Translating research evidence into routine practice to improve care can be difficult and there is a wealth of research demonstrating gaps in the quality of care provided to patients . A US study that included almost seven thousand patients found that less than 60% of patients received care in line with best practice guidelines . Implementation science is concerned with promoting the integration of research findings and evidence into healthcare policy and practice  by understanding the range of factors that can prevent or enable improvements in healthcare practices . A better understanding of such factors and their interactions across a range of healthcare practices has the potential for informing the design of effective implementation interventions . Theories of behaviour can provide a useful lens through which implementation can be understood by describing relationships between factors that influence practice, many of which have been tested successfully in both patient  and healthcare professional populations [6, 7].
Predominant behavioural approaches in implementation science view healthcare professionals' behaviour as the result of a reflective decision-making process . For example, the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; ) suggests that the strength of a person's intention (or motivation) is viewed as the most important determinant of behaviour. Two important predictors (amongst others) in Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) are outcome expectancies (similar to attitudes in the TPB) and self-efficacy . Outcome expectancies refer to a person's estimation of what the anticipated consequences of a given behaviour are . Self-efficacy refers to a person's perceived capability to perform a behaviour in the face of anticipated barriers to behaviour . The consistent finding that intention does not always translate into action (i.e., intention-behaviour gap) [10, 11] has led to the development of theories that are specifically concerned with volitional cognitions such as action planning and coping planning [Health Action Process Approach [HAPA]; . Action plans are specific plans of when, where and how to perform a behaviour and coping plans deal with anticipated barriers to the behaviour [13, 14]. Social cognitive and volitional models of behaviour have successfully guided both the design and evaluation of effective interventions .
While social cognition and volitional models provide useful insights into how behaviour is initiated, they do not sufficiently account for the role that implicit processes such as habit play in determining healthcare professionals' behaviour. Habit can be defined as a learned tendency to perform a behaviour automatically in response to a specific cue in the situational context . For example, the sight of a soap dispenser in a clinical setting (contextual cue) may prompt a healthcare professional to engage in hand washing without the need for explicit decision-making every time (automatic response). Taking into account that much of healthcare professionals' behaviour might be contingent to cues (e.g. electronic reminders to prompt clinical actions) there has been a call for greater consideration of habit in behavioural theories used in implementation science [17, 18].
The suggestion that healthcare professionals' behaviour is driven by both reflective (e.g. intention) and impulsive (e.g. habit) processes is consistent with dual process models [19, 20]. According to these models there are two internal processes that operate in parallel that determine behaviour—a reflective and an impulsive process . The reflective process involves slow and effortful decision-making that operates under full conscious awareness . This process is consistent with most contemporary theories of behaviour that consider outcome expectations, self-efficacy, intention and planning and there is considerable research suggesting the importance of reflection . The impulsive process involves quick and efficient processes that operate outside a person's awareness . This impulsive process includes automatic action tendencies, i.e. the degree of automaticity with which the behaviour is performed. A systematic review and meta-analysis identified 9 studies assessing the strength of association between habit and healthcare professional behaviour . A combined mean r+ of 0.35 was observed between habit and healthcare professional behaviour, demonstrating the impact of implicit processes on clinical behaviour. For example, a study involving 427 primary healthcare professionals (general practitioners [GPs] and nurses) tested whether a dual process model could predict the utilisation of six underperformed prescribing, advising and examining practices in diabetes care . This study found that measures of both reflective and impulsive processes at baseline predicted healthcare professionals' provision of prescribing, advising, and examining behaviours at 12 months follow-up .
Although quantitative evidence demonstrates the importance of habit as a predictor of healthcare professional behaviour [23, 24], there is a lack of theory-based qualitative research into the role of habit development in healthcare professionals. Qualitative research can help to triangulate findings obtained using quantitative methods (e.g., questionnaires) [25, 26] and can help to better understand how healthcare professionals form a new habit (and break old habits) and how habit subsequently impacts on behaviour. One qualitative study that took a theory-based approach and incorporated questions on habit/routines investigated barriers and facilitators to hand hygiene of healthcare professionals . The study showed that habit/routine (i.e., an automatic response to cues) facilitated healthcare professional hand hygiene behaviour.
