The appalling, sickening and disgusting rioting that has taken place over recent nights in English cities demonstrates mindless stupidity.
The idiots may think they're having fun, looting - stealing - and thumbing their noses at society, but, frankly, they're just making things worse. "The cuts" probably don't mean anything to yobs like this - they won't understand anything about national debt and things of that nature. But they might - just - understand what a job is, though many of them may not have one.
Some day these little hooligans might want a job, and where will they go? To the local shops, to see if they can get a start as a check-out person or a store helper of some description. Oh, but guess what? That store isn't there any more - they torched it "some time ago".
It is the businesses that they are ruining with their idiotic behaviour that are the backbone of this country, but what would these people know about that?
It's behaviour lacking in all thought. It is indefensible.
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Low interest rate encourages us to borrow
The Bank of England left the base rate at 0.5% once again. It has been at that "record low" level since March 2009 - that length of time at one interest rate may be a record in itself!
Most economists do not expect the rate to be changed this year, but many do expect there to be a rise in 2012 - to 1.5% by the end of the year. Pure speculation, I'd say. I don't believe any so-called experts foresaw the economic crash of 2008-9, nor expected the interest rate to tumble to 0.5% when it did. Few of them know what surprises are around the next corner.
For people with mortgages, the continuing low rate should continue to be good news, but for savers the low interest rate means that their savings are dwindling in value - especially with inflation at around 4%.
We are encouraged to save - at least in words - by politicians, but the hard monetary facts enourage us to do otherwise. It is still better to borrow than to save.
Most economists do not expect the rate to be changed this year, but many do expect there to be a rise in 2012 - to 1.5% by the end of the year. Pure speculation, I'd say. I don't believe any so-called experts foresaw the economic crash of 2008-9, nor expected the interest rate to tumble to 0.5% when it did. Few of them know what surprises are around the next corner.
For people with mortgages, the continuing low rate should continue to be good news, but for savers the low interest rate means that their savings are dwindling in value - especially with inflation at around 4%.
We are encouraged to save - at least in words - by politicians, but the hard monetary facts enourage us to do otherwise. It is still better to borrow than to save.
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Speculative emails can work
Anyone who runs their own business will inevitably use email and have a website. This will equally inevitably lead to insolicited emails arriving in their in-box from time to time.
Most are spam, but some are genuine enquiries with a view to mutually beneficial ways of working.
I receive loads and most are spam. If they are written to "website owner" or "[blank]" or "to whom it may concern" or similar, then I ignore them straight away. If, however, they are written to "Garry" or "Pierrepont Consulting" (especially the former), then I might give them the benefit of the doubt and read them. After all, at least they have bothered to read the website (even it is by their software!). I also like them to have something that looks like a real name at the bottom - not just a website address - and like them to be based in the UK.
If I do write and send a reply, then the second test is whether they reply to that quickly and personally. (i.e. are they real? do they exists?)
If that happens then a discussion may take place. I have actually met up with people who sent speculative emails on three occasions, and two of them led to working with each other.
I have another meeting on a similar basis this afternoon (in fact he's just called to change the time!). I'll let you know how I get on.
Most are spam, but some are genuine enquiries with a view to mutually beneficial ways of working.
I receive loads and most are spam. If they are written to "website owner" or "[blank]" or "to whom it may concern" or similar, then I ignore them straight away. If, however, they are written to "Garry" or "Pierrepont Consulting" (especially the former), then I might give them the benefit of the doubt and read them. After all, at least they have bothered to read the website (even it is by their software!). I also like them to have something that looks like a real name at the bottom - not just a website address - and like them to be based in the UK.
If I do write and send a reply, then the second test is whether they reply to that quickly and personally. (i.e. are they real? do they exists?)
If that happens then a discussion may take place. I have actually met up with people who sent speculative emails on three occasions, and two of them led to working with each other.
I have another meeting on a similar basis this afternoon (in fact he's just called to change the time!). I'll let you know how I get on.
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Selling items is so much easier now
I've just sold an item on ebay that was used by my business. It was a piece of equipment that can be used again, but it was no longer right for my business.
I turned to ebay to auction the item off. Starting at £50 and hoping for around £200, I eventually sold the item for well over £300. I am delighted with that piece of business.
Before the advent of the Internet - and particularly ebay in this instance (say, over ten years ago) - I would have had to try to sell the item by other means, for example an advert in the local paper. I would have had to set the price (probably £200) and hope that people viewing the ad would be interested enough to call and arrange to come and see the item. On ebay, of course, you can post a picture (several, if you wish) so that potential buyers can see it immediately and make some sort of judgement about condition. I would have made less money at greater inconvenience in "the old days".
