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Today I am pleased to be the bearer of good news for all of you who are Gabem Umbrella employees. As of next Monday (26th January) you will be able to claim for meals after you have been away from home for a certain number of hours.

If you are away from home for more than five hours you can claim for up to £7 and if you are away for more than ten hours you can claim up to £15. Like all work related expenses these have to be backed up by receipts, and will undergo our normal checking procedure, but that being said this should be something that the majority of you will be able to benefit from most days of the working week.

In other good news, our recommend a friend offer is continuing and presently has no closing date, so any time you mention us to a friend or colleague make sure they take down your Gabem number, otherwise you could both be missing out on £50.

Carrying on the almost "public service announcement" theme of today's blog, I have a couple of reminders for you. First, if you have received a self assessment and are going to be submitting it online, the deadline is the 31st. Speaking from experience leaving it until the last minute is an exceedingly bad idea, everyone leaves it to the last minute, and the HMRC computers tend to have issues handling that many tax returns at once. Save yourself the stress and hassle and get it in early.

The second reminder is about unclaimed holiday pay. The end of the financial year is looming, and as a result so is the deadline for claiming your holiday pay. All holiday has to be paid out by the 3rd of April or it will be lost, so I recommend putting in your request before Friday the 27th of March to ensure it ties up with any other payments you may be receiving.

Hope you're all having a good week.

Hugo
21/01/2009