Gov.uk publishes home PC loan scheme guidelines

[nellie2]

The UK government has published guidelines to help businesses keen to provide PCs to employees for home working.

The Home Computing Initiative (HCI) stresses the benefits employers will gain from providing some workers with home computers, but the scheme is as much about leveraging tax breaks as anything.

British business currently have an annual tax exemption of £500 on the cost of computers loaned to staff, courtesy of the 1999 Finance Act. The cost of loaned equipment can also be counted against the borrower's gross salary, yielding a reduction in the employer's National Insurance payments.

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I wonder if I could convince my bosses to let me work from home... I would get sooo much work done!!!........NOT!!! :D :D

[popeye]

Home system for Nellie. :whistling:

[expertec]

That system looks nice, Id like to have a go on it :D

[andsome]

WHAT IS WORK? I vaguely remember coming across that word some years ago, but can't recall the meaning of it.

[expertec]

andsome, you are losing your memory in your old age :lol:

[doug]

No andsome is quite right. I remember some strange fetish called that.

[andsome]

No one has yet explained what work means. OK maybe Doug and me have lost a little memory. What is work, is it nice, is it better than sex or a good meal? What the hell is it?

[expertec]

work // n. & v.

n.

1 the application of mental or physical effort to a purpose; the use of energy.

2 a a task to be undertaken. b the materials for this. c (prec. by the; foll. by of) a task occupying (no more than) a specified time (the work of a moment).

3 a thing done or made by work; the result of an action; an achievement; a thing made.

4 a person's employment or occupation etc., esp. as a means of earning income (looked for work; is out of work).

5 a a literary or musical composition. b (in pl.) all such by an author or composer etc.

6 actions or experiences of a specified kind (good work!; this is thirsty work).

7 a (in comb.) things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools etc. (ironwork; needlework). b archaic needlework.

8 (in pl.) the operative part of a clock or machine.

9 Physics the exertion of force overcoming resistance or producing molecular change (convert heat into work).

10 (in pl., prec. by the) colloq. all that is available; everything needed.

11 (in pl.) esp. Brit. operations of building or repair (major building works).

12 (in pl.; often treated as sing.) esp. Brit. a place where manufacture is carried on.

13 (usu. in pl.) Theol. a meritorious act.

14 (usu. in pl. or in comb.) a defensive structure (earthworks).

15 (in comb.) a ornamentation of a specified kind (pokerwork). b articles having this.

v. (past and past part. worked or (esp. as adj.) wrought)

1 intr. (often foll. by at, on) do work; be engaged in bodily or mental activity.

2 intr. a be employed in certain work (works in industry; works as a secretary). b (foll. by with) be the workmate of (a person).

3 intr. (often foll. by for) make efforts; conduct a campaign (works for peace).

4 intr. (foll. by in) be a craftsman (in a material).

5 intr. operate or function, esp. effectively (how does this machine work?; your idea will not work).

6 intr. (of a part of a machine) run, revolve; go through regular motions.

7 tr. carry on, manage, or control (cannot work the machine).

8 tr. a put or keep in operation or at work; cause to toil (this mine is no longer worked; works the staff very hard). b cultivate (land).

9 tr. a bring about; produce as a result (worked miracles). b colloq. arrange (matters) (worked it so that we could go; can you work things for us?).

10 tr. knead, hammer; bring to a desired shape or consistency.

11 intr. & tr. do, or make by, needlework etc.

12 tr. & intr. (cause to) progress or penetrate, or make (one's way), gradually or with difficulty in a specified way (worked our way through the crowd; worked the peg into the hole).

13 intr. (foll. by loose etc.) gradually become (loose etc.) by constant movement.

14 tr. artificially excite (worked themselves into a rage).

15 tr. solve (a sum) by mathematics.

16 tr. a purchase with one's labour instead of money (work one's passage). b obtain by labour the money for (one's way through university etc.).

17 intr. (foll. by on, upon) have influence.

18 intr. be in motion or agitated; cause agitation, ferment (his features worked violently; the yeast began to work).

19 intr. Naut. sail against the wind.

1 colloq. give or tell a person everything.

2 colloq. treat a person harshly.

3 slang kill a person.

have one's work cut out: be faced with a hard task.

in the works (esp. N.Amer.) : being planned, worked on, or produced.

set to work: begin or cause to begin operations.

work away (or on): continue to work.

work one's fingers to the bone see bone.

work in: find a place for.

work it colloq. : bring it about; achieve a desired result.

work off: get rid of by work or activity.

work out:

1 a solve (a sum) or find out (an amount) by calculation. b solve or understand (a

problem, person, etc.).

2 (foll. by at) be calculated (the total works out at 230).

3 give a definite result (this sum will not work out).

4 have a specified result (the plan worked out well).

5 provide for the details of (has worked out a scheme).

6 accomplish or attain with difficulty (work out one's salvation).

7 exhaust with work (the mine is worked out).

8 engage in physical exercise or training.

work over

1 examine thoroughly.

2 colloq. treat with violence.

work to rule esp. Brit. (esp. as a form of industrial action) follow official working rules exactly in order to reduce output and efficiency.

work up:

1 bring gradually to an efficient state.

2 (foll. by to) advance gradually to a climax.

3 elaborate or excite by degrees.

4 mingle (ingredients) into a whole.

5 learn (a subject) by study.

work one's will (foll. by on, upon) (archaic): accomplish one's purpose on (a person or thing).

work wonders: see wonder.

[Old English weorc etc., from Germanic]

:)

[andsome]

I don't think I'll bother, I'll just carry on mucking about. It all sounds very complicated.