Although there may be some downsides to ebay (though I've never experienced any), this way of selling is a vast improvement on what we had available to us a decade ago.
I turned to ebay to auction the item off. Starting at £50 and hoping for around £200, I eventually sold the item for well over £300. I am delighted with that piece of business.
Before the advent of the Internet - and particularly ebay in this instance (say, over ten years ago) - I would have had to try to sell the item by other means, for example an advert in the local paper. I would have had to set the price (probably £200) and hope that people viewing the ad would be interested enough to call and arrange to come and see the item. On ebay, of course, you can post a picture (several, if you wish) so that potential buyers can see it immediately and make some sort of judgement about condition. I would have made less money at greater inconvenience in "the old days".
Although there may be some downsides to ebay (though I've never experienced any), this way of selling is a vast improvement on what we had available to us a decade ago.
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Bankonyourself
We all know that banks make good profits. It would be good to part of that, wouldn’t it? Well, you can if you bankonyourself – a new concept, which means You can Be the Bank™.
This gives you the opportunity to grow your money safely and profitably, and it’s a process that financial institutions and wealthy investors have used for many years, earning them interest, and potentially dividends too, all without risk.
The Personal Equity Institute (PEI) can help you learn how to do this. PEI is a company which teaches and helps implement new strategies for gaining wealth. Teaching methods include online resources, classroom teaching, seminars, books and videos.
PEI is continually looking for new ways to acquire wealth, looking at the history and principals of finances, applying common sense and structuring powerful prosperity systems. People who PEI help to invest are usually professionals and small business owners.
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This gives you the opportunity to grow your money safely and profitably, and it’s a process that financial institutions and wealthy investors have used for many years, earning them interest, and potentially dividends too, all without risk.
The Personal Equity Institute (PEI) can help you learn how to do this. PEI is a company which teaches and helps implement new strategies for gaining wealth. Teaching methods include online resources, classroom teaching, seminars, books and videos.
PEI is continually looking for new ways to acquire wealth, looking at the history and principals of finances, applying common sense and structuring powerful prosperity systems. People who PEI help to invest are usually professionals and small business owners.
Bankonyourself with PEI.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Who's going to win the social network war for businesses?
In the private sector, and particularly in the small business, sole trader or freelance part of the finance sector, many businesses are battling for too little work.
Many of us turn to social media (social networks, business networks) in an attempt to boost our business connections. But there are so many of them, which ones should we turn to?
Many people are on Facebook and, although it has some pretences towards business networking, it is primarily a social network. It has undoubtedly promoted some success for people in their businesses, but it is hard to mix business personal activities with business activities, unless you have more than one Facebook persona (which is hard...).
Twitter is swamped with business people following other people merely in the hope that they will follow them back. The number of Internet marketers on there is a phenomenon in itself - I wonder if they manage to market to each other. It still seems the best place to follow people you're interested in ("celebrities" for want of a better word), and I should imagine the number of business success stories are a tiny percentage of the amount of nonsense that goes on there.
Ecademy and LinkedIn are more business-oriented networks, and both have chargeable elements. LinkedIn seems to give away a little bit more for free, and the pendulum seems to have swung its way, with Ecademy now trailing behind.
Where all these will lead is anybody's guess. More networks are appearing all the time - WAYN and NABO are two that keep bombarding me with, well spam, for want of a better word.
Where Friends Reunited and Myspace have fallen, will facebook and Twitter follow? WIll all your invested time have been wasted?
Many of us turn to social media (social networks, business networks) in an attempt to boost our business connections. But there are so many of them, which ones should we turn to?
Many people are on Facebook and, although it has some pretences towards business networking, it is primarily a social network. It has undoubtedly promoted some success for people in their businesses, but it is hard to mix business personal activities with business activities, unless you have more than one Facebook persona (which is hard...).
Twitter is swamped with business people following other people merely in the hope that they will follow them back. The number of Internet marketers on there is a phenomenon in itself - I wonder if they manage to market to each other. It still seems the best place to follow people you're interested in ("celebrities" for want of a better word), and I should imagine the number of business success stories are a tiny percentage of the amount of nonsense that goes on there.
Ecademy and LinkedIn are more business-oriented networks, and both have chargeable elements. LinkedIn seems to give away a little bit more for free, and the pendulum seems to have swung its way, with Ecademy now trailing behind.
