Mr Yodel agreed a price with a customer for a bathroom refit. Work commenced, but there was a disagreement over some minor detail with the result that the customer told Mr Y to stop the work. Despite...
A friend of my son's was stopped on his motorbike by the police and, not having any insurance, his bike was impounded. He'told me that he now has 7 days to provide proof of insurance, or his motorbike...
Under VAT rules, if I deliver goods to a customer today but don't send them an invoice until the end of the month, should the tax date on the invoice be 3rd January or 31st January, or doesn't it...
We're looking for a supplier of log cabins in the Midlands, the type that are delivered in kit form and you put it together yourself. I can find loads of online suppliers, but would really like to...
Have just bought and iDect X1 cordless phone but the instruction manual is missing from the box. I can't work out how to set the time on the handset, so if anyone can advise how to do this I'd be very...
If a tree on my property is blown over in strong winds and falls onto a neighbour's property causing damage, am I in any way liable for the damage? Or is it an act of God for which the neighbour can...
The exterior walls of our house are prone to damp seeping through in very wet weather. We thought the solution might be to have them rendered. So far we have had two quotes: as the bricks are...
When the building society automatically deducts tax from the interest on your savings, do they always deduct it at the basic rate of tax, or do they deduct it at 40% if you're a higher rate tax payer?
My partner's 9-year old daughter spends alternate weekends with us. Last time she had an upset tummy following the visit, and this weekend she gave us an edict from her mother about what we're...
I'm thinking of buying a house to do up and sell on. I'd have to borrow about 80% of the purchase price of the property. Can anyone please advise if it's best to borrow from a normal mortgage lender,...
Can anyone please advise what are the best colours to use when designing a GUI application that contains colour-coded information. I wanted to use red/yellow/green but a colleague who is colour-blind...
In March I finally managed to pay off the remaining balance on my mortgage (hooray!). I rang the building society to get a settlement figure and paid it off same day via a CHAPS transfer. Now they've...
I bought a new Hoover fridge/freezer a short while ago, and it's a noisy so-and-so. You can't hear it running, but it's forever clicking and cracking - as if the material it's made of is constantly...
I'm trying to find out the source of a deposit in my bank account from 3 years ago. Looking on the bank statement for the month in question the Payment Type column is blank - that's the column that...
Flying to Malaga airport on Saturday and need to get to La Cala de Mijas by taxi. Is it best to pre-book a private transfer on one of the many websites, or just get a taxi from the rank outside the...
My partner runs his business as a one-man limited company, of which he is sole director. He takes his director's salary once or twice a year, but there's no tax or NI liability as the amount is below...