Recent content by godoit

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    water at a retail park

    May be a stupid question, I've got a couple of options for location and the top one is at a retail park and dropping either a converted shipping container or van for drinks. However do retail parks have a hook up area for water? I have the meeting with the commercial director and had a walk...
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    furlough and director upping wage

    RTI re submission and the reference pay date seem the two stumbling blocks here.
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    furlough and director upping wage

    Can a director change there wage from dividend to paye and then claim the Furlough scheme. Struggling on the director salary now and going back to work properly in the company now so if i need to furlough over the christmas and jan period would i be able to claim for furlough for that 6 weeks?
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    Starting up a nursery and start up grant

    and a three month run in for permission to take kids from regulators. Its great fun but they take there time. Im in Scotland so it slightly differs but the regulators (ofsted) are PITA with times and their "workloads"
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    businesses for sale

    I've been looking for a few weeks and love the responses from some of the sellers. I've had 2 serious ones but the highlights have been sports restoration £145k "40k net but its more like 60k as i bought myself an audi" "owner spent 20 year developing the techniques and its down to owners work...
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    Where do I stand if I have to close because of CoronaVirus?

    it was the 6th. finally got an update just now but still no better news. Unfortunately there is no cover for COVID19 under the specified disease definition, as the disease in question is not specified in that list nor is it related to any of them. Even if made notifiable, and I understand...
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    Where do I stand if I have to close because of CoronaVirus?

    asked after the announcement. It's a pain in the backside and they have started to ignore me. Got a call with the MP on friday to see if there is any pressure they can put on. I think we could last till End of April at best
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    Where do I stand if I have to close because of CoronaVirus?

    Double check, our insurers cam back with a big middle finger when I asked. Your policy does cover forced closure for specified notifiable and contagious diseases under the Loss of Revenue section. I have listed the defined notifiable and contagious diseases below. Unfortunately...
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    Long Term Sick questions

    No investigation meeting, she admitted them, straight away on an informal chat with her manager apart from the third point of info. Notes written up on the third point. I will need to share that with her a week before the meeting so she know's what she is fighting.
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    Long Term Sick questions

    She has had epilepsy since she was very young, its started flaring up again when the doctor's changed her med's. Nothing in the contract about occ health. It's not to see about her health in a month, its to see if we she is well enough so we. could meet to have the disciplinary. Her sick...
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    Long Term Sick questions

    I have an employee with a epilepsy and over 2 years employed. She had started having siezures and has been off regularly since early December. She has been in and out of work. We have made reasonable adjustments for her to return, not left alone, a friend could call in and then employee can...
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    National Living Wage - issues

    Free childcare exists, well up to 30 hours. The same as free education would be challenging and opens up to the why shouldn't everything be free, why should I pay for others choices - but that's another thread.
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    National Living Wage - issues

    This is a real killer. I generally lose 2 customers a year on price. It will be more this year with the price increase. At what point do you value your job - childcare wage and actually spending time with your kids.
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    National Living Wage - issues

    NMW means an 8% price increase for my customers childcare this year. Loaded straight on to customers, if it becomes too expensive customers wont work and then less tax revenue etc etc. I have a fear that staff will leave to a less stressful job or just not bother working. I think that we...
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    employee under 2 years

    It's a long term illness. Not related to the dismissal