Where all these will lead is anybody's guess. More networks are appearing all the time - WAYN and NABO are two that keep bombarding me with, well spam, for want of a better word.
Where Friends Reunited and Myspace have fallen, will facebook and Twitter follow? WIll all your invested time have been wasted?
Thursday, 30 June 2011
News Corp sells MySpace
MySpace has been sold to online advertising firm Specific Media by its erstwhile owners News Corporation. The social media website was bought by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp for £361m in 2005, but in the last couple of years it has been left high and dry as users spent more time on Facebook and Twitter.
Specific Media say that Justin Timberlake will play a major role in assisting with the strategy and creative direction of the site.
When News Corp bought MySpace it was one of the leaders in social networking, but it could not sustain its position in the face of the leaps forward made by Facebook.
Specific Media will have to come up with a new niche for MySpace as it appears that it cannot compete in the same arena as Facebook. MySpace’s original thrust was in the music area and trying to push it as a competitor to Facebook as singularly failed, and its main use is now confusing. It needs a new definition.
Between 2005 and 2011 MySpace’s monthly US visitors have risen from 21.8 million to 24.9 million, but in the same period, Facebook’s monthly US visitors have rocketed from 8.3 million to 157.2 million.
Specific Media say that Justin Timberlake will play a major role in assisting with the strategy and creative direction of the site.
When News Corp bought MySpace it was one of the leaders in social networking, but it could not sustain its position in the face of the leaps forward made by Facebook.
Specific Media will have to come up with a new niche for MySpace as it appears that it cannot compete in the same arena as Facebook. MySpace’s original thrust was in the music area and trying to push it as a competitor to Facebook as singularly failed, and its main use is now confusing. It needs a new definition.
Between 2005 and 2011 MySpace’s monthly US visitors have risen from 21.8 million to 24.9 million, but in the same period, Facebook’s monthly US visitors have rocketed from 8.3 million to 157.2 million.
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Artists use vacant shops for mutual benefit
I read that empty shops are being used by artists and film-makers, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13842044.
The article refers to an artist's exhibition in Leeds, but it is happening in Newcastle and elsewhere too. The recession left many high street stores empty, boarded or pasted up, and art exhibitions certainly make them look brighter. One office block is even being used temporarily for a film set.
The key point for landlords is that they pay full business rates on properties that have been empty for more than three months, but if they let them to charities, they get 80% off. Many art exhibitions qualify as charities.
Arts Council England helps to fund the rent from the artists' side.
"The premises are being used for public benefit, we're brightening up areas that are standing empty and helping to change the image, and we get the resource that we can give artists to use," said Ken Stratford, operations manager at Leeds-based East Street Arts.
Looks like good business all round to me.
The article refers to an artist's exhibition in Leeds, but it is happening in Newcastle and elsewhere too. The recession left many high street stores empty, boarded or pasted up, and art exhibitions certainly make them look brighter. One office block is even being used temporarily for a film set.
The key point for landlords is that they pay full business rates on properties that have been empty for more than three months, but if they let them to charities, they get 80% off. Many art exhibitions qualify as charities.
Arts Council England helps to fund the rent from the artists' side.
"The premises are being used for public benefit, we're brightening up areas that are standing empty and helping to change the image, and we get the resource that we can give artists to use," said Ken Stratford, operations manager at Leeds-based East Street Arts.
Looks like good business all round to me.
Friday, 17 June 2011
Water Heater installation
Offering installations on a complete range of gas furnaces, Friesen’s is a leading heating and furnace Installation Company. Based in Alberta, the company serves Calgary and Edmonton, particularly looking for homeowners looking for value for money in their home heating costs.
The company’s single stage hi-efficient installed furnace operates at up to 97% Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE). This can reduce home heating gas consumption by up to 40%.
Getting the best water heater installation is a prime target in these days of environmental targets and money difficulties.
Friesen’s has been in the gas-fired furnace business since 1999, and it can diagnose and repair all makes and models. Friesen’s also has a ‘fixed right or it’s free’ policy, to give you peace of mind.
Water heater installation is understood by Friesen’s who promise a same-day installation service for orders before noon.
No wonder Friesen’s was named “Service Provider of the Year”.
The company’s single stage hi-efficient installed furnace operates at up to 97% Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE). This can reduce home heating gas consumption by up to 40%.
Getting the best water heater installation is a prime target in these days of environmental targets and money difficulties.
Friesen’s has been in the gas-fired furnace business since 1999, and it can diagnose and repair all makes and models. Friesen’s also has a ‘fixed right or it’s free’ policy, to give you peace of mind.
