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MCB tripping but nothing on ...

hey, any electricians on here? I have a half Amp reading on a lighting circuit but no lights switched on. In this circuit I have a couple of conventional lights, one 12v transformer system and 2...

Maggoty

Moving of gas meter

I have a gas meter on the outside wall of my house. I want to build a porch so the meter will need to be moved from that wall onto the side wall of the porch (as its by the door and halfway under the...

kloofnek

Pensions.To contracted in/contracted out?

Which is better,contracted in or contracted out. My son has a pension plan which he pays through his employment. In which his employer pays into it more than my son does each month. The company...

Tubbycoates

Post Office tower

I was in London at the weekend. I'm no engineer, so how come the Post Office tower (or whatever it is called these days) does fall over? It looks top heavy to me.

Thunderchild

trading on ebay - any accountants in the house ?

Well I was on ebay and noticed that our beloved HMRC have gone to all the trouble to have an advert put up about if your "trading" you should be paying taxes on it and should tell them and...

SHARP70

Question re nursing home fees.

My father passed away just over 3 months ago and my mother has been in hospital for nearly 4 months with dementia. They have just found a home which will take her and she will get NHS funding after I...

2wanda

Am I insured to work?

Can anyone please help me with this. 6 week ago I had a planned operation and my consultant said that I would be off for 6 week. I was getting better but last week my wound opened and was bleeding. I...

sad old git

heating

Not sure if this is the right catergory but can't find anything closer so here goes....My house is heated throughout by electric night storage heaters which are still quite efficient but are also...

methyl

Radio Time signal from Rugby

My battery-powered "radio controlled" travel clock is showing no signs of find a time signal transmitter and has spent the week ticking through January since I replaced the batteries last...

big_pearce

Employer attempting to change terms of contract by implied means

I am currently employed with a local authority (and have been since July 1st 2009) under a one year rolling contract which expressly (stated in the contract) ended July 1st 2010), and had in it a a...

Misstoddler

VAT on salee of business stock

I am in the throws of selling my business as a going concern. It is being structured as an asset sale, the main two assets being goodwill (website, customer database, brand, etc) and stock. We have...

Ric.ror

Mortgage Inquiry

At the moment I live alone in a three bedroomed house worth approx £200 I would like to rent this out and buy a smaller house paying the mortgage off with the rent from my main house. Do you...

Kaypar

Am I entitled to interest re delayed pension?.

I retired just over 18 months ago and due to company mergers my employers lost some of my pension records but fortunately I had the letters to prove the pension was due to me. Arrears have built up...

icemaiden

My employers are relocating to Spain

I work 30 hours a week doing accounts for an overseas property management company. There is only myself and the bosses daughter in the office. I do all the financial stuff as well as processing...

neilski

What does `100% allowable against tax mean?

What does `100% allowable against tax mean? I need to know in the most simplest form what this means please. For example if am a sole trader and i lease a van worth £10,000 and the repayments...

lise08

Removing glue?

I've just had my kitchen ripped out and behind the wall cupboards we have found that the walls are covered with a thick brown, rock hard glue. Apparently it was used to stick up wood panels in the...

mccfluff

registering as self employed

morning if i'm registering as self employed, is this the right form? http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/cwf1.pdf i keep getting a link to register online and i don't want to do that! (any other hints/tips...

nativeponyrescue

where do I go to with regards to planning law on this

I am a widowed woman with a child with adhd, I basically sold my house couldnt afford to live there and bought a twin unit and put it on my land which I now run as a pony rescue centre the council...

rowanwitch

UK holiday ideas please

Need somewhere for a week away wildish coast rather than 'resort' accessible by train/bus as neither of us drive. Good for wild life nice pubs a bonus

tomyoung90

IHT - IHT 400 or IHT 205?

I am deciding whether or not an IHT 400 form is appropriate or if the estate is except and therefore requires a 205. There are £200,000 in cash assets, plus 2 PETs, one of which is...

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