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IFA - Can they live abroad and serve UK clients?
I live abroad and would like to pursue a career in financial advisory. Does anyone know if an independent financial advisor can live abroad and serve UK clients via online meeting tools?
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Self Assessment - overdue return and penalties
Hi, Received a letter yesterday from HMRC stating I haven't filed my overdue self assessment return or paid what I owe for the periods 2018-2021. Never received any prior letters referring to this. Also I am PAYE and have been during that period too, salary is under £50K have no other source of income and do not claim any…
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working from abroad permanently
Hi everyone, just to avoid any potential confusion, I am a British citizen and therefore have the right to work in UK. My question is about something that is actually completely opposite to physically working in UK. I work for a large UK company, it is almost 100% office based, and everything I do can be done from home. I…
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Home Based Contract - Tax Implications
Hi all, I work for the NHS and have recently requested that my contract is updated to home based (I've not been in the office this year and WFH exclusively other than the odd meeting at other offices) Management have no issues with this but a couple of things have been flagged to me, one of which is that I'll need to look…
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NHS Backpay award - Trust Change
Hi all, posting on behalf of my partner who works for the NHS. She has been continuously employed by the NHS for 6 years but changed NHS trusts in April this year. Her current trust have said that as she was still employed as the previous trust on 31st March, the award should come from the previous trust. She has to date,…
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Can an employer refuse to backdate payrise for employee in notice period?
A colleague handed their notice in early May and departs soon. The company recently told all staff that it is still trying to agree this years cost of living pay rise (effective from 1st April) with the unions and will pay the backdated amount in the month the rise percentage is agreed. My colleague contacted HR to remind…
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Is my employer evading class 1A NICs on company pool vehicles?
My employer provides some employees with vans that they class in their vehicle policy as 'pool vehicles'. The employees that have them work as 'mobile' guys, e.g. they have no permanent site that they work at. They don't work from home. The employer lets the employees take the vans home overnight every day without fail;…
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Tax Question
Hi forum, I will be shortly temping in two different roles. Both roles will be paying my wages via PAYE. For the purposes of tax compliance, do I need to inform HMRC please as I understand my tax code may be affected? Many thanks
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NHS Car Lease
My trust has a car lease scheme, however I'm a little bit short of their business mile eligibility. I did ask if there was any discretion for approval, if short on the criteria and they said 'managers discretion', I then asked what the criteria would be for managers discretion and they said they had no idea. I'm due to be…
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Contract ended for applying for a job
Hello, So I’m just wondering if anyone can help or advise with this rather bizarre situation. I have been working for a company for just over 2 months now as a part time admin. I care for my grandmother who is elderly which is why I do part time. I realised after a month of being in the company that things weren’t quite…
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Payment vs Colleague
What dis every1 do @work when you have a collage getting paid the sam as u for doing the same job but you are more experienced n older. Appreci8 that some jobs diz wont matter but for office type jobs it does. the difference is about 7 years in age and 10 years in experience. the difference in salary is £1,000 a year. Do…
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Work from Home FRAUD alert - Cointut
Indeed (and no doubt other jobsites) recently posted a vacancy for several Customer Service Advisors WFH for an organisation named Cointut. Vacancy details were vague, and the position offered £13ph at FT hours for taking messages, arranging callbacks from other depts. etc. After applying, this entity sends an interview to…
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Occupational Health Refferal
Is consenting to a refferal to occupational health mean consenting to release of medical records? Thanks
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Advice on Holiday Accrual
Looking for some guidance please. I've resigned from my role and I am due quite a lot of holidays (I've only taken 2 days this year so far and our holiday year is from Jan-Dec). Our policy states that when you leave, your entitlement is based on the week you leave (whereas when you start, it's based on the month you join).…
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Reducing Work Hours
Hello everyone - hopefully somebody can help - i am looking to try and reduce my weekly hours at work - and wanted to find out what would be the optimal number before i am worse off for it. I currently work 37.5 hours a week - and pay PAYE, NI, Company Pension as well as monthly IVA, mortgage and weekly child maintenance…
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Non Compete in contract
Hi, I started a job last summer with my present company A and signed a contract that said I /was not allowed to work for companies x,y.z for 6 months after leaving. I am currently interviewing for a job at company x and wondering what my present employer (company A) could do in the event of a job offer? Looking at this…
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Does this sound too shady or is it worth exploring?
Hi, first post so apologies if I’ve missed anything in regard to formatting or etiquette. I have been verbally offered a part time job and accepted at the interview, subject to further discussion. Having come away from the interview, I have started thinking over some of the things that were said and I must say, I’m…
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Is there a central resource / website for GCSE apprenticeship vacancies ?
Hi all, As above really. Where would my son be best looking for GCSE apprenticeships [ i.e apprenticeships that only need GCSE qualifications ] ? Normal recruitment agency sites ? Or is there a more central resource ? TIA for any help
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Disclosing personal medical info
Part of a small building I (and several colleagues) work in is designated a 'restroom area'. It is an area that also houses a stockroom but has a bathroom and a kitchen area. We have always left personal belongings in this area - it is secure, and only workers in this building have access (obviously, none of us would leave…
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NHS Protected Pay Interpretation
I'm asking on behalf of a colleague regarding protected pay. He was a Band 4 for two years in the NHS, and then changed to a trainee post, which when qualified would become a Band 5. His understanding was the trainee pay would be 75% of Band 5 unless that meant he'd be worse off than when he was a Band 4. With recent pay…
