Good morning everyone it's a bit cloudy this morning but it was such a beautiful sunny day yesterday that I really can't complain. I hope your weekend is going well everyone. Good timing on getting your washing dry Moonie.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Cloudy day here and there's been some rain.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning all  

Hope all are sticking in.

Teed up for Marr. Better be good. I still question if he merits £400k for one hours work.

Stay safe one and all.

If that's work   

You could go to town on BBC salaries.

Velvet, I think that may be £400k for the year from the BBC rather than per episode but I may be wrong. Still a lot of money.

Yep, it is a year      

Good morning everyone  

A dull state to the day here. Light rain forecast for this morning then turning cloudy 

I hope you all have a good Sunday and stay safe 

@squiggle posted:

Good morning everyone it's a bit cloudy this morning but it was such a beautiful sunny day yesterday that I really can't complain. I hope your weekend is going well everyone. Good timing on getting your washing dry Moonie.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Sometimes my timing is good squiggle 

Armed police and helicopter called out in Kent due to reports of a tiger on the loose in the countryside:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-52520773

@El Loro posted:

Armed police and helicopter called out in Kent due to reports of a tiger on the loose in the countryside:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-52520773

Evening all 

A lovely, sunny day so Mr Y got on with some painting outdoors.

Hope you have all had a good day 

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

A lovely, sunny day so Mr Y got on with some painting outdoors.

Hope you have all had a good day 

Hi Yogi   
Well done Mr Y 

I did some gardening and a little while ago I hoovered the house from top to bottom and cleaned the kitchen and bathroom floors  

@Moonie posted:

Hi Yogi   
Well done Mr Y 

I did some gardening and a little while ago I hoovered the house from top to bottom and cleaned the kitchen and bathroom floors  

 You’ve been a busy bee

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros 

Hug for the night owls 

@Yogi19 posted:

 You’ve been a busy bee

 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros 

Hug for the night owls 

Makes a change for me 😉

Nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams Yogi, Rosss and and visitors  

night yogi moonsie summer( if you pop in)

Good morning everyone it's a bright morning. My goodness it got cold yesterday, such a contrast to the day before. Let's hope we all get some sunshine today. 

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Much brighter weather here than yesterday - even lillte bits of blue visible through the clouds and will be warmer. Yesterday's weather, as for Squiggle, was cold and total cloud cover.

Moonie, you were busy yesterday

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning all 

A cloudy day, up here. 
There are ants in my house!!! In all the years we have lived here, this is the first time we have had ants in the house. Strangely, they are in the hall, where there is no food. I hate ants, this means war!!

Have a good day and stay safe, everyone 

@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

 

Much brighter weather here than yesterday - even lillte bits of blue visible through the clouds and will be warmer. Yesterday's weather, as for Squiggle, was cold and total cloud cover.

 

Moonie, you were busy yesterday

 

I hope everyone has a good day

Thanks El, one of my better days 

@Yogi19 posted:

Good morning all 

A cloudy day, up here. 
There are ants in my house!!! In all the years we have lived here, this is the first time we have had ants in the house. Strangely, they are in the hall, where there is no food. I hate ants, this means war!!

Have a good day and stay safe, everyone 

Oh, heck Yogi  

I hope you manage to get rid of the ants soon  

Good morning everyone   
Overcast and cold here. Light showers later 

However, washing out so we will see how it goes. It may blow the wet out of it, if nothing else 

Have a great day, all but stay safe 

Yogi, I hope you send those ants packing

Moonie, I hope the rain doesn't come before your washing is dry 

@El Loro posted:

Yogi, I hope you send those ants packing

 

Moonie, I hope the rain doesn't come before your washing is dry 

Thanks El, me too 

Hectic day for me workwise. HMRC now have an online tool for their self-employment income support scheme which they launched today. People can check to see if they are potentially able to male a claim and register their contact details via that online tool. Doesn't say how much the grant is, that will be in the letter HMRC sends.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cl...ncome-support-scheme

has details about this.

Claim system not yet launched but I think the ability to claim will be spread over a few days from 13 May. That is presumably to stop a huge number of people trying to make claims all at the same time.

