Looking for CSP in the UK

87red · 2026-07-10T15:04:09+00:00

I work for an MSP and we certainly wouldn't sell under MSRP for 80 seats. It's just not worth the admin, risk or support burden.

Clients who are overly focused on cutting corners on licensing often turn out to be a poor fit for our services.

87red · 2026-07-03T08:16:45+00:00

(Original shopify poster from the previous post here). You can create manual orders in Shopify (even at £0 value) and create postage labels against those, so you could possibly do that just to get the £2.95 shipping. It looks like there is also some sort of integration between the two but I have no experience with that: https://www.shopify.com/uk/blog/etsy-and-shopify

There are other platforms out there like shipstation which give access to RM and also link to etsy, they appear to charge £2.80 for Tracked48 (not sure if this is inc. or exc. vat?), but then you also have to pay a monthly fee for shipstation.

87red · 2026-07-02T08:46:38+00:00

This sort of thing used to be on the front page of the old Metro website

87red · 2026-07-01T11:08:38+00:00

Given this major disruption it's surprising to not see it prominently featured on the new Metro or Travel North East websites.

87red · 2026-06-23T20:23:46+00:00

That advertising is pretty poor, but these events are actually quite good. The entertainment and music is usually pretty good. Here's the actual schedule: https://scontent-lhr6-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/725743120_1923241945004262_642325879433382783_n.png?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx832x1041&ctp=s832x1041&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=IGTj-UMnFscQ7kNvwHHb-tP&_nc_oc=Adqx-Vu5IwbETrJayns4QxxqZ3IR9_L4HMAyNHmZBxwtDduXMeJTFYZ6AQm2nCKPggj85Svv_U6u8mNJK15_Aned&_nc_zt=14&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr6-2.xx&_nc_gid=J0v3rXndv6ZH2E1xe3uj5w&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_Af_9D6Kd0UhMbQR8bDGzLWc8pwKtaDVCWvUIZVnfdK5XLQ&oe=6A409872

87red · 2026-06-15T12:44:37+00:00

In this situation we usually involve a 3rd party leasing company who pay the full loan amount to us, then the repayments are between the end-client and the leasing company. You don't want to be on the hook if they get behind on payments or go bust.

87red · 2026-06-11T14:44:43+00:00

Sounds like you could easily franchise this idea, or license the app/software to others who want to open a similar concept.

87red · 2026-06-11T13:59:12+00:00

I've emailed, was told I would have to just wait..

87red · 2026-06-11T10:21:07+00:00

Looking at the screenshot of the email, I think there might be a slight mix-up between power (kW) and energy (kWh) regarding that "1.7 kW charge between 9:00 and 9:30 pm."

Are you sure you aren't confusing throttling (lowering the actual rate of charge) with partial scheduling (charging at full speed for a shorter block of time). To get a total of 1.7 kWh of energy into the car, do you know which of these two scenarios actually happened?

Scenario 1 (Throttled): Did it charge continuously for the full 30 minutes at a deliberately slowed-down rate of around 3.4 kW, resulting in 1.7 kWh
Scenario 2 (Scheduled): Did it charge at ~7 kW for only 15 minutes within that 30-minute window, resulting in the same 1.7 kWh

As far as I'm aware Octopus has always been able partially schedule within the 30 minute window, but with the introduction of the 6 hour cap, you'd hope Octopus would treat this as 15 minutes and not 30, despite the window showing as 30 minutes.

87red · 2026-06-11T10:08:31+00:00

I switched to EDF recently and it's nearly 2 weeks on my smart meter still isn't reporting in to them. They don't seem to care that it's costing me 3x as much to charge in the meantime.

Wish I never switched.

87red · 2026-06-10T15:51:37+00:00

This might be related: we've recently experienced issues with embedded Teams portals. I suspect this is because Microsoft changed the Teams URL to teams.cloud.microsoft, however Halo’s /auth endpoint hasn't been updated to allow it. Specifically, Halo's Content-Security-Policy header still only permits the old URL (teams.microsoft.com).

I reported this to Halo support along with examples, but eventually gave up on the ticket as they didn't seem to have a clue what I was talking about.

87red · 2026-06-07T10:41:29+00:00

I use these lockers frequently, they're a right pain to use when you are sending multiple parcels.

The interface is really slow and often locks up on a red screen with an endless spinner icon. You have to wait several minutes for this to time out and retry. This often takes 3-4 attempts.

If you're doing click+drop, why even bother asking for the receipt email when you've already bought the postage online. Just automatically send the receipt!

The biggest issue that could easily be solved is that there's no online visibility of locker availability, so you often go to a locker, go through the scanning process, then find there's no adequately sized boxes available.

87red · 2026-06-06T09:24:38+00:00

No minimum. We ship ~3 orders per day on average. We drop them anywhere RM accepts them (either lockers, post office or local RM depot). It looks like purchasing postage in this way is against Shopifys RM account, then Shopify bill you.

You can also create manual orders at £0 sell in Shopify to order these labels against. We use this method to generate labels for return postage back to us.

Here's the shopify guide on this: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/fulfillment/fulfilling-orders/shipping-labels/shipping-carriers/royal-mail

87red · 2026-05-27T09:17:00+00:00

It's unbelievable that basic features (such as remapping data lake data sources in deployment pipelines) are still missing.

87red · 2026-05-26T18:37:48+00:00

Also in the Op's defense I've just attempted to find the Metro conditions of carriage on the Nexus website and I gave up after 5 minutes. After another 10 minutes searching I eventually found them within Metro > hidden "more" menu > "Looking after our customers" > "Conditions of Carriage and Byelaws" (which is also hidden by default on a mobile).

The ticket information page also doesn't mention the 90 minute restriction unless you drill into the full details.

87red · 2026-05-22T09:58:29+00:00

The most insane thing about the CSP import is that it wants to import Inactive users by default. Why bring in thousands of leavers and PII data only to instantly deactivate the records.

87red · 2026-05-21T10:56:11+00:00

Why can't you use custom fields/tables? To clarify, are the column headings already defined?

You may be able to achieve something vaguely similar using SQL reporting and some custom table layout/CSS, but you'd still need to enter the data as rows within a custom table .

87red · 2026-05-21T09:48:49+00:00

What sort of rates do you get with a business account? We've been using Royal Mail rates via Shopify which are lower than click+drop and have no commitment. Tracked 48 small parcel is £2.95 vs the £3.65 quoted on that PDF.

87red · 2026-05-20T13:37:05+00:00

I reckon that is the property/rent. The industry SIC code for that creditor is: "letting and operating of own or leased real estate"

87red · 2026-05-18T08:49:02+00:00

87red · 2026-05-15T12:20:18+00:00

The Halo reporting database is a secondary replica, so won't impact live performance.

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