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5th seiss turnover
Hello my husband is self employed and has just received an email regarding the 5th seiss grant. It says about comparing turnover from 19/20 and 20/21. He only started self employment August 2019 so hes 19/20 self assessment is made up of both employed and self employed earnings (only 8 months of self employed income) so…
SEISS & Local Authority Grants - Taxable ?
A friend of mine has a small shop that was prevented from operating during various lockdowns, and consequently received both SEISS and Local Authority "Grants". Quite how he manages a shop and got those grants I don't know as his command of simple bookkeeping and his ability to find information online is sketchy to say the…
Expenses Claim
I work from home 4 days a week and go into office 1 day a week. My firm deduct 1 day that I am in the office from the £6 weekly government entitlement. Is this correct?
Easyjet misleading cancellation email
I had a holiday booked for the 24th July 2021, which they have now cancelled as I expected. I received the confirmation email and it stated I had 2 options, which were as follows (Taken word for word) 1. You can select an alternative future holiday. If you log into your easyJet holidays account and view your holiday,…
Wedding paid for but venue has closed
was hoping someone may have some advice We were due to get married May 2020, our wedding was paid in full to the hotel. Due to covid we have had to postpone 3 times, the Hotel has been closed since the second lockdown and has not reopened. The owners have been really bad with communication, not replying to emails and now…
Vouchers
Had our fight cancelled again this was booked using a voucher we got as last year’s flight was cancelled received an email telling us that we could apply for a voucher or money back online When we tried to get a refund was told as we took a voucher previously we we not entitled to a refund but only another voucher just…
Template for cancelled event refund
Hello I’ve been looking for a template letter to send to a company for a refund for a cancelled event but can’t find one, can anybody advise? For background … two years ago myself and another team of swimmers booked to do a relay swim across Loch Ness. Last year it was postponed for obvious reasons, and we had no issue…
Majorca covid test question
Evening everyone booked a holiday for the missus and me to go to Majorca next Friday. Unfortunately due to work I was unable to get my second jab before the 14 days and had to go to the end so will be below the 14 days required. Now have the joy of getting a covid test done 48hrs before. Can someone please advise when I…
Student Halls - refunds
My son has just finished his first year at uni and stayed at the halls but this was not managed by the university but a private company. After the christmas break he was instructed by the uni not to go back because of the covid restrictions. Because he had signed a contract he had to pay his halls fees. Has anyone else…
Staysure restores covid19 cover to existing policies
In their words "to kick start the industry" https://www.itij.com/latest/news/travel-insurance-expanded-include-covid-19-cover
Furlough scheme
Hi i am on a zero hrs contract being paid flexi furlough I will earn more than 2500 will I get this money or is it capped? if I do not get paid for what I earn can I request to come off flexi furlough & be paid normally? thanks in advance for your reply
Isolating following app notification
Late on Thursday evening, my husband had a notification from the NHS app to say that he needs to isolate for the next 9 days. He immediatly contacted his employers on their health line (his employers are a London airport), and explained giving all the relevent information from the app, and his work rota etc, the nurse he…
Insurance cover for disrupted stay in B&B accommodation
We've just booked a night in a B&B in North Uist, and have been alerted to the following possibilities. Firstly, that if we test positive whilst there and have to self isolate there, the owners will have to cancel other people's bookings, and we would be responsible for the cost of our own continuing stay whilst…
Lastminute.com NOT refunding airline costs
My wife and I live in Edinburgh. We planned a trip to visit our son and family in Brisbane in mid 2020. While in Australia, we planned a trip to explore Darwin. Unfortunately, due to Covid, all parts of this trip became impossible. All of this trip has subsequently been refunded, except for one part. The trip included: *…
Pre-Departure PCR Test Madeira Jet2
Hi All, I am trying to find some advice regarding PCR tests for travelling to Madeira, who are currently on the green list, whilst flying with Jet2. When looking on Jet2's website it states that anyone who is fully vaccinated will not require a pre-departure PCR test and does not require one for under 12's. This is the…
Covid scam HMRC letter through post SEISS 5
thought i would see if anyone else has had a scam letter through post claiming to be from HMRC my partner who is self employed got a letter through post yesterday. Brown paper HMRC type letter all the paper looks geniue inside etc then in the letter it advises that they need more info for her to claim SEISS 5. that she…
Teletext holidays nightmare
Hi guys, hope you are all keeping safe and well. I have an ongoing issue with teletext holidays (more on that below), in so much as I just can’t get any form of cash refund back from them? Has anyone sussessfully managed to get a refund for a 2020 holiday?! Has anyone managed legal action? Either via a solicitor or via the…
Travel Insurance that will cover cancellation due to notification by school to self isolate
We are travelling near to the beginning of the school holidays in England. I'm looking for a travel insurance policy that will cover the cost of us having to cancel our trip if we are told we need to self isolate because of contact with a positive case. All the policies that I am looking at require proof of self isolation…
Fit to fly panic
Hi Im travelling with my hubby on 16th July to Palma for 2 weeks. I know all the steps i need to take, fit to fly PCR test, rapid flow 2 days before return & day 2 once in uk. Im struggling with knowing who to trust for my fit to fly certificate. All 3 companies recommended by our tour operator cant guarantee results back…
Furlough Relative Paid Incorrectly?
One of my relatives has been on the 80% furlough scheme. Over a month ago she was called back to work flexible hours on an as needed basis ie 2 hours here and there or even days at a time (whilst still getting the 80% from the Government). She got her wages this month and they only paid them a token amount of under 20 quid…

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