Recent content by i002km

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    cannot afford to pay sponsored worker

    We recently sponsored a skilled foreign worker on a 5 year work visa. Unfortunately our business has since suffered significant decline due to increased competition and decreased footfall in the area and we can no longer afford to employ him full time. Is it possible to reduce the hours...
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    Lockdown is coming

    would you class a mobile phone repair shop as a essential service considering people will need them for business and pleasure especially at this time?
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    insurance claim

    Hi, my shop got flooded due to burst water pipe. i have business insurance for contents and loss of earnings. the loss adjuster came to assess the damage but my claim doesnt look too promising. he has asked for a copy of the lease: the lease is in the name of my old company which was a...
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    trading standards

    thank you for your response, i genuinely believed the goods to be original and showed the officers receipts that state "genuine". Surely based on that they should get in contact with the suppliers but to date my suppliers have not been contacted by trading standards. I am very interested on...
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    trading standards

    thank you for the reply. the suppliers are based in the UK and are well known in the industry. I asked the officers why are they not going after the people who supplied the goods and they said that they are only responsible for their allocated County. My argument is, if they dealt with...
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    trading standards

    Hi Everyone I am new to this Forum and am very hopeful you can help me. I own limited company, a Mobile Phone Accessories shop and about 5 months ago we received a visit from Trading Standards after a complaint from a customer who's Samsung Tablet charging port got burnt having purchased a...