BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 15 Oct 20 - 04:10 PM

Notification of change in code number received yesterday, which included working at home expenses of £312.

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 07 Oct 20 - 10:26 AM

"the social banter of a workplace is not insignificant in social well-being"

I agree, there are only 5 of us but I did miss the social banter while working at home from end March to beginning of August. It was great however to have a just a 30 second walk from breakfast chair to my PC.

Now, I move my car, put my wife's car in it's place to keep the space on the road, then 15 minutes drive and a further 10 minutes to find a parking space, then up to 10 minutes to walk to the office. If I'm first in, then I carry out sanitising duties!

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: Mr Red
Date: 07 Oct 20 - 04:06 AM

shopping is often referred to as retail therapy

and that didn't come out of nowhere. impulse buying is a close cousin.

The commute to work and the social banter of a workplace is not insignificant in social well-being.

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: BobL
Date: 07 Oct 20 - 03:06 AM

...buying things they always wanted but could never justify...

until they're stuck at home all day, and might actually use them.

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: DMcG
Date: 06 Oct 20 - 07:23 AM

I hate to raise the 'B' word, but it is also possible people who were thinking of changing their car in the next year or two have decided to head of any post-January price rises.

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: Mr Red
Date: 06 Oct 20 - 03:18 AM

or they are impulse buying things they always wanted but could never justify,

justifying to themselves with the savings in commute costs. Or is it panic buying?

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 05 Oct 20 - 05:38 PM

The effects box that really interests me is the Electroharmonix Riddle Qballs, which has a very interesting circuit!!

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 05 Oct 20 - 02:13 PM

.. or they are impulse buying things they always wanted but could never justify,
because who know how many more weeks any of us have left before trumpist covidiots kill us...

IE.. Sod the credit card, I just bought a new expensive Fuzz Box
I always fancied adding to my pedal board...

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: DMcG
Date: 05 Oct 20 - 03:30 AM

A friend visited on Saturday who works in a car showroom. He tells me they have taken three times as much so far this year than they did last year, even though there is still a quarter to go. It is hard to explain why but he suggested part of it is could be the amount people are saving by working at home rather than commuting into London.

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: BobL
Date: 05 Oct 20 - 03:08 AM

Were I not now a gentleman of leisure, working from home would have saved me £6 a day in transport costs.

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 04 Oct 20 - 07:05 AM

Claim here for the allowance.

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 04 Oct 20 - 05:45 AM

What I do suggest is that a proportion of the penalties which will be levied on businesses having made fraudulent Furlough claims, or have made errors in claims, is passed on to the charities commission for distribution.

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 04 Oct 20 - 04:19 AM

No, we only donate to certain cancer charities.

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: The Sandman
Date: 04 Oct 20 - 04:14 AM

charity begins at home, bonzo , go on give the asylum seelers a little of your money, they may be fleeing from authoritarian regimes, they may be like priti patel[another refugee] wanting to be part of the capitalist system

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 04 Oct 20 - 02:52 AM

Not appropriate.

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: The Sandman
Date: 04 Oct 20 - 02:49 AM

i would have thought a patriot like yourself would be donating it to a charity helping asylum seekers

Subject: RE: BS: Working at home - covid 19 - UK
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 04 Oct 20 - 02:19 AM

By the way, you can only claim this allowance if your employer requires you to work at home. The rates are £4 per week prior to 05/04/20 and £6 per week thereafter.

Subject: BS: Working at home - covid 19
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 03 Oct 20 - 11:48 AM

If you were (are) required to work at home because of Covid 19, and your employer does not reimburse you additional expenses incurred, you can claim, through a Government Gateway account, expenses of £6 per week against your income, without any requirement to provide backup, which will be given for the rest of the tax year 2020/2021.

Don't waste it!!