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Not quite as straight forward as that. Fallen over may result in tree ‘death’, but it’s not inevitable - TPO implications may very appropriately still apply (subject to relevant exemptions of course.) Maybe a circumstance like this might give rise to an answer to the long standing question of right to abate a TPO’d tree without recourse to LA application.

Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely...

If they go down that route (root 😂) there may well further expense in replanting / replacing the TPO tree too. Make it safe and retain ‘as is’ (if appropriate) would avoid costs associated with stump grinding, replanting and future TPO liabilities.

There’s a YouTube vid brewing...... 😂

To avoid the very real potential for sarcasm and acerbic wit, prob best to have a quick reality check. Unless it genuinely is an exceptional stick of wood and you manage to find someone that actually wants it, you might you might be better off trying to find someone who’s down on their luck and would have a hack at it in return for the firewood. Since you’ve now said it has a TPO you might want to consider the implications.

OK, hope that works out for you and it doesn’t fall foul of the business disaggregation definition which arises where artificial structures are created to avoid tax. Its just that you did say: “...Will also be buying a new truck so going vat registered will mean a lovely rebate hopefully...” If you run 2 companies and only 1 is VAT reg, any crossover between the 2 would likely attract particular attention from Hector. Simply having the same named officers / premises would likely be enough to flag an interest. Simple data set cross-match regardless of timeliness, content and accuracy of filing. Just saying mate, be careful. If you’ve been advised that it is OK, ask your advisor if their PI covers your cost of investigation and ask them to provide written copy of advice.

Have you sought professional advice about 2 companies with only 1 as VAT registered? Im not saying it’s not ‘possible’ but there does need to be a tangible degree of separation between the 2 in both the nature of the business and the ability to use the same ‘tools’ (including vehicles, plant etc) for both companies. If you had ostensibly the same business operating as both non VAT registered and VAT registered you should probably expect to be bent over by HMRC. Tread carefully.... Plenty of online info about this scenario.

Hope he rallies, as I would anyone. State funeral - Forth bridge - would be a significant challenge at the moment (on many levels.)

The ‘product’ of HMRC (creating the impression / belief that they are) shitting on the ‘little man’ is that they create an enemy of ‘tax’ for life. Least ways that what happened with me.

Business Income Manual - HMRC internal manual - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK Supplementary guidance on how to check tax calculations or work out the trading profits of a business for Self...

I did think of your situation whilst I was ruminating earlier. Tax and employment liabilities have been allowed to become so unbelievably complex and contradictory that HMRC are able to ‘strong arm’ the little man into submission What worked for me when I had a little dance with Hector was, every time they quoted a reg, I insisted that they send me a link to the BIM so I could read it myself. Uncanny how often they we’re ‘interpreting’ or ‘misapplying’ the so called regulations. Are you still battling?

Been mildly entertaining listening to wireless today and hearing a succession of ‘tax experts’ lambasting Gov & HMRC over the extreme complexities and apparent disconnects in relation to employment status following the Uber (employed v self employed) court ruling. Doesn't affect me directly but I suspect some Arb outfits that still seem to advertise and engage ‘self employed’ staff on a regular basis may need to re-examine potential issues as this ruling is interpreted and implemented more broadly throughout gig economies.

Your LA must have an enviable call pic-up rate to make that work. Hereabouts, you’d likely spend 10-30+ minutes in a call queue to LA general number, then get redirected to forestry team auto-answer machine which would say leave a message and someone (might) get back to you within 10 days. Its just not practical to add another 2 weeks to the admin - and shouldn’t be necessary if notice is full and detailed. Whilst one might have direct mobile numbers for TOs, would never consider s211 notice warrant use of direct line. Proper emergency maybe, but not s211. Does your LA register s211 notice and allocate a planning application number? Could you explain how the process ‘works’ in regard to decision making in your situation.

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I can't find the thread which talked about our GreenMech factory visit Spring 2018 so I'm posting here for 2 reasons. Firstly, this is a great thread in its own right and giving it a new post might cause some more people to have a look in and realise what great service GreenMech delivers. Secondly, to say a big thank you to Jason from GreenMech tech support who helped us out of a bit of a pickle today. Single track (left from controls end) wouldn't operate. Talked it through with Jason and he diagnosed / described exactly what the problem would most likely be. It was all getting a bit too technical for me so had the dealer from whence it was purchased send out a field tech. Jason sent him wiring diagrams and it was fixed and back to work in 30 minutes! (Just hoping the call out and fix are warrantee now) For me, that's what "service" is all about. British made, the ability to talk to someone that knows their product inside out and getting what could have been a bit of a disaster sorted with minimal fuss. Massive thanks to GM and Vincent Tractors! For info: @PeteB ?? just wondered? Is Jase Hutch Jason from GM? @Jase hutch. If So, many thanks Jason! Got us out of a pickle today mate 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Hell Paul! That was 10 years ago 😂😂 (just realised it’s an old thread brought back to life! 🦍)

It’d have to be written into the terms of the contract if there was a potential or real possibility of disruption - and costs accrued passed on to site owner / main contractor. Only experienced something similar once.... Site clearance for a development which wasn’t popular with neighbouring homeowners (whose estate was built about 10 years earlier!) Ring leader was a JP who set about disrupting works. Works were over 2 consecutive weekends (but only because that suited several of the team members childcare arrangements) His belief was that trees were being removed at weekend because there was no TO cover. Of course it was entirely ‘by the numbers’ - what did he think? Trees cut down ‘illegally’ would miraculously regrow by Monday morning? He didn’t take kindly to being told that he was interfering with my lawful business and potentially committing a public order offence by interfering. But he did Foxtrot Oscar at the threat of inviting local constabulary attendance.

We absolutely do have a clear and present example of such division in the UK and it is manifest in the SNP. It bears many similarities with only scale being different to that across the pond.

What types of human behaviour do you mean? Plundering and generally fcking with nature and mass galavanting around the globe types? Very hood call on changing those for the future, but a bit late in this instance, the cat's well and truly out of the bag with this virus. Yeah, pretty much. Depressing that all the talk is of ‘living with it’ rather than ‘dealing with’ the causal factors.

I know it’s a hopeless scenario to expect humankind to adjust in such a manner as to address the CAUSE rather than react to the EFFECT. You’ve only to listen to everyone calling for a return to ‘normal’ whereas it is that ‘normal’ which provided all of the transmission vectors which created a worldwide pandemic from a localised infection event. Hopeless.

Oh J, there you go trashing your own widely publicised liberal (little L) values.... The man was tried (somewhat irregularly though it was) and acquitted. He is NOT GUILTY of the ‘crimes’ you still seek to burden him with. Where is your humanity 😂

Many generations of vaccinations against a virus that changes more swiftly than ‘science’ can keep pace is one option... Changing human behaviour is perhaps another?

No further evidence required, the case is concluded M'Lud! 😂😂😂

If you specify the intended works in the notice as per the 3998 "recommendations" (which are pretty well laid out, succinct and easy to understand) you'd have a notice that couldn't / shouldn't be rejected by the LA. Can't help but think the LA is quite in order to reject if the notice is incomplete, inaccurate or ambiguous. Quality in = quality out...

I think you mean Eton Andy, not Eaton. Eaton was the next hamlet over from my childhood village of Appleton. No big posh-boys school in Eaton - just the nearby Comp Matthew Arnold school which spectacularly failed to prepare me for the big wide world 😂😂