What holds women back worldwide? Hot topics: Balancing work and family, working in research and agriculture, the risks of disability, gender equality and empowerment. Take some time for yourself, put your feet up and join our international conference at 1030…
Dear customer, The National Minimum Wag…
New ‘Help for Hustles’ campaign HMRC has launched a new ‘Help for Hustles’ campaign this month to help those earning extra income through side hustles to get their tax right.What is a ‘side hustle’?A ‘side hustle’ describes ways of…
I thought I’d share last week’s fun and games with you to offer a smile: Will (another local blind veteran), Lesley with whom I joined the WRNS nearly 48 years ago plus Sally (an even older friend) were all here. …
Dear ANWG members, The HMRC Stakeholder Digest provides a monthly round-up of our latest news and updates. We’d be grateful if you would share relevant information with your clients or members. The January 2025 digest includes: Filling National Insurance gaps…
BeeCraft podcast of me talking about being the first blind person to chair a beekeeping Association:
Dear customer, Paying the National Minimum Wage (NMW) correctly and protecting your workers’ rights is a vital part of employing seasonal workers. We know it isn’t always straightforward, and mistakes are easy to make. HMRC, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority…
Delicious hot and excellent cold. No idea how much game (a bag of venison and another of mixed) plus sausage meat to line the hot-water pastry and there was a pie weighing in at about 5kg! It really took no…
Fellow blind veteran and I had a happy morning creating 20 delicious apple cakes. Although Will is a dab hand in the kitchen after his catering training in the Territorial Army, cakes were a different venture. We used my tried-and-tested…
Just bought a fabulous new washing machine from a very famous German manufacturer. Huge capacity and wonderful washing. But… Absolutely appalling controls. Very sensitive touch buttons that are so easy to activate inadvertently when brushing past the machine, emptying it…
