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Is Anyone flying out Next Few Weeks?
Which european countries have their bars and/or clubs open? Agadir Ancona Athens Brindisi Belfast International Milan Bergamo Bologna Bari Bratislava Budapest Bydgoszcz Cagliari Rome Ciampino Cluj Dublin Edinburgh Eindhoven Faro Gdansk Genoa Göteborg Landvetter Kyiv Kerry Marrakesh Kosice Katowice Kaunas Lodz Lisbon…
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Can I go on holiday in the UK from 2nd December?
The regulations say residents of Tier 3 should not make non essential journeys. But is that a should or must not? We have been offered a refund by the company, but having been working from home all year, seen nobody since September, and going to a self catering holiday cottage where we equally don't plan on seeing anyone,…
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Seiss
Hi for the 3rd grant can you claim if you have been told to isolate for 14 days by nhs track and trace or if your kids are having to isolate and you have to stop working for childcare
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Airbnb changed t's and c's
In Feb I booked a weekend in Edinburgh for September. Flights via easyJet and apartment via Airbnb. Half the accomodation has been paid for the Airbnb which is a fair amount of money. In August our flights were changed and no longer suited as the times meant we would only really get one day in Edinburgh as it was late…
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Jet2.com charging me a £750 cancellation fee.
I recently booked a holiday to the Canaries leaving on 16 December 2020. About four days ago Jet2 emailed me stating that my holiday had been cancelled and I would receive a full refund for all monies paid to them. I've just received an updated invoice from them and they are charging me a £750 cancellation fee. {I would…
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What’s the process a company uses to claim employees furlough from the HMRC?
Can anyone help us, employees, by briefly explaining what's the process in which a company uses to claim its employee's furlough from the
HMRC? The reason we’re asking is that when we ask
the company we work for loose or specific questions about our furlough calculations
or actual furlough pay before, during or after the…
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Virgin Money travel insurance policy - declined claim.
My Virgin Money travel insurance policy from Dec 19 has been administrated (terribly) by Travel Claims Serviced Ltd - a useful lesson in seeing beyond the big name branding when buying insurance. I have had a claim lodged with them since Apr 20 for flights to Australia and NZ totalling £1400 with Emirates but bought via…
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Length of time to receive refund
We have already waited 4 months for a refund from Cruise co uk and have had an email saying that we will not get it for a further 2 months , 6 months in total , is this legal ?
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More SEISS doubts
HiAs the 3rd SEISS requires you to estimate the year's taxable profits, does this include the money from the 1st two grants or earnings from work only?As an aside, to show that I have reduced demand it would be enough to show my earnings from the months in question I guess? I am earning around 66% compared to recent years…
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National Trust offering backgrounds for your Zoom video calls
If you feel the need for a slightly less grand background for your video calls than your own home, just to show that you're a man of the people, the National Trust is happy to oblige with some fairly dowdy pictures, such as the above. There's a range to choose from here…
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SEISS 3 - Another Thread!
Hi all, I know there have been lots of threads about what the eligibility for SEISS 3 actually means but I'm genuinely stuck. I've read all the guidance and there seems to be the idea that HMRC will look at your total trading profits for this year to see if they reduce. This will allow them to retrospectively check your…
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New Year Hotel package booked, but now would be traveling from Tier 3
I know (as things currrenty stand) I would not be allowed to travel from Kent to Dorset where I’ve booked a non-refundable three night, New Years break. How do I proceed? Do I contact the Hotel and ask for a refund as I’m currently not allowed to travel? Do I wait until 16th December to see if our Tiers lowed to two, in…
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Long Covid - can I claim 3rd SEISS?
I am a self employed dog walker and have been off sick since beginning of Oct, I have been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Long Covid and have just started claiming ESA, I have no idea when I'll be able to go back to work - will I still be eligible for the 3rd SEISS?
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Bounce Back Loan advice pls : Ltd Co, turnover £57k in 2018-19, and only expenditure in 2019-20
. Hi, there, I would be great full for any insight and advice
here please. My ltd Co ( odd property sales/ few rentals on tenants finding fee only to clients I know ) was Est April 2018. As there allowance of
18 month for new companies for filling accounts, which were filled jan 2020, I thought
I had an UpToDate accounts,…
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lastminute.com refund
Hi all, Has anyone tried contacting lasminute.com with regards to a refund after a cancelled flight recently? My flight to Jamaica flying from Manchester on 15/11/20 was cancelled by TUI as a response to the latest lockdown.. I had booked the flight through lastminute.com who emailed me on the 4/11/20 telling me of this…
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Furlough and New Contract
Two days before the extension of furlough was announced, I signed a new contract with my employer taking me from full time to two days a week, it was the only way to keep a job and some sort of income as they couldn't afford to keep me on full time, with furlough expected to end. I had irons in the fire to make up the gap…
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Is the MSE page re Travel Insurance incorrect?
Hi everyone was looking at the MSE page earlier about travel insurance and Covid cover with insurers who cover against fco advice. It says staysure don't cover medical expenses if you catch Covid abroad whereas a few people have told me they do. I have contacted them but not heard back. Does anyone know if this table is up…
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Self Employment Grant 3
My husband is a London Black Taxi Driver. He had to stop work due to Lockdown, sheilding and on going consequences i.e no custom in London to cover the running costs of the Taxi let alone a profit. After 7 months and claiming the first two grants he is forced to take a PAYE job until work levels return to normal for the…
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Tier 3 travel - settle an argument
On a zoom call today and one participant suggested that travelling to a tier 2 area for an overnight stay, whilst morally wrong, wasn't against the law. Another participant went ballistic. Who (neither are me) is correct in law?
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Receiving furlough money on 2 jobs?
I have been on furlough in my main day job since April. In the past couple of months I've started to work 2-3 days a week, so I'm being paid for those days and receiving 80% furlough money for the remainder of the days I don't work. Since September I've also taken up a part time job on evenings/weekends (outside of my…