In addition to calls for considering dual process approaches, there have also been calls for considering the role of competing demands as a way of operationalising time-related barriers . Research on competing demands acknowledges the impact of conflicting goals and priorities on the pursuit of new behaviours [28, 29]. Healthcare professionals often pursue multiple goals (e.g., prescribing medication whilst maintaining a rapport with the patient), however the pursuit of one specific goal may interfere with pursuing another, for example, by taking up time available or due to incompatibility (e.g., taking blood pressure readings whilst examining a patients' feet). The pursuit of one goal may also act to facilitate the pursuit of another, for example instrumentally (e.g., providing advice on diet can lead to setting goals for weight loss). There is quantitative and  qualitative research evidence  demonstrating the importance of going beyond single-behaviour approaches by acknowledging the impact of multiple goal pursuit. A qualitative study utilising theory-based semi-structured interviews reported that healthcare professionals readily related their other goal-directed behaviours with having a facilitating and interfering influence on two evidence-based clinical behaviours (i.e., providing physical activity advice and prescribing to reduce blood pressure) . A better theoretical understanding of how competing demands influence healthcare professionals' behaviours may provide a more representative account of the realities of clinical practice.
One area which may benefit from theory-based implementation work is Type 2 diabetes care. Type 2 diabetes is a worldwide epidemic affecting over 400 million adults . The number of diagnosed cases in the UK has more than doubled from 1.4 million in 1996 to 3.5 million in 2015 . The recognition that poor management of type 2 diabetes can lead to serious complications (e.g. cardiovascular disease, morbidity, and accelerated mortality) has led to the development of effective interventions that can halt progression and even reverse the condition  through health behaviour change [34, 35]. Furthermore, a large systematic review reported that self-management training in type 2 diabetes has positive effects on a range of health outcomes such as sustained glycemic control, cardiovascular disease, and quality of life . As a result of this evidence, an update in clinical practice guidelines and quality standards (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; NICE) has called for more support with self-management behaviours in patient populations . To support the successful implementation of NICE guidelines healthcare professionals may require support to provide self-management advice and an evidence-informed resource could help them to deliver this evidence-based care.
The Diabetes UK Information Prescription (DUK IP) is a clinical tool developed to help healthcare professionals and people with type 2 diabetes to make decisions together about treatment and self-management. In the first instance, DUK released three different IPs covering three important diabetes-related health targets: blood pressure, cholesterol, and HbA1c. This intervention draws upon evidence-based behavioural science to provide a mode of targeting risk perception and supporting goal setting, action planning and coping planning of people with type 2 diabetes [38–40]. DUK IPs start with a short section including information about the three health targets (i.e., HbA1c, cholesterol, and blood pressure; ). This section is followed by a checkbox list of health behaviours that can be adopted (e.g., reducing portion size). An 'agreed action plan' section at the bottom of the DUK IP allows healthcare professionals and people with diabetes to further personalise the chosen health behaviors by formulating 'when, where and how' the behavior is to be adopted. DUK IPs can be used through all major primary care IT systems in the UK (i.e., EMIS Web, Vision, and SystmOne). Their installation on interconnected IT systems allows for continuous updating of the DUK IPs in the light of emerging research evidence. As Learning Health Systems (LHS) increasingly incorporate intelligent IT systems, DUK IPs have the potential to have a role within integrated online decision support and dashboard systems to support diabetes care [42, 43]. There are already several studies that show how LHS can be integrated in primary care to support the linking of routine healthcare systems with translational research . For example, the TRANSFoRm EU FP7 project includes Diabetes "use cases" to enable widespread queries to identify eligible patients and use data from various federated databases . Once installed on the primary care practice computers they are automatically populated with test results of people with type 2 diabetes. Completed IPs can be printed by healthcare professionals and given to the person with diabetes.
The DUK IPs went live in a subset of primary and secondary care practices in 2014 and healthcare professionals started to pilot them with people with type 2 diabetes. The current study aimed to capture and understand healthcare professionals' experiences with the new tool in terms of reflective, impulsive and multiple goal processes. The following research questions were investigated: 1) How motivated were healthcare professionals to use the DUK IP? 2a) How long did healthcare professionals perceive it to take to form a habit to use the DUK IP? 2b) What contextual cues and prompts were healthcare professionals aware of that preceded their use of the DUK IP? and; 3) What other clinical activities (e.g. provision of information materials) competed with or facilitated the use of the new tool?
We aimed to recruit a purposive sample of GPs and nurses with varying years of clinical experience who had used the DUK IP. Participating healthcare professionals were recruited from primary and secondary care practices throughout the UK. Our target sample size was a minimum of 13 participants or until data saturation was reached, in line with published guidance . Participating healthcare professionals included both those who were involved in the development and piloting of the DUK IP and those who had no involvement in the developmental process. The research protocol was approved by the Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Ethics Committee (Application No: 00849) and research assurance was provided by North of England Commissioning Support Unit.