Water heater installation is understood by Friesen’s who promise a same-day installation service for orders before noon.
No wonder Friesen’s was named “Service Provider of the Year”.
Wine club
Membership of the Hemispheres Wine Club enables you to receive bottles of top quality wine made by the best wine makers. With an expert who tastes each wine be visiting each winery, the club offers an exciting array of wines from around the world.
All membership levels at the wine club give you access to excellent wines and you will come to appreciate the detail of every bottle you receive.
The Hemisphere Wine Guild is a co-operative which aims to supply unique and less obvious wine of the highest quality at competitive prices. Membership is by subscription.
Members of the wine club in Canada will receive wines and education about wines in a country where importing wine has its own special difficulties. That is where the wine club gains its advantage, by opening the world of wine to its members.
All membership levels at the wine club give you access to excellent wines and you will come to appreciate the detail of every bottle you receive.
The Hemisphere Wine Guild is a co-operative which aims to supply unique and less obvious wine of the highest quality at competitive prices. Membership is by subscription.
Members of the wine club in Canada will receive wines and education about wines in a country where importing wine has its own special difficulties. That is where the wine club gains its advantage, by opening the world of wine to its members.
Inventory control software
Kornyk Computer Solutions International (KCSI) has as its purpose the delivery of cost effective, quality and scalable solutions to help its clients produce excellent business results with its inventory control software. Founded in 1997, the company now has thousands of clients around the world in industries as wide and varied as the military, schools, hospitals and factories.
KCSI has its headquarters in British Columbia, but its professional IT services reach out across the globe, with software development, website services, search engine optimisation and advertising campaigns. KCSI likes to build strategic partnerships over the long term with its partners.
By analysing the business processes of its customers KCSI can tailor its products and services to suit, including its inventory control software.
Results are guaranteed with KCSI’s full-range of solutions for accounting, sales, time management, web, e-commerce and interactive services.
KCSI has its headquarters in British Columbia, but its professional IT services reach out across the globe, with software development, website services, search engine optimisation and advertising campaigns. KCSI likes to build strategic partnerships over the long term with its partners.
By analysing the business processes of its customers KCSI can tailor its products and services to suit, including its inventory control software.
Results are guaranteed with KCSI’s full-range of solutions for accounting, sales, time management, web, e-commerce and interactive services.
Cheap flights
Escapes.ca has the aim of providing cheap flights with the best value service.
The company’s user-friendly website enables travellers to book flights are the lowest possible rate, but travel experts are also on-hand to help.
By using Escapes.ca there is no need to shop around for cheap flights because the flights and vacation packages are the best available from Canada’s best-known tour operators and vacation wholesalers. As well as cheap flights, cruises with major and niche-market cruise companies are also available.
The company has a proud vacation tradition, dating back to 2001, and there are specialists available to help you get the best-value vacation, and to help you with travel tips and information.
Holidays available come from – among others – Signature Vacations, Transat Holidays, Air Canada Vacations, Sunwing Vacations, Sunquest Vacations and Westjet Vacations.
If you want excellent service, knowledgeable experts and cheap flights then Escapes.ca is the place to go.
The company’s user-friendly website enables travellers to book flights are the lowest possible rate, but travel experts are also on-hand to help.
By using Escapes.ca there is no need to shop around for cheap flights because the flights and vacation packages are the best available from Canada’s best-known tour operators and vacation wholesalers. As well as cheap flights, cruises with major and niche-market cruise companies are also available.
The company has a proud vacation tradition, dating back to 2001, and there are specialists available to help you get the best-value vacation, and to help you with travel tips and information.
Holidays available come from – among others – Signature Vacations, Transat Holidays, Air Canada Vacations, Sunwing Vacations, Sunquest Vacations and Westjet Vacations.
If you want excellent service, knowledgeable experts and cheap flights then Escapes.ca is the place to go.
Basketball training
Basketball training is critical for players to play intelligent basketball and PGC Basketball provides just the training needed for high school, college and professional players.
Student-athletes are taught to train with purpose, to be coaches on court, and leaders in games, practices, out of season, and in everyday life. Beyond being an average basketball camp, PGC camps are like universities, with basketball at the core.
Prep School for junior high and freshman high school varsity basketball players is an ideal introduction to PGC for younger students, putting them on the right path to becoming successful high school varsity players.
PGC is a must for players and coaches who want to push their game to a higher level.
Prep School summer basketball training camps is about basketball – and much more, instilling character and leadership qualities into students. It’s an experience not to be missed by would-be basketball players.
