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    Not so green after all?

    Food for thought that Solar isn’t the answer? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65602519
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    My Diesel Claim?

    has anybody used/tried this? just had a look and its a No Win, No Fee jobby, and should you win they guarantee you 50% of your winnings??? I dont remember them contributing to the cost of the van when i brought it? I am going to have to come up with some fictious scam which is perceived to be...
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    shafted again!!!

    My ECS card ran out in February so thought I best renew it. So chose the option to do it in the comfort of my own home with my own laptop at a convenient time (10.15pm last night). The H&S test is 50 questions, at a cost of £54. Having successfully passed, i then had to renew the card. Renewal...
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    Accounting software?

    so I have gone limited and thinking perhaps it was the wrong decision????? My costs have gone through the roof, accountants want £3500 per annum! And want to force me to use cloud acounting software (Xero). So does anyone have any suggestions? Is it benficial, cost efficient, does it make your...
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    Havells RCBO?

    Team, I am looking for a Havells 20A type C RCBO for the PowerSAFE range, seems like there equivalent is hens teeth, any help much appreciated (@kerching just have a look in the back of beyond in any one of your sheds!!) thanks ALL
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    New house alarm?

    So I have wired for a house alarm but which one to buy? Any recommendations? I had thought about a wireless system but changing batteries wasn’t something I was keen on. So pre wired during build programme for a wired system, have installed the accenta and Texecom before, thought they were...
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    It’s that time of year again Van insurance due

    So who are we using and can recommend? My current mob want to double the premium with the only change being I am now ltd not sole trader. Any recommendations welcomed.
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    It had to happen!

    So road tax is seemingly nothing to do with emissions?? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63660321
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    Another reason to avoid Smart!

    Wow, whose lost control now…….. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63554879
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    Sub Main singles.

    Guys just after clarification. Is it ok to run 185mm2 singles around a switch room from main isolator to panel, distance 6m, on a tray, only there is no route for trunking? The singles are double insulated or is it sheath and insulation separates?
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    How are we all coping?

    So thought I’d ask the collective family how we are all doing through these uncertain and expensive times? Energy prices - seems ridiculous putting a cap in place as it’s not fixed at all! Cost of goods is in the ascent Inflation is out of control and dare I say interest rates will be...
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    Here it comes?

    Is this the beginning of back door control and the true reason for ‘smart’ meters? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62626908
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    Costing jobs?

    Does anyone use a SPONS electrical pricing guide book for costing the larger jobs? Or any alternative guide book for that matter? I have recently been offered some larger contracts which will involve a team of labour as opposed to just myself, so was looking for some quicker pricing methods. I...
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    So are trains the Carbon Answer?

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/next-stop-net-zero-on-the-trains-that-suck-carbon-out-of-the-air/ar-AAZN4vi?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=035276bf452148c1bd2089bf42b4e1a1 interesting?
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    So is this the Answer to all our problems?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61996520 Thoughts??
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    So will the ICE be banned or not?

    Maybe we will not have to go fully electric after all? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/61942876
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    Is this the way forward……

    Or is it environmentally wrong as it’s increasing plastic usage? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61644033
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    Backwards step?

    So is this the end of the surge to buy EV’s? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61795693 Or is this how the Government put it all onto us to buy these, as they have with the Solar Pv, solar started out with FITS and incentives and that has all but gone so the onus is for us (the public) to...
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    Well it seems pointless working these days?

    So with all the rising costs and inflation though the roof Boris has come up with a cunning plan, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61739816 So why work? Allow the state to support you and pay for your home? Which you could sell once they’ve brought it? Am I the only one seeing the...
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    New EV charging?

    Not seen this before? Street light charging?
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