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    Employment Contract

    Up till this point we have only used subcontractors, as we are growing we are looking to take on a apprentice and most likely another member of staff in the very near future. Was looking for recommendations of who to use to write up an employee hand book / employment contract? Thanks
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    Call answering service

    We use www.answer-it.co.uk been with them for awhile and very happy with them
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    Contractors & CIS deductions HELP!

    Nope, you put it all down each month CIS suffered Against CIS deducted And then just pay the difference. (Your accountant should be able to sort this for you) Also if he subcontracts to you full time then you should be employing him
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    Smart meter for business electricity?

    Don't get one installed yet as it may have to be changed again. All of the 1st gen of smart meters need to be replaced as they are not compatible with the new network being installed. Alot of 1st gen are still being installed too. I would wait untill all the problems have been sorted. Obviously...
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    Receipt software

    Thanks, tried it out this evening and it's perfect. Works the way I want it to do things unlike the others I have tried
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    Receipt software

    Just looking at ways of speeding up my paperwork, currently using Xero. Looking at products like receipt bank and entryless but the problem is they don't seem to output on line items, only as a total. I have come across datamolino which which seems to offer this (gonna try the free trial) just...
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    £10,000 appears mysteriously in my bank account, what to do?

    Happened to me a few years ago, called the bank and they said it was no error, a cheque was paid into my account, but they wouldnt say who from. I said its not my money, they didnt seem intreasted, was on the phone over an hour talking to different people who didnt have a clue. so there it sat...
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    Does anybody advertise with Yell.com anymore?

    If they are vetted properly in the first place then why have they kicked off over 500 people last year? I know of a few other trades who joined checkatrade and part of the process to join was to get 10 reviews from previous jobs. As they were new and didnt have 10 real ones they just askes...
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    Any FSB members in the UKBF community?

    I too am a member, using the free business account, took awhile to open but happy with it now. Not currently using any other benifits at the moment
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    Why Isn't my business debit transaction showing?

    I had the same with my bank and was told that when you make a payment nothing leaves my account untill the sellers bank claims the money on behalf of the seller, which varies on banks and on the company you brought from. Bit odd really but eventually the money leaves the account. Never had it...
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    How much do you expect from your accountant?

    I changed accountants end of last year. Very pleased I did as she is great. Always happy to help and explain things and normally replies within a day or so. Was meant to have a meeting with her the other week but she was ill so instead of cancelling we did the meeting via skype. Great service...
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    Construction Line / CHAS

    Chas and constructionline are different things, chas is to prove you have all the relavent health and saftey paperwork and procedures in place and are being followed (others available such as safecontractor) and constructionline is helps simplify the procurement process of tendering for...
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    Workplace Parking Levy.

    The cost just gets passed on. We do alot of work in hospitals and have to pay parking, just goes on the bill. Just over 3k to park one van a year just to work (£15 per day) what else can we do? Cycle with all out tools and materials. The schemes you mention are fine for office workers who live...
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    Tender Lists and Contacting People

    Signed upto construction online? Unfortunately its all about who you know, not what you offer or how competitive you are on price. Best thing is to get out and meet the people and network. In my younger years i worked for a company with 2 partners, the one ran the company and the other just...
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    Price for decent alarm system

    Then just a texecom system with a few pirs connected to a auto dialer set to call you with a couple of bell box's. And yes aviod adt nothing but trouble, not heard anything bad of redcare though, but not done commercial alarms for a few years now
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