Student-athletes are taught to train with purpose, to be coaches on court, and leaders in games, practices, out of season, and in everyday life. Beyond being an average basketball camp, PGC camps are like universities, with basketball at the core.
Prep School for junior high and freshman high school varsity basketball players is an ideal introduction to PGC for younger students, putting them on the right path to becoming successful high school varsity players.
PGC is a must for players and coaches who want to push their game to a higher level.
Prep School summer basketball training camps is about basketball – and much more, instilling character and leadership qualities into students. It’s an experience not to be missed by would-be basketball players.
Eco friendly printing
Increasingly businesses are looking for environmentally friendly products and eco friendly printing is a move in the right direction.
Metropolitan Fine Printers has been recognised as having the most progressive print project for the environment for three years. The company is proud that its print is almost completely greenhouse gas-free. It has also obtained Forest Stewardship Council and is a 100% Carbon-Free Plant.
The policy at Metropolitan is to address environmental issues and the firm takes its responsibility very seriously. Eco friendly printing doesn’t come easily and extensive research has led to Carbon Neutrality with Pacific Carbon Trust.
Presses are cleaned with recycled material which then ends up being used as alternative fuel. Sister company EIS has managed to increase the life of printing blankets by 400%.
Metropolitan chooses its partners carefully to ensure they are also environmentally friendly. For example, MET ENVIRO UV Inks uses enviro-liquids and recycled paper stock.
People at Metropolitan operate strict procedures to protect the environment from risk. Reduction, re-use and recycling are not just words at Metropolitan.
Metropolitan Fine Printers has been recognised as having the most progressive print project for the environment for three years. The company is proud that its print is almost completely greenhouse gas-free. It has also obtained Forest Stewardship Council and is a 100% Carbon-Free Plant.
The policy at Metropolitan is to address environmental issues and the firm takes its responsibility very seriously. Eco friendly printing doesn’t come easily and extensive research has led to Carbon Neutrality with Pacific Carbon Trust.
Presses are cleaned with recycled material which then ends up being used as alternative fuel. Sister company EIS has managed to increase the life of printing blankets by 400%.
Metropolitan chooses its partners carefully to ensure they are also environmentally friendly. For example, MET ENVIRO UV Inks uses enviro-liquids and recycled paper stock.
People at Metropolitan operate strict procedures to protect the environment from risk. Reduction, re-use and recycling are not just words at Metropolitan.
Mining company in Canada
A mining company in Canada is running the Taysan Project in the Philippines, exploring for advanced copper-gold porphyry deposits.
Located on the island of Luzon, 100km south of Manila, in the Batangas Province, the project also comprises the Antipolo Epithermal Gold Mine.
Modern exploration began in this area in 1968, with most of the work concentrating on resources definition drilling and assessment of the deposits to be found. Such work has found various concentrations of gold and copper in the 11,254 hectare area, and feasibility studies have been undertaken by HBP Engineering and Pincock Allen & Holt. High grade copper concentrate with gold, silver and magnetite are products expected to be mind at the Project.
The mining company in Canada, based in Vancouver, hopes that the mine will have a working life span of 25 years with a payback in three years.
Located on the island of Luzon, 100km south of Manila, in the Batangas Province, the project also comprises the Antipolo Epithermal Gold Mine.
Modern exploration began in this area in 1968, with most of the work concentrating on resources definition drilling and assessment of the deposits to be found. Such work has found various concentrations of gold and copper in the 11,254 hectare area, and feasibility studies have been undertaken by HBP Engineering and Pincock Allen & Holt. High grade copper concentrate with gold, silver and magnetite are products expected to be mind at the Project.
The mining company in Canada, based in Vancouver, hopes that the mine will have a working life span of 25 years with a payback in three years.
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Improving unemployment figures mask other truths
UK unemployment fell by 88,000 in the period February to April to 2.43 million.
On the face of it this appears to be good news, especially as it was the biggest drop since summer 2000.
However, it masks another truth: that the number of claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance was up by 19,600 to 1.49 million. Not all good news, then.
The official unemployment figure is – interestingly – based only on a survey, and has been diverging from the jobseeker number for a number of months.
Unsurprisingly earnings growth slowed down during the same three month period, with earnings rising by only an annual rate 2%. At a time when the latest inflation figure was 4.5% (May), this emphasis the hard times Brits are going through right now.
Whether mass strikes by 750,000 public sector workers potentially coming up will help this situation is debatable (and the reasons are not for earnings or job losses), but it is easy to see why frustrations are rising.
