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Im pretty sure they have to let you know if there's a tracker fitted to the van, not 100% sure though.
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Im pretty sure they have to let you know if there's a tracker fitted to the van, not 100% sure though.
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Ermintrude
Yes they do have to let you know also they have to share any data they have collected about your movements. Just don't speed, you can't be prosecuted for it but you can be instantly dismissed for gross negligence
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Ermintrude
How so? I intended it as a joke?
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Ch4 plumbing
I know if you have an accident the police and insurance company can check the details and use your speed data against your claim, although I don't know if it's accurate enough to prosecute with.
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Ermintrude
If you crash normally the skid pattern and braking distance plus vehicle mass gets a much more accurate speed. But tracker will show u driving like a pleb for last 5 months
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Ermintrude
We use the prefix kiddy to denote the wrong type of fiddlers
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I asked a waitress for knosh once, she just looked at me in a disapproving manner, I did get some nosh, it was a stake and not the knosh she thought I was asking for (unfortunate as up Norf knosh = oral romance )
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T & H Plumbing
ermintrude you are disturbed :6:
Ermi - totally off topic!!!!!
As were my last 2 posts - I have deleted mine.
As were my last 2 posts - I have deleted mine.
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TWD
Agree with a lot of this except that I did a logo/website for a guy who had only done a couple of jobs before he came to me and it helped him significantly to establish more trust, get clear on his offering and present a professional image from the off.
He would tell you himself how beneficial that was in his early startup phase.
He also leveraged this by taking jobs on from RatedPeople - He is now fairly established and get's regular work.
Not all websites will give you a reasonable return on investment but even if it's just a facebook page to start with and not a paid for dedicated website people expect professional companies to at least have some presence online.
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Centralheatking
It happens -I know today was out in my little car
observed 2 of my transits around Waterloo
Its my diesel and they are my trucks but my boys are
quite special - guess what - I know - where their Saturday 'office'
after 1300 is - a Pub and just 'chanced in'
I did not have to even offer a round - myfellas are good
and know the rules
centralheatking
employee of mine ever 'borrowed' my kit or stock I would do everything I could to make sure they were charged for it and got a criminal conviction.[/QUOTE]
observed 2 of my transits around Waterloo
Its my diesel and they are my trucks but my boys are
quite special - guess what - I know - where their Saturday 'office'
after 1300 is - a Pub and just 'chanced in'
I did not have to even offer a round - myfellas are good
and know the rules
centralheatking
employee of mine ever 'borrowed' my kit or stock I would do everything I could to make sure they were charged for it and got a criminal conviction.[/QUOTE]
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Centralheatking
Hi tunny0
Your post on here has attracted plenty of attention
We all have put up our comments - its been a good post so far
So Tell us what are you going to do - we like ends -or
results from our input to these posts - thats probably why we get involved
I suppose CHK
Your post on here has attracted plenty of attention
We all have put up our comments - its been a good post so far
So Tell us what are you going to do - we like ends -or
results from our input to these posts - thats probably why we get involved
I suppose CHK
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T & H Plumbing
sure ill keep you updated
Im not going Ltd ive talked to alot of people and im not big enough to be Ltd, but its something to consider in the future
on wednesday i am forming my company on Company house website, i have today placed an order on vistaprint for 3000 flyers pretty cheap 🙂 either thursday or friday i will be purchasing my PLI
Monday after i will be talking with my lawyer on what i need to be doing for the tax man and any other legal matters like tax and insurance
during that week i will be meeting a friend to open a website/email and do some logo and branding
already made a business page on facebook to advertise
once i have everything i need in place to make sure the company is legal and i know what i should be doing ill spend the rest of the time advertising and trying to get work
stumbled across another plumber who has work coming out of his ears so he could be sending some my way
bank accounts, van will follow in the future
anything ive missed? 🙂
A company is a legal entity, for example LTD.
If you are trading as a sole trader it's a business, not a company.
If you register with companies house you are forming a company. If your not intending to be LTD then there is no need to register with companies house, you do need to register as self employee with HMRC though.
Hope that helps.
If you are trading as a sole trader it's a business, not a company.
If you register with companies house you are forming a company. If your not intending to be LTD then there is no need to register with companies house, you do need to register as self employee with HMRC though.
Hope that helps.
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T & H Plumbing
Thanks for that, when you apply on company house it asks if you want to be Ltd or sole trader im guessing if you register the business name will be safe for no one else to use am i correct?
Are you sure?
basically to do what you are saying, you would need to register a LTD company and then declare it as dormant (ie not trading) you will then be required to file dormant accounts showing that the business has not traded in that period.
Companies house have no interest in sole traders. Sole traders can trade under whatever name they like with no need to notify anyone of that trading name on start up. That said, if you started trading as Tesco, their lawyers would soon be knocking on your door under copyright.
I think your getting too wrapped up in the whole thing, you need to tell HMRC you are self employed so they know to expect your tax return for year end April 2015. thats about it really as a sole trader.
basically to do what you are saying, you would need to register a LTD company and then declare it as dormant (ie not trading) you will then be required to file dormant accounts showing that the business has not traded in that period.
Companies house have no interest in sole traders. Sole traders can trade under whatever name they like with no need to notify anyone of that trading name on start up. That said, if you started trading as Tesco, their lawyers would soon be knocking on your door under copyright.
I think your getting too wrapped up in the whole thing, you need to tell HMRC you are self employed so they know to expect your tax return for year end April 2015. thats about it really as a sole trader.
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Ive just read the info on it and I have filled out the forms to sub contract online, your right think i was getting too wrapped up into things lol, got to wait 4-6 weeks now for form SA250 to come
Thanks again 🙂
Thanks again 🙂
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Ermintrude
What on earth are you employing a solicitor for? That leech will bleed you dry before you've even made £45!
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Ermintrude
Your way over the top here mate. Your a sole trader, you haven't got any work and your shelling out like you had a turnover of £2m last year. Hold on to those pennies. A fool and his money soon parted!
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T & H Plumbing
first hour is free get your info n walk out lol
Nostrum's advice was sound so i read up on the theory and it works for me, its basically the same thing without having to tie yourself down, if i go **** up theres no ties really is there, this way i can find work on sites and work other places as i find them and build a business up
if someone had explained it better earlier on it might have sunk in 🙂
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T & H Plumbing
All due respect Ermin, i have spent £47 so far on 3000 flyers, the most i will spend in the next week or so will be PLI, then maybe the website/branding
i can pay for that with the pocket money i saved up in my piggy 🙂
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Ermintrude
You just seem a bit excitable. I had my first ltd company when I was 18. I wound it up two years later with a loss of £23k and a very annoyed farther!
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TWD
Agree, I'd suggest writing up at least a basic business plan detailing things like your formation, services, target market etc.
Natwest used to have some very basic but worthwhile software free to download.
I think it can still be downloaded but they discontinued it - I'll see if I find a link for you.
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T & H Plumbing
Please tell me you have made that back now, and we all know what guys are like at 18 in the pub most days by any chance?
no a lawyer i wanna divorce 🙂
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T & H Plumbing
joking aside i think im getting somewhere now, once my flyers come ill post one up so you can see my artisic and creative brain 🙂
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