felixthelogchopper
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Quick heads up. I just had a Java update come up over the top of everything which fortunately got blocked by Norton as it was a virus.
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I have heard of a customer asking this question. The tradesman explained that he didn't give a discount for cash as everything went through his books and the customer then disclosed that he was a Tax inspector.
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Best not to ask.
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PL insurance for a freelance climber/arborist??
felixthelogchopper replied to Tom Mabbutt's topic in Insurance Forum
It's great to have hired-in plant insurance as well but you don't need that or Employer's Liability when you are free-lancing, which is what Kenty referred to. The thread title is 'PL insurance for a freelance climber/arborist', not 'how many different types of insurance might I need to cover every eventuality?'. -
PL insurance for a freelance climber/arborist??
felixthelogchopper replied to Tom Mabbutt's topic in Insurance Forum
Totally separate from the PL issues, why would you pay for Employer's Liability insurance if you were freelancing? -
Try talking to the neighbour
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Clean chip tip near Ingatestone, Essex
felixthelogchopper replied to felixthelogchopper's topic in General chat
The list of people using the tip to unload chip is growing slowly but steadily. Still got plenty of room for anybody else who could use a handy tipsite just a few minutes away from junction 28 of the M25. The charity site near Maldon is crying out for more chip too. -
Treequip can probably explain it better than me but the main issue is the confusion between self employed and sub contractor. Self employment is really only a status for Tax purposes. Being freelance doesn't make somebody a sub-contractor for the purposes of insurance. I worked as self-employed for all my admittedly short time in Arb. In that time, I provided my own tools sometimes, my vehicle sometimes but I was always working under the insurance of the guy whose job it was. The only insurance I had was PL solely for my own jobs and motor insurance for my truck.
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Jules, it all depends on how you run the job. If you get a climber in for a day and provide a ground crew, you are dictating how and when he/she does the job at a macrolevel. The climber controls the groundcrew purely at a microlevel as his/her actions dictate how the job continues at the level of the manual activity itself. The employer will tell the climber when the job is to be done and with who they will be doing it. The climber has no say in the quoting stage nor any financial stake beyond their own fee. The climbing kit and saw are mere tools of the trade. You would need to place the job in its entirety in the hands of the climber to make them a bona fide subcontractor, meaning they have to arrange kit and crew themself.
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I would go for a 135 instead. I've used both and the 135 is much better.
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Snouts in troughs is the perfect comparison.
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We have a Lord near us who is a dab hand at that. You may have heard of Lord Hanningfield.
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To be fair, so would I in their place.
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Actually, the English have no say in decisions made in the Scottish Parliament (no reason we should as they don't concern us) but Scottish MPs get to vote on English issues with no weight in Scotland.
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Do you use him on a regular basis, same days every week, and does he work for anybody else?
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Good point.
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I would say it's his crime, not yours, if that is actually what he is doing and it's not just a case of somebody stirring. As long as you are getting invoices for everything you pay him then I would say you are fine as you are doing everything legitimately.
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With regards to the oil, who owns the infrastructure?(genuine question) As for England and Scotland's relationship, I seem to remember a part of Trainspotting that dealt with it very aptly.
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There's always somebody ready to criticise.
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Fabricating your own lowering device
felixthelogchopper replied to colwoodlandcare's topic in Rigging and roping
Could have been so much worse. I was taking a leak at the time. -
Why would Scotland want to be part of the UK currency system if they weren't part of the UK? That smacks of getting divorced and still expecting your conjugal rights. The thing about the Euro is the members involved would be expected to leave if they decided to leave the EU.
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Exactly, so if Scotland isn't a part of the UK then they won't qualify to need the UK pound. The salient point is surely that.
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The whole point as I see it is that, if Scotland votes for independence, it will be a moot point as to whether the pound is a UK pound or an English pound as Scotland won't be a part of the UK anyway.
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Rather breezy here. Could hear the recycling boxes blowing around the garden last night but no damage that I know of.
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Doom Bar.
