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    How will Real Time Information work in practice?

    Tom, thanks. No issues on divi, all payments are PAYE, but I have not liked the haphazard payments system and you helped me firm up my thoughts on the matter. Talkinpeace ... Yep!
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    whats best, letters or cold calling?

    I cold call in person. It does work, though sometimes you go through periods when you feel too blasted mentally and jinx yourself. Also, weather is a big factor. Targeted concession space probably works better if you can get over the upfront costs. Some concession space managers can get sniffy...
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    79p an hour wage

    I thought it a sad little tale. I would feel sorry for anyone in that position, even if I had followed their progress for a long time and had seen it coming a mile off. What I don't recommend is that you hang on and hang on. The minute you realise you would be better off financially filing for...
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    How will Real Time Information work in practice?

    Limited company, two employees - owner and spouse - each earning just above lower earnings limit. At present I do a bank transfer when the current account is running low. No regular payment, just when I can see I'm running into unauthorised overdraft territory. When I'm working out the CT600 I...
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    Hypocrisy much?

    Here's a vote from me for British jobs for British workers. I shop local and if I'm dumb enough to employ anyone ever again I'll employ local too. I'm not holidaying abroad at the moment. I'm only spending money in my country. I only ever want to employ people who will spend money here and not...
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    Is Tesco Competing With You Too

    Yes, Tesco overlaps on occasion and competes for one aspect of our business especially. I guess you have to focus on those things that you can do so much better than them. However, I suspect Tesco's star might be on the wane in the UK (though not abroad). In fact, if I had shares in Tesco I...
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    Whats your business and are you finding it tough?

    There are certain times when running your own business can really twist your guts. Having a bereavement or a spell in intensive care can trigger the most unreasonable behaviour among customers. I can remember bluntly refusing to do business 18 months after a crisis with a returning customer...
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    5000 new mentors for women!

    Such patronising pap, not likely to be of any use whatsoever. The government could do better at encouraging all small businesses by issuing vouchers to new firms to help pay for accountancy or HR services.
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    Greek Bailout

    What will it mean for the ordinary Jo(e) in the UK if Greece defaults? A big contribution from our government into the International Monetary Fund, I suspect. More of our government pleading poverty to its electorate and more cuts. Oh, and more screenings of George Osborne on your telly.
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    Frustrated with Employment and benefit rules

    Uh-hun. I've been a caring, sharing good guy like you, taking on board all this stuff about benefits, blah blah. There's a thread here somewhere in the aeons of time called What A Difference An Hour Makes because of all the stuff about what you can claim if you work 15 hours a week and how it...
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    Trader on BBC "Goldman Sachs" Runs the world

    Unqualified and self-confessed attention seeker he might be, but I liked Alessio. He brightened my day.
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    Work

    Sorry to hear of your frustrations. Sometimes it might simply be down to you being put on a Plan B list. A perception of 'leaving options open' actually mutates into leaving you in limbo. It can also be very time consuming to reply to all who apply, even with a standard e-mail, if there's 500...
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    Thoughts on Glamping

    I quite like the Scandinavian hexagonal huts with a fire pit in the middle. Possibly not suitable for kids though.
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    Crumbling of the Euro

    There was an argument that Germany should quit the Euro and not Greece. A very convincing argument, in my opinion.
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    What does the near future hold?

    I think it's a fair question, are these times worse than the early 1980s? Every era has its own particular slant on some familiar problems, but just going on my personal memories, I think things were worse in the early 1980s. The first three months after the Lehman collapse did stand out as...
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