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King eligible for Blue Parking badge?

Three cheers for King Charles for telling us about his cancer.   It’s taken enormous courage and bravery to acknowledge his diagnosis, the treatment and the impact on his life. Many millions of other people know about getting a life-changing health…

As January draws to a close…

Hurrah!  Massive congratulations to the sous-chef for completing his January “Run your Age” challenge for Age UK with a day to spare.  Not only has he gathered a bit of sponsorship for the charity but he has overcome…

Treading carefully.

Making progress.  Good news: the hospital bed and all the other paraphernalia has gone back and, hurrah!, I’ve actually walked down the front path to the gate.  It was my first venture outside since 18 September last year.  Visiting nurse…

January rambles.

Hot stuff.  The sous-chef is still pounding out his daily quota as he runs his age.  Sponsorship welcomed at  and all goes to Age UK.  He’s the only person I know who runs in cashmere!   Right first…

Latest News and Information from HMRC

Read the latest news and information from HMRC here: At the Autumn Statement in November the government announced a comprehensive set of tax simplification measures to make it easier for businesses and individuals to interact with the tax system.   Following…

Happy January

Running for Age UK. The sous-chef’s challenge for January this year: running his very considerable age. The combination of an old serious injury plus his very ancient years means that he’ll use most of the month to reach the distance.…

Sixty years on.

Just finished Mickey Spillane’s book “The Snake” (published 1964).   Staggering attitudes towards how men and women interacted: lantern-jawed, monosyllabic Mike Hammer resisting sex before marriage while relishing Velda’s provocative repeated disrobing.   No wonder young men had such skewed attitudes towards…

Latest news from HMRC

Latest news and updates Self assessments We’re changing how we let Self Assessment customers and their agents know we’ve issued a Self Assessment BACS electronic repayment. There is no change to the repayment process itself, so customers will still receive…

New Year Greetings.

Season’s kisses.   Howard arrived with this huge bunch of mistletoe just before Christmas.   It’s hanging in the kitchen ready for kissing duties and he took some of the berries to press into the bark of the ancient apple trees.   Perhaps…

Tax Self-Assessment – Help available

Help with your tax return is available from HMRC. See their latest bulletin below: Dear customer, We can offer online help if you still need to send us your tax return or make a payment for 2022 to 2023. If…

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