So I've been letting clients know about this today.

@El Loro posted:

Hectic day for me workwise. HMRC now have an online tool for their self-employment income support scheme which they launched today. People can check to see if they are potentially able to male a claim and register their contact details via that online tool. Doesn't say how much the grant is, that will be in the letter HMRC sends.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cl...ncome-support-scheme

has details about this.

 

Claim system not yet launched but I think the ability to claim will be spread over a few days from 13 May. That is presumably to stop a huge number of people trying to make claims all at the same time.

 

So I've been letting clients know about this today.

Well done on your splendid endeavours El 

@Moonie posted:

Well done on your splendid endeavours El 

Thanks Moonie I think a lot of accountants have been doing much the same as I have - keeping clients informed on a regular basis to keep them informed. Advising them to set up a government gateway account whilst we wait for the scheme to go live. Some of my clients will have government gateway accounts anyway but quite a few won't. As I do their tax returns, they won't necessarily have set up such an account.

We were thinking that agents might be able to claim on behalf of clients (which is the case for the furlough grant claims) but HMRC decided against that for the self-employment income support claims. That was only announced by HMRC on Friday so that's why it's been a hectic Friday and Monday for me.

@El Loro posted:

Thanks Moonie I think a lot of accountants have been doing much the same as I have - keeping clients informed on a regular basis to keep them informed. Advising them to set up a government gateway account whilst we wait for the scheme to go live. Some of my clients will have government gateway accounts anyway but quite a few won't. As I do their tax returns, they won't necessarily have set up such an account.

We were thinking that agents might be able to claim on behalf of clients (which is the case for the furlough grant claims) but HMRC decided against that for the self-employment income support claims. That was only announced by HMRC on Friday so that's why it's been a hectic Friday and Monday for me.

Your most welcome El 

I know you keep up the good work for your clients 

Thanks gents. Only a couple of ants were seen this afternoon so hopefully that means the others have taken the “gel” back to their nest and shared it with the rest.

You have been the busy bee today, El 

Well done on getting your washing dried, Moonie.

@Yogi19 posted:

Thanks gents. Only a couple of ants were seen this afternoon so hopefully that means the others have taken the “gel” back to their nest and shared it with the rest.

You have been the busy bee today, El 

Well done on getting your washing dried, Moonie.

Ta-ta to you pesky ants 

Fankoo 

@Moonie posted:

Ta-ta to you pesky ants 

Fankoo 

 Dame and Baz have recommended some ant traps so I’ve ordered those too. I’m throwing everything at these little beasties

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros 

Hug for the night owls 

night yogi moonsiesummer if you are around

@Yogi19 posted:

 Dame and Baz have recommended some ant traps so I’ve ordered those too. I’m throwing everything at these little beasties

 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros 

Hug for the night owls 

I have never heard of ant traps before  

Nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams Yogi, Rosss and visitors  

Good morning everyone it's a little cloudy this morning and we are due some rain. 

Good luck with the ant battle Yogi.  I've heard that they send out 'scouts' to check out the lie of the land. If they come back then the whole nest moves in! 

Enjoy your day everyone

@Moonie posted:

I have never heard of ant traps before  

These are the ones, Moonie 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-...aps%2C157&sr=8-3

Good morning everyone 

A lovely sunny start to the day 

Squiggle, I think you are right about the ants sending out advance party scouts. 
I am happy to report there was not a single ant in the hall this morning so I am hopeful that the gel has worked but I shall continue to put it down for a few days, just to be sure. 
Have a good day and stay safe, everyone

Good morning everyone

Fairish weather here. Probably no rain.

I rewatched "The Naked Jungle" (1954) recently which is about soldier ants. That did include some scout ants sent in advance of the army

I hope everyone has a good day

@squiggle posted:

Good morning everyone it's a little cloudy this morning and we are due some rain. 

 

Good luck with the ant battle Yogi.  I've heard that they send out 'scouts' to check out the lie of the land. If they come back then the whole nest moves in! 

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone  

Its sunny but very very wind and quite cold too 

First lot of washing out, second lot in the washer, third lot ready to go in 

Have a great day everyone. Stay safe