Theory-based semi-structured interviews were conducted face to face or by telephone using a theory-informed topic guide (see additional file 1). This was based on a logic model (see Fig. 1) developed from a previous predictive study with healthcare professionals who were providing care to people with type 2 diabetes . The topic guide included pre-specified prompts to elicit information on specific theoretical constructs included in the logic model. Specifically, we elicited healthcare professionals' views on outcome expectations, self-efficacy, intention, action and coping planning, habit, goal priority, goal conflict and goal facilitation. The topic guide was piloted with three public health researchers at Newcastle University and with one GP prior to use in the study. The pilot indicated that interviews would take approximately 20 min. After obtaining informed signed consent from participating healthcare professionals, interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim. All interviews were conducted by SP from 5th March to the 11th November 2014.
A coding manual for use with NVivo 10  was created, including definitions and coding instructions (see additional file 2) to ensure researchers involved in the analysis process coded transcripts consistently. Directed content analysis  was used to analyse interview transcripts. The predefined theoretical determinants from the topic guide were used as a guide for initial coding of the qualitative data generated, and further sub-themes were created by coders. Two coders first independently coded two transcripts then met to develop the coding manual. Then coders independently coded the remainder of the transcripts and met to resolve discrepancies. Bootstrapped estimates of Krippendorff's alpha were calculated for each transcript to determine inter-rater reliability across all coded constructs [5000 bootstrapped samples; 48].
A total of 14 healthcare professionals from 13 different practices across the UK were recruited. Eight (5 GPs, 3 nurses, and 1 consultant diabetologist) were directly involved in the development and/or the piloting of the new tool during its initial roll-out and the remaining five were independent of this developmental and piloting process (1 pharmacist prescriber, 1 GP, and 3 nurses). One interview was lost due to file corruption of the audio recording prior to transcription. Healthcare professionals reported a median of 18 years clinical experience (range 8–35 years) of working with patients in primary and secondary care. They had been using the DUK IP for a median of 6 months (range 2–12) prior to being interviewed.
Krippendorff's alpha across all constructs ranged from .52 to .88 with most alphas exceeding acceptable cut-off levels of .67  indicating satisfactory agreement between coders. Illustrative quotes are provided below alongside a description of the themes and an overview of quotes for all themes is presented in additional file 3.
There was considerable variability in healthcare professionals' self-reported frequency of using the new tool with people with diabetes that they had consulted during the week prior to the interview.
'They all get one, for Type 2 [10 out of 10 patients].' (ID5).
'It gives me an introduction, an opening conversation I can have with the patient. It's something it can keep a consultation structured but it also allows the patients to think about things.' (ID3).
'So that empowers them to know a bit more about their condition and what they're aiming for rather than just taking tablets.' (ID7).
'I think a picture speaks a thousand words. So that is very helpful for people to see why they should do a behavioural change, because they can actually see the blood vessel getting furred up.' (ID12).
'So it means they're able to go home and compare their figures on this to the previous one, and I think that can give them the confidence to say yes, I am doing right, I am getting there.' (ID14).
'It clarifies everything to them so they understand what's their goals, where they are currently and where we want them to get to, and it just clarifies the actions they're going to be taking.' (ID13).
'It is an aide-memoire for the person with diabetes.' (ID4).
'We have a lot of patients who have comorbidity so they're not just diabetic but they also have heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis or whatever, so all of those things need sorting out so you might decide that actually there's too much to do in one go.' (ID2).
'I think that was the biggest barrier was the installation, because I'm fairly good at IT, I've devised an audit tool for CKD [chronic kidney disease] and Diabetes which I've had published and stuff, so I'm not too bad on EMIS web, but I did really struggle just to get this.' (ID9).
'And, I think, if it wasn't for the fact that we have somebody fairly specific administration team that helps with IT I might have given up at that point.' (ID9).
Most motivated. All but one healthcare professional were motivated to use the information prescriptions in their practice with patients with diabetes.
'At the moment, very [motivated], because it's a relatively new tool, and I think they're good' (ID8).
'I'm probably not as motivated as others because of the tools I've already devised myself' (ID9).
'If a patient has come in, the consultation, if it has been around a particularly sensitive topic or emotional topic, a bereavement it wouldn't be appropriate to be talking about control of their diabetes at that stage' (ID4).
'One patient I gave it to her and she said "I really don't know how to decipher this. I lost one of my children". But she's not come back so I think people who English is not their first language or they find it difficult to read, they will have difficulty in engaging with this.' (ID2).
