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Salary Sacrifice bike schemes. Swizz! Or not?

Posted by iSleepDiagonal about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 7 responses

My company has offered us the chance to get a bike paid for out of pre-tax salary, straight from the paycheque. Tax benefits, apparently. The cost is about half of shop price of the bike. But! It turns out it’s not your bike. It’s the company’s bike. You’re hiring it from them for the spec...

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Buster Martin is the greatest living Londoner, isn't he?

Posted by BraveNewMalden about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 3 responses

You know Buster. He’s the 100-year old van cleaner employed by Pimlico Plumbers. They’re the ones with the hilarious personalised number plates like U COCK and I PI55. Thing is, Buster may be 100 years old but he’s always ready with a smile and a wave and a tale! You’ll have seen his photo in...

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Have you ceased to be shocked?

Posted by Babb about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 22 responses

Maybe it’s just me, but when I read the story about the shootings in the US I was not particularly shocked. It’s really sad and my heart goes out to all of the people that have been affected, but I did not find it especially surprising. My job involves dealing with particularly nasty examples of human behaviour,...

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