Recent content by Carl Nixon

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    Bulb Energy

    There are far, far worse energy companies out there. nPower couldn't provide me with an accurate bill for my house for over 2 years because they had set up 25 different accounts at my address, including several who made out to A N Other. Sometimes mess ups happen between the meter and the...
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    SIC Codes In English!

    SIC Codes are the bane of my life at work, especially when trying to get people to classify their own companies. Is your end goal gathering data from customers? We ended up using a different method (rewriting the list in "English" or trying to shorten the list didn't work for us). When...
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    Recommended Copy Writing Reads / Watches

    I offer programming services bases around Excel (VBA) and Python. This is mostly used for automating business processes and for manipulating and processing data.
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    Recommended Copy Writing Reads / Watches

    Thanks everyone, some great resources there that I will check out this weekend. Thanks. Unfortunately, hiring someone in at this stage is a no go. I'm only setting up a business just in case I lose job to the corona situation. If I lose my job (about a 25% chance at the moment), I will set...
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    Recommended Copy Writing Reads / Watches

    I'm knocking together my website for my start up and I need to pay a lot of attention to the copywriting. Budget constraints means my entire website is a DIY affair as I can't afford to hire in experts (yet). I have watched a few YouTube channels and read a few sites, and most of them seem to...
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    How is everyone finding working from home 3 months on from lockdown?

    I have been working from home for over 15 years now, so there is little difference on that front for me. What is different is I now have 2 grandkids living full time with us and my wife was, until recently, temporarily living with her parents to help shield them. I also miss going on walking...
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    Is there really a demand for business automation?

    I have spent the last year evaluating the RPA packages Automation Anywhere and UiPath, and I was far from impressed. Packages like Automation Anywhere or UiPath are too expensive for most companies. Not only are you looking at tens of thousands in licensing fees each year (just for the RPA...
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    Supermarket Built Right Next To My Store

    Have a word with the local planning office - often, if they have given in to pressure to allow a supermarket into town, they will have placed some restrictions on the supermarket. This is not always the case, it depends on the local council/planning department. A few miles away from here is the...
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    Finding Electricity suppliers - VERY hard work

    Electricity and gas companies face a huge amount of risk if they take on any clients at this time. They have to buy your energy, and the use of the electricity and gas grids well in advance. The more in advance they do it, the cheaper it is. Predicting a clients use is a very complex process at...
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    If numbers don’t go up.

    The mathematical projections will show the lines decreasing until they reach zero (with no second spike). You would get the exact same results if you put the data in to Excel and asked it to produce a trend line. The medical projections are not so simple so. Things change dramatically in the...
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    Negative Mind

    If you are having real issues keeping motivated, you may need to concentrate on your mental health first. If you have gone beyond the usual cases of self doubt and imposter syndrome that most of us suffer from from time to time, you may underlying mental health issues to attend to first. Once...
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    Asked to help defraud the furlough scheme

    LOL It doesnt take much guessing from those clues does it. If you ever look for a car in South Wales, the garage is almost impossible to avoid.
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    Asked to help defraud the furlough scheme

    @Porky - It is a major car dealership in Cardiff and a well-known name across the South Wales area. They regularly advertise on the radio (sometimes TV) that they have about a thousand cars in stock and I suspect they employ 60-120 people. He is stuck between a rock and a hard place. He can...
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    Asked to help defraud the furlough scheme

    You may have hit on the odd and worrying part of the story, that doesnt fully add up to me. Why did he explain it to the employees at all? Why didnt he just delete the clocking in and clocking out data without telling them? Has he tried to make the employees complicit in someway so they cant...
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    Asked to help defraud the furlough scheme

    Very true Mr D - I just wouldnt be surprised if he phoenixed on the wrong side of the law. Despite being a major car dealership in this area, they are regularly featured on consumer shows in this area. Its not scientific proof, just a gut feeling about him after reading years of reports about...
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