'When the patients come in and they ask can you tell me what my latest diabetes control blood test was like, that's when I'd then bring in that one [information prescription]' (ID11).
'And it is at the end bits gathering all the information, this is where we think you are, and have a look at this, what do you think you can do to help' (ID8).
'I have an interpreter that works with me in my community clinic, and some family members come but I've always got an interpreter' (ID11).
'A lot of my patients are from different countries so English is not their first language, so I find that this is, the picture, is very easy for them to understand' (ID3).
'You park that and say let's do that another day or come and see the nurse another day and do that with her.' (ID12).
'There's a little pop-up screen at the right-hand corner, and that says diabetes information prescription, so that's a memoire for you' (ID6).
'So that was the single most useful thing [pop-up reminder], and that's how I first became aware of them, and that's why I keep remembering about them' (ID10).
'Some patients are actually asking for them. Can I have the paper we had last time and what can we do this time' (ID14).
'Because I've been using it for so long [12 months] it has become a sort of subconscious way of using it rather than I have to remember to do it. You normally do it and it just happens' (ID6).
'I think it's the old adage that you use something for a month it gets into a habit. It's become a habit now' (ID14).
'It probably took about a couple of months to get into the actual habit of it but now it's a routine thing that during the consultation it's printed off' (ID4).
'I would go first of all according with the patient's reason for coming along and then I will say just looking at your notes before you came in I can see that we could be doing a little bit more for you and that's how I'd introduce it.' (ID4).
'If you've got about 4 different forms to fill like dementia and unplanned admissions and you've got a bit of QOF [Quality Outcome Framework] to do then this would take a little bit of lesser priority' (ID6).
'We did have our own care plans, […]. And that was all on one piece of paper, and then we had a little action plan that we wrote out for them. So when these ones [information prescriptions] came in I had probably not used them as extensively as maybe other surgeries would because we had already got our own care plan that we were using.' (ID9).
This qualitative interview study applied a dual process model of healthcare professional behaviour supplemented by a multiple goals approach to better understand the determinants involved in the implementation of a new self-management tool, the Diabetes UK Information Prescription. Findings suggests that the uptake of the new tool could be explained by a combination of reflective (e.g. intention) and impulsive, non-conscious processes (e.g. cues, habit). Furthermore, we found evidence that conflicting goal-directed behaviours contributed to the extent to which healthcare professionals reported making use of the new tool.
While previous studies have applied dual process  and multiple goal models [30, 49] separately to investigate clinical behaviours, the current study is the first to apply both models simultaneously. Given the consistent finding that the translation of evidence-based practices into routine care can be a slow process involving healthcare professional behaviour change , these findings have the potential to inform the further implementation of the DUK IP and/or other interventions.
The majority of healthcare professionals in the current study reported high intentions and positive outcome expectancies regarding the use of the new tool with their patients. The finding that reflective processes, as represented in most social cognitive models of behaviour, are an important determinant of healthcare professionals' behaviour is consistent with findings in the implementation literature . For example, a literature review including 31 studies found that intention was an important determinant of healthcare professionals' use of health information systems . Although one factor that may have biased views towards a positive evaluation of the tool could have been that some of the participating healthcare professionals were directly involved in the development of the tool. This is in line with research suggesting that the active involvement of users in the implementation of new interventions can promote a sense of ownership towards the intervention .
The majority of healthcare professionals interviewed reported that after at least three months of continuous use they had formed a habit, or an automatic way of using the new tool. Although this is not the first study that has found evidence that habit is an important driver of healthcare professional behaviour [24, 54, 55], this is the first qualitative study to our knowledge that examined habit formation and automaticity development in the use of a new self-management tool. Healthcare professionals reported that one of the most important facilitators for their use of the DUK IP was the integrated prompts in the electronic patient records. This finding is in line with the literature supporting point of care reminders in healthcare professionals [56, 57]. For example, a systematic review including 32 studies found that computer-generated reminders had a moderate effect on improvement in healthcare practices . Another systematic review of 28 studies found that computer reminders achieved a median improvement in process adherence of 4.2% . From a habit perspective reminders might be particularly useful as they help to maintain a behaviour that has become habitual, and increase behavioural automaticity . Taken together this evidence suggests that the use of electronic reminders may be a beneficial strategy to facilitate the use of information technologies, such as the information prescriptions.
