April 1st

[shaunbhoy]

Only taxpayers in England pay, a great many of whom are NOT English.

ftfy

[OwlHoot]

You need to get a smaller office and make everyone work at home if possible.

That's what my client does and a few other people's employers I know do. That means when you do go into an office you don't have a desk and have to find someone who isn't in to use.

Or become "cuckoos in the nest" at clients' offices. In the past I've worked for small clients whose own offices are barely larger than broom cupboards, because they contrive to base themselves pretty much entirely and full time in their clients' offices (which is often an advantage for the clients as well, as support is prompt).

[tarbera]

Only the English pay.

That's ok then

[SueEllen]

NHS Prescriptions: Standard prescriptions will go up 20p from £8.40 to £8.60.

Do jockos now pay 20p now ? Or still paid by the English ?

Only the English pay.

[jamesbrown]

Why do you micro manage your staff?

Squirrels need D&C.

[tarbera]

NHS Prescriptions: Standard prescriptions will go up 20p from £8.40 to £8.60.

Do jockos now pay 20p now ? Or still paid by the English ?

[SueEllen]

Nah

Why do you micro manage your staff?

[SueEllen]

Interesting that IBM have recently reversed its home-working policy

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/0...l_companywide/

Interesting way of doing redundancies.

It may not actually work though. I know some ex-IBMers and many went years without pay rises. When that didn't work to make people to get other jobs they had to make them redundant.

[AtW]

You need to get a smaller office and make everyone work at home if possible.

That's what my client does and a few other people's employers I know do. That means when you do go into an office you don't have a desk and have to find someone who isn't in to use.

Nah

[Platypus]

Interesting that IBM have recently reversed its home-working policy

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/0...l_companywide/

[SueEllen]

Business rates increases:

You need to get a smaller office and make everyone work at home if possible.

That's what my client does and a few other people's employers I know do. That means when you do go into an office you don't have a desk and have to find someone who isn't in to use.

[AtW]

Business rates increases:

[darmstadt]

Not a joke:

NHS Prescriptions: Standard prescriptions will go up 20p from £8.40 to £8.60.

TV licences: The price of watching television has increased by £1.50 to £147.

Council tax: Increases will vary between authorities but some bills could rise as much as five per cent.

Water bills: Households in England and Wales will be charged an average £395 for their water and sewerage over the coming year - an increase of £6.

Car tax: Vehicle Excise Duty, a tax placed on car purchases, will now apply to small cars with lower CO2 emissions.

Mobile phone bills: Three networks are hiking charges. EE customers will see a 2.5 per cent rise and O2 customers will have a 2.6 per cent increase. Both rises are in line with retail prices index (RPI) changes made earlier in the year. Furthermore, Vodafone customers who signed up after 5 May 2016 will be subject to a 3.2 per cent price rise, also because of RPI.

Postage stamps: First class stamps will cost a penny more, bringing them to 65p.

Energy bills: The Co-op is increasing the cost of its standard variable tariff by an average of five per cent from 1 April, adding an estimated £58 a year to bills. Scottish Power has also announced that from the end of March, standard dual fuel prices will increase by an average of 7.8 per cent. NPower has hiked gas and electricity prices by 9.8 per cent - a move adding around £109 to annual dual fuel bills. E.On price rises won’t kick in until April 26 but the company is set to increase its standard variable dual fuel prices by an average of 8.8 per cent.