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    Do you pay staff for there dinner breaks?

    When I was self employed I billed from time on farm to time off farm, was agreed with everyone I worked for and all were happy with it. But I never took the pee and didn't drag things out. In haulage now and where I am we get paid fully from card in to card out (Owner is meticulus in this and...
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    Best way too get insurance for a young driver.

    Daughter got a 2010 Pug 207 1.6 dieselin April last year (nice and cheap as elder sister was upgrading and we got it for the trade in value), learner insurance was £230 for a year. Passed end August cost another £1300 to upgrade and have black box, but was cheapest option at the time plus the...
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    Unused holiday entitlements

    Don't think anyones saying that. Some of it is that, under employmet law, they cannot pay for untaken holiday plain and simple, but also they should be encouraging and keeping track of holidays so they are taken, All depends on the employer. As an example, my current employer has recently been...
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    Unused holiday entitlements

    This is taken from the Govt website regarding statutory minimum holiday entitlement: The way I understand it, and have been told by several employers in the past, is that they cannot pay for any untaken holiday. As for rolling it over, thats all down to whats in your contract. At my current...
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    Electricity tariffs/Prices

    Was with Bionic for the last contract, and they tried to get me to tie into one in March this year with a start date of Jan 24. Held off and have had a bad experience with them since regarding lack of returned calls. Relation also had similar with a quoted Eon price from them which was bettered...
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    Sugar beet price 2024

    This is 100% correct, but also farmers are very good at not sticking together and then flooding a rising market, before complaining that the price has tanked again. Wheat price goes high, everyone plants extra and following harvest there's a glut again and it falls, same with milk or any...
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    Ad Plant Hit By Lightning

    Quite a bit of maize is stored on supplying farms and then reclamped when required. Have moved quite a bit to various plants from farmers clamps and the main site at Burton Joyce throughout the entire year.
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    Electricity tariffs/Prices

    Current online quote from Scottish power for 6000Kwh/yrs 3 tarrif meter current deal ends Jan 24 1yr 27.92 d 25.02e&w 21.87n 73.66sc 2yr 28.78d 25.75e&w 22.69n 73.66sc 3yr 28.86d 25.76e&w 22.82n 73.66sc EDF 1yr 27.1d 25.5e&w 22.8n 60sc 2yr 27.5d 25.9e&w 23.2n 60sc 3yr 28.9d 27.3e&w 24.6n 60sc...
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    Would a McConnell PA24…..

    I'm guessing from looking at pictures that it's just a hydraulic driven version of a PA22? We have a 22 and from new it was on a 885 for many years with no issues as all, bit sketchy on some banks, but get the same feelings now on the same banks with it on a 1394
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    Blimey, this is going to make things difficult

    I'm an ex farmer whowas brought up on a family farm not big enough to support extra wages so went lorry driving, then ran the farm for 10 years after my parents passed away. All rented out to a neighbour (who I still help occasionally) and now driver a Walking floor HGV on recycling work full...
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    Blimey, this is going to make things difficult

    Come on @roscoe erf , you know as well as me that all DVSA and Plod will take this as gospel now. Mainly becasue they know just how complicated and expensive it would be for anyone to prove them wrong
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    Blimey, this is going to make things difficult

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/securing-loads-on-hgvs-and-goods-vehicles When you transport goods in a heavy goods vehicle (HGV), trailer, van or car, you need to make sure they are loaded, transported and unloaded safely. This code of practice will help you: follow the law decide the best way...
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    Blimey, this is going to make things difficult

    Yes its says 'Goods Vehicles', the police will use this as a guide for ALL vehicles plain and simple. They're not bothered and will quite willingly allow you to go to court and try and prove them wrong, because they know not many will be willing to take it that far. Already seeing posts on...
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    Blimey, this is going to make things difficult

    You will find that the Police and DVSA will use this a gospel for ANY vehicle that is carrying a load regardless of what it is from car and trailer to a HGV.
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    Farmers earn more from YouTube than their crops

    On all the threading Curtis does he just reverses the lathe back to the begining, never a chance of getting the wrong timing then.
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    Tap and die set anyone!

    I've got this set, its took some abuse and still all ok https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/cht303-28-pce-tap-die-set/
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    Glastonbury dairy farm

    1 of 20 130cuyd loads from Download Festival at a recycling facility the week after. 2 360 grabs picking through for tents and poles so the rest could go through the sorting plant. Everything ws just thrown in with no sorting at source, ie bags full of cans, food waste, tents, sleeping bags etc...
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    Running your own HGV

    Very rare you'll find a 40hrs week over here, most drivers hit that by Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Max payable hours on a 5 day week is 71 (assuming you work for a decent firm who don't deduct breaks otherwise its around 67). Most will be earning around £35-45k/year, some heading nearer...
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    Running your own HGV

    Best class 1 rate you could get around here was £17 last year, most are now back to around £12/13. I.m on £13.39 an hour plus a %bonus every 4 weeks meaning I'm on around £16 on a walking floor tramping all week averaging around 60 hours. I'm happy with it as paying all bills and having a nice...
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    HS2

    You seriously believe that. They couldn't organise a pee up in a brewery. I left the railway 3 years ago, they had just finished the great western debarcle and because of how far that went over budget, cancelled most other electrification work. So all the talent that had been trained up went...
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