Results showed that healthcare professionals perceived other goal directed behaviours as interfering with the use of the new tool. These results are consistent with other qualitative studies with patients  and healthcare professionals  that report the interfering effects of other goal pursuits on the performance of a focal behaviour despite strong intention. For example, some healthcare professionals were already using alternative, competing practices (e.g. alternative strategies to provide self-management advice, including information leaflets) that would directly compete with the use of the new tool. Given the limited time and resources that healthcare professionals have available during consultations, it is important to understand the range of different goals that compete for their attention.
The implementation process includes understanding the behaviours of frontline healthcare providers who are expected to use evidence to inform their own practice . Theories of behaviour can be applied to help build a cumulative science to better understand the processes that drive healthcare professional behaviour. Most contemporary theories focus on explaining single behaviours that are assumed to be driven by a reflective decision-making process [7, 60]. The current study adds to a growing body of literature, which acknowledges that healthcare professionals' behaviours are driven not only by a reflective process of active decision-making, but also by more impulsive processes that trigger behaviour automatically in response to contextual cues [17, 23, 24]. Furthermore, the theoretical framework that was applied in the current study did not look at behaviour (i.e. information prescription use) in isolation, but also acknowledged that new behaviours need to be integrated into a network of existing behaviours that have facilitating and interfering effects on each other.
The current study can provide some guidance on how to promote the implementation of new self-management tools such as the DUK IP. One way of supporting behavioural repetition (and habit formation) could be through the effective use of electronic pop-up reminders that prompt healthcare professionals on when to initiate a new behaviour . However, some healthcare professionals reported problems relating to the installation of the new tool on their computer systems. This is in line with other research showing that ease of use is one of the most important determinants of healthcare professionals' engagement with new technologies . Future implementation interventions may need to provide additional support for the installation and use of information technologies to promote regular use.
This study also showed that effective implementation of new behaviours might need to be combined with the de-implementation of competing non-evidence based practices. For example, a minority of the healthcare professionals reported using alternative ways of providing self-management advice which might conflict with using the DUK IP. This is a challenge as research has shown that changing healthcare professionals' behaviour is difficult particularly if it involves changing existing routines and practices . It has been suggested that to break a habit one needs to overrule the impulsive system by engaging the reflective system . This process can be cognitively challenging and involves inhibiting activated habit responses. Such demanding self-regulatory processes might be hard to initiate in the stressful, time constrained context of clinical practice . An alternative approach could be to remove cues that trigger the old habit (e.g. non-evidenced information leaflets), making it possible for healthcare professionals to consciously consider other behavioural alternatives. This raises the importance of designing decision support tools (such as the DUK IPs) that fit within a learning health system. Such tools need to have mechanisms in place to ensure systematic decommissioning of low-value-care practices [42, 43]. For example, the DUK IPs can be kept up to date via the primary care IT system (top-down control) or de-activated locally on the practice computers (bottom-up control). Future decision-making support systems need to have similar processes in place to ensure their decommissioning when they are no longer supported by evidence or when new and better interventions come to light. If the removal of cues is not feasible, planning strategies could be used to connect old habit cues (e.g. patient asking for information) with more desired responses that are in line with the evidence on best practice .
This study used directed content analysis to test an explicit and a priori-defined theory in the context of the implementation of a new evidence-informed tool (i.e. DUK Information Prescriptions) in diabetes care. The theory-guided method helped contribute to a cumulative science that aims to understand the factors (e.g. intention and habit) that may drive healthcare professional behaviour. A limitation is that we only included healthcare professionals who were already using the DUK IP. The study could have benefited from inclusion of healthcare professionals who were not yet using the DUK IP. We focused on active users of the DUK IP as we were specifically interested in the process of habit formation and how the use of the DUK IPs fit in with healthcare professionals' competing demands. Furthermore, the finding that healthcare professionals reported habit formation to take at least between one and three months of continuous use needs to be interpreted with caution as the frequency with which different healthcare professionals consulted people with type 2 diabetes may have varied considerably. For example, diabetes specialist nurses may have utilised the DUK IPs more regularly than practice nurses or GPs. Future research should consider the frequency of behavioural repetition as well as the time period when investigating habit formation. Lastly, this study is limited in that it only included one healthcare professional per practice. Future studies should include a number of healthcare professionals per site to understand how different people work together to implement the DUK IPs. An approach such as the Normalization Process Theory [NPT; 64] may help inform such explorations as it provides a number of generative mechanisms of social action. For example the construct 'Activation' refers to the need for people to collectively define the actions and procedures that are needed to maintain a practice and stay involved .
