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Employer not on Real-time PAYE system – Excluded from Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for staff
Hi there, Wondering if there is anyone else out there in the same boat as my girlfriend? She makes a meagre living as a self-employed, work-from-home childminder and had problems with keeping up the PAYE payments for her two part-time staff in the past, so had an agreement with HMRC to pay them directly, outside of the…
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Hotel/Parking Gatwick
Hi, my husband and myself were due to fly out to Florida which due to covid-19:our holiday was cancelled and revbooked for next year. We booked with purple parking hotel stay for the night before we were due to fly and hotel parking while we were away, this was booked on a no cancellation basis, we do not want a refund we…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I claim the self-employment grant even though I don't need it?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I've been self-employed since early 2018, but I've been left unable to work since the lockdown was introduced. My partner is able to afford to cover my bills and other living expenses, so even though I'm eligible I haven't claimed a grant through the Self-Employment Income…
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On the beach not replying!
help! We are due to holiday in Greece in a few weeks, our first family trip on a plane! Anyway, with the quarantine laws currently in place on arrival in Greece we feel there is too much to risk travelling with a young family. We wish to cancel our holiday and receive a refund for accommodation (as entitled to via otb) and…
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Tui 😕
Help and advice please... We are due to fly on 31st July 2020 flights cost approx £1400 for family of 4 On Tui app it has said throughout and even today on their app... . Can I change my booking with TUI fly?For all TUI fly flights already booked and all new bookings, with a departure date not later than 31 August 2020,…
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Covid-19/GYM
I am a member at DW Fitness (Ipswich Branch) I like to use the GYM (40-50 Mins) Swim (30 Mins) Do you guys think most GYM Will have 1 hour time slots or can we Just turn up? Will many of you guys go back or wait a bit? I have been told all Equipment will be in use (Covid-19 Secure and spaced out) Pool will be open but no…
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AXA Travel Insurance Claim Rejected
Hello Guys, Just wondering if any of you have had any dealings with AXA? I have been trying to contact our holiday provider since April to process a refund but haven't been receiving many responses so I lodged a claim with AXA to recover my holiday costs. I've received an email today from AXA stating: Thank you for telling…
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Southdown / Axa insurance - refused claim for honeymoon
My partner and I were due to travel to Bali on 30 May 2020 for our honeymoon, from Scotland. Self-booked trip with flights and accommodation booked separately. Flights were eventually cancelled by Singapore Airline on 04 May 2020 - we got a full refund for these as did not want to rebook next year due to uncertainty of…
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Postponed Event
My friends and I were due to attend a craft weekend in May but the organiser postponed the event rather than cancelled due to Co-Vid and travel restrictions this caused, We requested our money back but as the event was postponed and not cancelled we were told this was not possible and it would be rescheduled. We really…
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Hotel refund
In January while in Tenerife I booked a week for May 2020 in a hotel there. I paid with my CC and the amount was taken in Sterling. 10 weeks ago the hotel offered me a another week at a later date, I refused this as it wasn't feasible and asked for a refund. The hotel replied and said this was possible, but would take…
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Bounce back
Anyone else have an opinion on this? If you took out a BBL but then decided to close your business would you need to pay the loan back? If sole trader can I just keep the loan and start the repayments when the time comes even if the business that it was taken out for has closed? I can’t get a definite answer for this!
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Employee asked to pay the company's NIC in cash!
My friend is currently on furlough and has had a meeting with his employer recently. The company has not made any decision on redundancy as yet but they have no work available at the present time. As the company is being requested to contribute to furlough payments from August onwards, my friend has been asked if he would…
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Email Contact for TUI
Is there an Email address contact available for TUI, as after several hours of hold music and then being cut off on the phone, I would like to get my questions answered. At least then my query would also be in writing.
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New flight refund needed
Getting so many conflicting answers..Etihad cancelled our flight in April so we had to find new flights to get home from Australia. No one will take responsibility to refund us £1800 that we had to pay another airline to get us home. Travel insurance said no, as have Trailfinders on behalf of Etihad Premium travel…
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Furloughed employees
My partner is currently still furloughed in his job as a HGV driver, there are still around 25% of the drivers off on furlough in total. However there are rumours that new drivers are being employed, is this allowed when existing staff are still being paid by the government scheme?
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DVLA - unable to contact
I have been trying to call 2 different numbers for the DVLA for the last 2 weeks to ask about a potential gap in tax on my Dad's car that he has given to us. One phone number is constantly engaged, the other one has a recorded message stating they are very busy and to check online (done that but no help) and then cuts you…
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Sunshine holidays
We have our holiday booked for 6th Aug with Sunshine holidays. A week & a half ago I happened to go onto BA’s website and spotted our flight had been cancelled from LGW and replaced with a LHR flight. On BA’s website it clearly states that our options are to either 1) accept new flight 2) they would cancel our flights or…
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Social Distancing and Getting Petrol
Hi, we have been isolating for 18 weeks now - getting food via Tesco delivery and other online items. Now things are relaxing outside I was wondering about getting petrol - do some people have accounts at garages to avoid having to go into those small poky places to pay? I know some pumps are able to be used outside with…
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AirBnB - help please????
Hello, I have an AirBnB scheduled for Aug 3-15 and my flights have been cancelled (refunded which is great!!) but I am having trouble with AirBnB.... My host has offered me a full refund for my £900 deposit but I am due a final payment of £750 on 19th Aug. Airbnb are rubbish at getting back - obviously they are very busy…
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Spectrum Travel Insurance
Biomechanical and travel insurance July last year. Paid balance after checking terms and conditions with travel insurance policy. Spectrum are now say as I made final payment in June 2020,if I have to cancel this final payment won't be covered. Any help would be gracefully appreciated.
