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as usual its always the smaller businesses that take the brunt end of stupid legislation...

unless you set yourself up as a limited company... I can see why all this is putting private landlords off

You mean there is a different tax relief regime?

Is there a war on private landlords? My experience of renting when I was younger was not a good one. The balance of power was always with the landlords. We should have rent controls here and I agree that everyone should have an affordable home. Having said that, stopping speculation is easier said than done - specially when we have politicians that are as bent as nine bob notes 🤣

https://www.investegate.co.uk/category/directors-dealings

The stock market seems to be hitting new highs - Dow at 40,000, FTSE at whatever it is - seems to be doing ok but I see that insiders, ie company owners and directors are making big sales cashing out some of their stakes. Hard to say what the next few months will bring, if I knew or was any good I would be a lot richer than I am

They should just take the signs down seeing as nobody connected to the old business is there any more.

yeah if it is that badly corroded then may not be economical to fix

best go down in person and talk to them with the MX5 Rich. if the accord is sound mechanically it may be worth getting a quote - may be less than you think

the welding was done by the body shop behind the takeaways on uxbridge road - looks like a decent job

Not sure which brand the ramp is Rich but it looks state of the art. No problems whatsoever with hanging about in the garage itself - they owners seem pretty chilled and the dog there is as gentle as anything. Lexus is handling really well now!

finally managed to get the GEO on the Lexus done! Now drives like a dream!

that looks like bad rust Rich - would cost a fair bit to sort. My lexus just failed on rust on rear sills and the welding cost 300 to get it through the MOT

hopefully getting GEO done next week and then wheel refurb can follow!

Thanks for letting us know Rich. From what I hear that tyre centre has about one tenth of the footfall of when Tony/Jason etc ran it.

bloody hell, typical though!

nice motor

basically doubled - had a mare getting a decent renewal quote

Nice - always fancied staying in a static caravan but have yet to do it!

Ended up having to take a hit and pay more. Now dreading the renewal on my Lexus soon - I expect it to go up a fair bit compared to last year....

Hard to predict where things will be in a few months time. Best to fix for a couple of year & then at least you know what you will be paying. Hopefully by the end of it inflation is under control and then interest rates can stabilise or even fall a bit

Think they make their profit on finance and extras - not much margin in the cars themselves...

Yeah I saw on the other half's RAV4 a big increase and when we tried to get the quote down they said "no" - only securely garaged hybrid toyotas get a lower rate. the thefts of cats, parts and now reversing cameras, headlight units and whole bumpers off toyotas is so high that they are shifting them into higher risk categories. Apparently the Yaris is one of the most targeted cars by car part thieves due to shortages of certain items. Getting silly...

Not yet Rich - needs doing though - will get round to it asap