On the face of it this appears to be good news, especially as it was the biggest drop since summer 2000.
However, it masks another truth: that the number of claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance was up by 19,600 to 1.49 million. Not all good news, then.
The official unemployment figure is – interestingly – based only on a survey, and has been diverging from the jobseeker number for a number of months.
Unsurprisingly earnings growth slowed down during the same three month period, with earnings rising by only an annual rate 2%. At a time when the latest inflation figure was 4.5% (May), this emphasis the hard times Brits are going through right now.
Whether mass strikes by 750,000 public sector workers potentially coming up will help this situation is debatable (and the reasons are not for earnings or job losses), but it is easy to see why frustrations are rising.
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Ideal opportunities are few and far between
Occasionally an opportunity comes along that looks ideal.
I have just seen an opportunity for a "sports content writer", and the requirement was for writing on sports, and especially on UK football (soccer) [so, just football, then]. Excellent, right up my street.
They wanted so much writing that it would apparently have filled 40 hours a week. Wow, that's a lot of writing.
However, the pay was poor, very poor: only £5-£6 an hour.
I'm not sure who they would expect to write articles for that money; and I'm not sure what quality of writing they would expect.
Such a pity. Another apparently ideal opportunity gone with the wind!
I have just seen an opportunity for a "sports content writer", and the requirement was for writing on sports, and especially on UK football (soccer) [so, just football, then]. Excellent, right up my street.
They wanted so much writing that it would apparently have filled 40 hours a week. Wow, that's a lot of writing.
However, the pay was poor, very poor: only £5-£6 an hour.
I'm not sure who they would expect to write articles for that money; and I'm not sure what quality of writing they would expect.
Such a pity. Another apparently ideal opportunity gone with the wind!
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
FIFA cabal reflects business management
FIFA is reflective of many businesses in the way it runs itself.
I'm not saying that FIFA is corrupt in this blog, but having just watched a part of the FIFA Congress on live video streaming, it does strike me that most of the delegates are not interested in even finding out if FIFA IS corrupt. They just want to all vote themselves back in and crack on with their cozy cabal.
Similar occurrences happen in business. We have all seen fellow workers be promoted to managerial level and suddenly change their long-held views. Where previously they agree with the stance of the general staff, now they agree with what they'd disagreed with for so long!
Are they in the proectorate all of a sudden?
Now, if they rattle the cage, they'll be swiftly pushed out. Fall in line, or find another one.
It happens in business and it happens in FIFA. They all seem to be protecting their own positions rather than seeking the truth.
I'm not saying that FIFA is corrupt in this blog, but having just watched a part of the FIFA Congress on live video streaming, it does strike me that most of the delegates are not interested in even finding out if FIFA IS corrupt. They just want to all vote themselves back in and crack on with their cozy cabal.
Similar occurrences happen in business. We have all seen fellow workers be promoted to managerial level and suddenly change their long-held views. Where previously they agree with the stance of the general staff, now they agree with what they'd disagreed with for so long!
Are they in the proectorate all of a sudden?
Now, if they rattle the cage, they'll be swiftly pushed out. Fall in line, or find another one.
It happens in business and it happens in FIFA. They all seem to be protecting their own positions rather than seeking the truth.
Monday, 16 May 2011
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Tax-free mileage rate has increased for this tax year
It may have escaped the notice of UK tax payers, and especially those who run their own businesses.
The rate of tax-free mileage allowances for using your own vehicle for business purposes have changed for tax year 2011-2012.
For example, for cars and vans, for the first 10,000 miles in a year, the rate has increased from 40p to 45p a mile.
This is an important changes and long overude, given the huge increases in petrol and diesel prices in recent years.
If you run your own business and do any miles on its behalf in your own vehicle, then claim the miles back from your business into your own pocket at this rate. The change applied from 6 April 2012.
For more detail see http://www.cmbpartners.co.uk/budget2011/tax_free_mileage.html.
The rate of tax-free mileage allowances for using your own vehicle for business purposes have changed for tax year 2011-2012.
For example, for cars and vans, for the first 10,000 miles in a year, the rate has increased from 40p to 45p a mile.
This is an important changes and long overude, given the huge increases in petrol and diesel prices in recent years.
If you run your own business and do any miles on its behalf in your own vehicle, then claim the miles back from your business into your own pocket at this rate. The change applied from 6 April 2012.
For more detail see http://www.cmbpartners.co.uk/budget2011/tax_free_mileage.html.
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