy
The short answer is treat using AI like hiring a new trainee member of staff.
Before you hire a trainee you need to have an expert at the role working for you already, and have the process the trainee will follow fully documentated and easy to understand. Then tested thoroughly. Then, and only then, do you hire your new trainee and start training them.
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Are there any lead generation companies you’d actually recommend?

Mark T Jones
It seems that lead generation companies are now targeting finance brokers.

I noticed an amusing flood of untargeted emails promising targeted leads.

Then, I flagged on LinkedIn a massively unprofessional- borderline illegal - ad for business loans, and was informed it is a lead generation company hiding behind the fact that they aren't actually offering or arranging any loans.

It's fair to say that the quality of leads will be pretty poor!
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What is your experience with exhibitions?

Mark T Jones
Nick43 said:
Exhibitions can work, but only if you go in with a clear objective. The stands that pull people in usually aren’t the flashiest — they’re the ones that know exactly who they want to talk to and what conversation they want to start.


For smaller businesses, I’ve noticed it works best when the event is treated as the first touch, not the closing moment. A simple way to capture details, a clear follow-up plan, and messaging tailored to your niche (especially in areas like lead gen for manufacturing or SaaS) can make a big difference.


I’ve heard similar reflections from people around Salesar — they often stress that events aren’t about collecting the most leads, but the right ones. If you leave with a handful of solid conversations and a structured follow-up plan, it’s usually worth the sore feet.
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2 posts, both mentioning the same company

Which probably sums up the quality of their leads
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'In Post' adverts

Ozzy
ctrlbrk said:
By that I mean, I don't want to know if you're making more money, but I'd be interested to know
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If I enable really aggressive ads, yes it actually does make quite a significant impact on the revenue - but I believe that it will come more from misclicks / fat fingers than actual genuine interest. It also has such a negative impact on user experience; it just isn't worth it for me.
As I mentioned on another post, I purchased UKBF back personally to keep it online rather than shut down - so only need enough income to keep the lights on. I don't draw any income from it, so no need for any aggressive ads.

This 'tweaks' as Google has automatically done only make nominal difference, but as mentioned above that isn't happening right now and in the previews that I watched those injected ads shown above were not live - hence I don't think in this instance it is the UKBF account on Google doing it (words chosen carefully).
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Letters After A Name

Newchodge
Paul DF said:
In education, it's imperative that you'd have your credentials on your CV. If they take the form of letters after your name, then fine. You would, for instance put Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) to prove you'd taken a post-graduate course and enhanced your skills as an education professional. Many schools and colleges will look more favourably on any candidate who has a PGCE. However, you wouldn't add it to your email signature when working at a school or college because everyone around you probably has one and it would simply be superfluous. However, let's say you left education and wanted to work for a theatre company doing outreach work in schools/colleges, etc and other workshop settings with children and young people. A PGCE on your CV is going to look better than even a BA (Hons) on its own (which many candidates will probably have in the same interview room). It's not a professional body membership acronym or even a qualification (though it is) in many ways - for certain contents it is not just a badge that says you learned about Shakespeare in your BA (Hons), but that you understand how to teach Shakespeare within a formal pedagogical framework. Those with a PGCE are prized, so you'd be remiss to exclude it when applying for certain jobs.

I've never once thought anyone with letters after their name is a prat. If you're proud of things you've achieved then great. Especially where the thing you've achieved moves you to a new stepping stone in your career, rather than just means you've kept your membership of something up to date.

I do have a problem with titles given by royalty as these are applied for, not necessarily earned directly. This is open to abuse ... Titles for Cash....just nominate someone for an award and get cash in your pocket in return.
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which PR to choose the best?

L
I went through something similar when I launched my online business. Traffic was tiny at first, and I wasn’t sure where to focus. I ended up hiring PR Superstar to help with media coverage and strategic PR, and it really helped get my brand noticed even before running ads. For social, I’d pick the platform where your audience already hangs out the most rather than trying to do both. And yes, the holiday season can be great for B2C, but only if you plan early and make your promotions clear.
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