BeeCraft podcast
BeeCraft podcast of me talking about being the first blind person to chair a beekeeping Association:
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From HMRC: Protecting the rights of seasonal workers – a joint HMRC NMW, EAS and GLAA webinar
Dear customer, Paying the National Minimum Wage (NMW) correctly and protecting your workers’ rights is a vital part of employing seasonal workers. We know it isn’t always straightforward, and mistakes are easy to make. HMRC, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority…
Game for a pie?
Delicious hot and excellent cold. No idea how much game (a bag of venison and another of mixed) plus sausage meat to line the hot-water pastry and there was a pie weighing in at about 5kg! It really took no…
Two blind bakers.
Fellow blind veteran and I had a happy morning creating 20 delicious apple cakes. Although Will is a dab hand in the kitchen after his catering training in the Territorial Army, cakes were a different venture. We used my tried-and-tested…
New machine vs the law?
Just bought a fabulous new washing machine from a very famous German manufacturer. Huge capacity and wonderful washing. But… Absolutely appalling controls. Very sensitive touch buttons that are so easy to activate inadvertently when brushing past the machine, emptying it…
Hot air?
The birthday balloon remains banished to the downstairs loo. After all these weeks, the helium is struggling. I learned, years ago, of the consequences of free-wheeling balloons: sensors triggered; alarm goes off; police with dogs arrive! Ever since, as much…
Christmas is just about here!
We’ve been getting in the mood: trees are up and decorated, every present wrapped, (most) cards sent and the pudding and cake made. Last weekend was a joyous lunch for nearly 30 friends (though some had to bale out with…
Blind veteran leads local beekeepers.
Former Royal Navy Commander and barrister, Penny Melville-Brown, was elected as the Chairman of the Fareham and District Beekeepers’ Association last week. The hives of over 100 members of this thriving organisation stretch from the coast at Gosport to the…
Latest from HMRC: Checkout the pension bit
Paying voluntary National Insurance Contributions could boost your State Pension Help people increase their State Pension by sharing important information about filling gaps in their National Insurance (NI) records. People have until 5 April 2025 to make voluntary contributions to…
Dining James Martin style.
A total surprise and I couldn’t understand why the sous-chef had been so insistent that I had a haircut. An early birthday (and Christmas) present. A special dinner cooked by James Martin and his team at the lavishly posh…