Mark J
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Sorry to hear about your youngun. The thing with pollen is it's airborne. I usually have no hay fever, but when the right (wrong) combination of grasses are about I really suffer. Is it possible for the doctors to determine or suggest which trees/plants are most likely to provoke a reaction? I'd be inclined to plant a rowan in its place. Small flowers, nice berries, loads of birds.
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Diolch
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I've been searching for the remains of Emperor Hadrian up here, all I've found so far is 'The Great Wall of Scotland'. I'm fortunate that I have high friends in places. I'm in an advisory role in Wales project, but the Chairman of the Board used to live and work there and knows people and the language. Quite looking forward to managing a chunk of land.
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I hadn't thought of it like that before, cheers. I guess it depends on the scale of the company though. I might be living near Aberystwyth next year. Purely because normal people aren't exempt from inheritance tax, so it's either buy land or give the gov a daft sum of money. Hope you have a good weekend mate.
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Maybe so. The ruling classes still have their castles. I find the idea that people consider workers' unions to be greedy a bit troubling. If you don't keep people in check they tend, in my experience, to extract the kidney juice.
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Aye. But, Maggie killed off industry in this country. We don't have the resources or skillsets to compete with our neighbours. We could have left EU and still worked alongside them, but this Government has missed a prime opportunity to do that. I voted to leave the EU, I'd hoped there might have been some adults at the bargaining table. I regret that choice.
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He was quite amicable when 'Autumn' was explained to him. -
Big Dunc Ferguson got my old gaffer back to his house in autumn, as he thought tree works had made the leaves fall off.
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I dunno mate. I think that flagshagger Farage is a bit lost. A session with Mark Francios playing with soldiers may shut him up for a bit.
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For all their failings, without the Woodland Trust there would be no 'Windy Shithole Woods' in Northumberland.
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Aye, now that his buddy Trump is out on his feet, that fleeting relevance he had has fizzled out like broken candle.
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To his credit, he's been against HS2 from the start. However, he knows nothing about woodland management. I suspect he's trying to distance himself from brexit.
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I have a Polish friend who's a roadie for a band. I have a Czech one too, a Czech one too, a Czech one too.
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Did you hear the one about the magical tractor? It was driving down a road when it turned into a field.
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What's orange and sounds like a parrot? A Carrot.
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Shots fired: Covid-19: politicisation, “corruption,” and suppression of science WWW.BMJ.COM When good science is suppressed by the medical-political complex, people die Politicians and governments are suppressing science. They do so in the public interest, they...
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My (ex) bitter half was sending me JD up there. I was absolutely shitgibbonned.
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Either this one, which the most drunk I've ever been up a tree: Or this one, as it was the first I took down in real life:
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Crossing VAT threshold/ future quoted work
Mark J replied to deezyboy's topic in Business Management
Aye. Filings to CH are only a few quid and covered in their fee, anyone who can use a web browser can file a return, if they have one. It depends on the scope of operations I suppose. I occasionally have people working with me on a sub contracting/consultancy basis. Last year I paid just shy of £600.00 in accountancy fees. When I was just one man banding it, I paid £350 a year in accountancy fees. The thing with quickbooks etc is they're very generic. They'll put purchases into categories like fuel/stationary/tools etc. What they don't do is understand how the breakdown of allowances pertains to your individual sector and personal situation - that bit makes all the difference and is usually worth more than the money you'll pay an accountant. Giving your accountant a quickbooks etc. file will make their lives easier as the 'bookkeeping' element of the job is already done. -
Crossing VAT threshold/ future quoted work
Mark J replied to deezyboy's topic in Business Management
Aye mate, get a good accountant. They're worth their weight in gold and understand the whole VAT process. When I was sole trader I paid about a quid a day for one, now as Ltd company I pay about 5-600 a year. There are significant benefits to going VAT registered. Not least that you can probably claim VAT back on things you've bought over the last three or so years before registering. Using things like quickbooks (take photos of receipts and send invoices etc through it) is a good idea in conjunction with a good accountant. They can sort the wheat from the chaff. I can recommend one if you like.
