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    Quot Capita Tot Sensus
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    I'm on the IPhone 5, £8 / month but I think you might have an unintended extra "zero" on the number of texts (should be 500 I think, or I've been conned!) I don't think I can do 500 let alone 5000 texts a month!
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    Agrimog, are you a Lucas mill owner/user? I looked at / test drove a second-hander up for sale today. Could I pick your brains for a sensible offer price if I get some details?? Kevin
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    Plus Jake could end up laying out another 300 squid for employees liability. Best bet, speak to the broker...
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    Sounds like YOU'RE in a muddle old chap... You ABSOLUTELY CAN have self employed, sub contracting ground staff - in the appropriate circumstances. This started with a fairly general question which generated a fairly general spread of responses. If you want to apply your interpretation to a specific situation, of course you can make your rationale fit.
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    Apprenticeship, apprenticeship, apprenticeship! Ask your Job Centre for details or look it up on tinternet. The government pays for the training, you pay apprenticeship pay rates, the candidate gets trained and (hopefully) a job! Ask the job centre to explain!
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    Any work in the CS 38/39 area would need a suitably qualified rescue climber to meet industry best practice and validate the insurance. They don't have to be your employee though (if they were, you'd need employers' liability insurance) they could be a self employed sub contractor (subject to meeting HMRC definition of self employed) Tree Surgeons Insurance.co.uk get my renewal premium this year!
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    Not a lucky man!
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    Good news! Congratulations
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    Slave to the brand! iPad, MacBook Pro, iPhone, AppleTV. The interface works and I like it. First time I've bought the phone "off contract" though and with my rough treatment I want it cocooned for the time it takes to pay for itself free from the shackles of contract monthly bills!
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    Ha! What a dilemma.... £500+ on the slimmest, smartest, neatest, most capable and intuitive phone on the market, then another £80 on a case that makes it look like a classic 80's brick! I'm tempted to test the 2 ton crush weight protection, watertight integrity to 6ft for 3mins and total dust proof status! http://m.otterbox.com/armor-series/armor-series,default,pg.html
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    Don't take it heart Thomas, keep posting! 2 problems with an Arb discussion forum: 1) the Arb world has plenty of people with testicles bigger than brains 2) it is, after all, a discussion forum! If you post there will always be someone out there with a different view and let's face it, if you put 5 Arb guys in a room and asked 1 question, you'd get at least 9 different answers! Keep your chin up mate!
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    Oak floor boards!
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    kevinjohnsonmbe replied to unimog 72's topic in Employment

    There's quite a bit of "discussion" on the topic of answering potential job ads in the forum. If I was asking for help or seeking a temp sub, I'd prefer to spend a few minutes writing a clear, informative and comprehensive note describing my requirement rather than having the phone ring a hundred times from people that are either too far away or unsuitable. You reap what you sow!
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    This sums it up perfectly! A raised platform above 300mm (even the installation of garden decking) requires Building Regs compliance; you WILL need to notify building control. If its a CA you should notify the LA. Building control & LA awareness means there's no way you can keep it below the radar so why not grasp the nettle, engage the LA tree & planning officers and do it right to avoid the hassle of either having to seek retro approval, remove it or potentially face enforcement action. Do it once, do it right!
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    A point well & truly missed by the judge perhaps.... What about an order to replace tree / return the area to its previous status?
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    2 days (Thu/Fri) a week looking after the baby. It ain't stress free, but when she smiles I realise why I want to work the other days! ( and it saves 2 days nursery fees!) It's Thu/Fri that I do my admin & visits (dealers, training providers, friends etc) and the bambino loves it! This is us having lunch at Mile Valley Farmers today!
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    Understood Q! The biggest problem in my area is that every zipperhead with a Mole Valley Farmers account (Agri wholesale shop) has bought a Husq 142 and seems willing to bodge a job just for the firewood! PPE is flip-flops, shorts & sunglasses, traffic management is leaving the ford escort across both carriageways and if the tree hits the ground it's a good job! Sounds like you have a different (but similar) set of challenges... I'd like to see them all in front of a HSE prosecution, and the homeowners that engage them.

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