CFS Grant Success. In October 2015 Citizens Advice Reigate and Banstead made a successful application to the Community Foundation for Surrey for funds to appoint an Older Person’s Adviser in the Horley area. The grant was originally restricted to helping those aged 60+ but we recognised a number of clients under that age with long-term health problems also needed support […]
You might want to ignore HMRC but they won’t ignore you. A Director received an enquiry from HMRC about income from work done by his business a few years before. He ignored the enquiry but later received a tax demand based on estimated receipts. He challenged the estimate but then was sent a request to […]
Experiences of self-employment. We’ve started a blog – TalkSelfEmploy – to share experiences of being self-employed for the benefit of people who are (and anyone who thinks they might be). Here are 2 questions we’ll be asking in the TalkSelfEmploy Experience file. Q1. What matters most to self-employed people? (Business requirements obviously but also other things that affect life outside work.) Q2. What can you learn from the experience of […]
“But I feel I was left out to dry.” I was on Job Seekers, but finding it difficult to get a job possibly because I am dyslexic and have problems reading, writing and doing paperwork. I am also no use with computers. It was about two years ago when we discussed my difficulties at Job […]
Community. Our new self-employment blog. Banstead training. Local firms and social value. Supporting Surrey Choices matching families. Policy. Autumn Statement. Citizens Advice consumer redress research. Energy prices (consumer redress still missing). November CARBS.
We’ve started a blog, TalkSelfEmploy. Why? Self-employment has grown fast. It’s part of a trend we expect to continue – to less traditional working lives and less job security. Every year more Citizens Advice clients are self-employed or thinking about self-employment. Their problems can be about anything but their work may be affected and is sometimes to blame. Everyday our trained volunteers and online service […]
Know your rights and persist. That’s the message to shoppers stuck with faulty electrical and other home appliances at the start of National Consumer Week. Citizens Advice is releasing new research showing 2 in 3 people had a problem with faulty electrical goods in the last 2 years and many retailers refused to give them redress. National Consumer Week is a […]
It’s National Consumer Week 2016. Be Switched On to your rights with faulty or unsafe electrical goods. Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead is promoting the latest ‘know-your-rights’ campaign in partnership with colleagues across the country, Chartered Institute of Trading Standards and the Consumer Protection Partnership. We want consumers to be #SwitchedOn and know how to ask for a […]
Supply not affected. The news that GB Energy Supply has gone out of business shouldn’t worry the company’s customers. The energy regulator Ofgem is finding a new supplier who will contact them in due course. Customers should take a reading of their gas and electricity meters for the new supplier. Citizens Advice is working with Ofgem to make sure […]
Campaign success for private renters. The chancellor’s decision to ban letting agents’ fees is good news for private renters. The average additional cost per letting is £337, which in all fairness should be paid by the landlord, will in due course be paid by the landlord. Good news too for Citizens Advice. We have campaigned […]