Healthcare professionals perceived that both reflective (e.g. intention) and impulsive (e.g. habit) processes had an impact on their adoption of a new national 'DUK Information Prescription' for diabetes. Furthermore, they reported that other goal-directed behaviours such as competing practices influenced their adoption of the information prescriptions. Taken together data suggests that constructs from dual process and multiple goals approaches are useful to understand how new medical interventions are implemented into routine practice.
This research was supported by the Health Foundation 'Improvement Science' grant that was awarded to SP (GIFTS ID 7223). The funding body had no role in the design of this study and had no role during the execution, analyses, interpretation of the data, or decision to submit results. FFS is funded by Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence based on funding from the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, and the National Institute for Health Research, under the auspices of the UK Clinical ResearchCollaboration.
The Diabetes UK Information Prescriptions can be accessed online here: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/professionals/resources/resources-to-improve-your-clinical-practice/information-prescriptions-qa. The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study available from the first author on reasonable request.
SP/JP/FS/LA and AR conceived the study. SP and MB conducted the analyses. SP/LA/FS and JP interpreted the data. SP drafted the manuscript and all authors revised the manuscript and approved the final version to be published.
All procedures, including the informed consent process, were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. All participants provided signed informed consent. Ethics approval was granted by the Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences ethics Committee (Application No: 00849). Research and Development approval was granted by the North of England Commissioning Support Unit.
Diabetes UK. Information Prescriptions for healthcare professionals. 2019. [cited January 5]; Available from: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/professionals/resources/resources-to-improve-your-clinical-practice/information-prescriptions-qa.


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Bannon's Irish Inn
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Built by the Scott family in 1890, this building served as a restaurant on the first floor and a hotel on the second and third floors. In approximately 1910, an addition was added which housed a barber shop. This gave the building its unique triangle shape. Over the years, the building has served as a beauty salon, the Greyhound bus depot, and was home to the Virginia Taxi Company. It is alleged that numerous people performing at the Masonic Theater also stayed here. Namely, Chubby Checker, Hank Williams, and Jackie Gleason.
The most recent owner of memory was Judge Newberry. He was the owner of the taxi company and was also a well-liked teacher in the Clifton Forge area. Judge passed this building on to his two sons.
The building remained vacant until 2012, when Richard Bannon purchased it. He noticed the building while having lunch at Jack Mason's Tavern across the street. He was drawn to its unique gingerbread carvings and stained glass windows. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the first floor had fallen into the basement. After extensive renovations, the first floor opened with the Tea Room restaurant and Celtic 2 Scotch-Irish gift shop in 2012. In March of 2014, the second floor bed and breakfast was opened, featuring two bedrooms. Each bedroom has its own parlor and private bathroom with the original claw-foot tubs. Also, one of the units has a rear porch, complete with seating and a barbecue grill. The rooms are well-appointed with Victorian furnishings and queen sized beds.
Hill Crest Bed & Breakfast
1100 Mccormick Boulevard, Clifton Forge, Virginia 24422, United States
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Nestled in the beautiful mountains of Clifton Forge, Virginia, Hill Crest Bed & Breakfast is a luxurious, full-service bed and breakfast.
The Red Lantern Inn
300-360 Jefferson Avenue, Clifton Forge, VA 24422
http://www.theredlanterninn.com/
The Red Lantern Inn is a 100 year old building in downtown Clifton Forge that has been totally renovated into casual overnight accommodation. In addition to the 7 bedrooms and 4 1/2 baths, guests will share several common areas – living room with cable TV, fully stocked kitchen with coffee available, laundry facilities, glassed in year round porch and a media room with big screen cable TV and WiFi. Guests like the openness and "homey" atmosphere. New pictures of the shared spaces, bedrooms and bathrooms have been added to the web site. Contiental Breakfast is available in the kitchen or you can bring your own and cook in the kitchen. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate are always available and can either be brewed or made by the cup. From the Inn you can walk to restaurants, shops, the Alleghany Arts and Crafts Center, the Clifton Forge School of the Arts and The Mill, the C&O Heritage Railroad Museum, the Historic Masonic Theater and Amphitheater.
The Inn can be reserved by individual rooms, suite of two rooms or the entire Inn. Special prices are offered for reservations of more than two rooms and for the entire building. Starting in 2014, The whole Inn can only be reserved one weekend each month from April through October. The Red Lantern Inn is a great place for family reunions, class reunions, wedding parties and guests.
The Smith Creek Inn
811 Commercial Avenue, Clifton Forge, VA 24422, United States
http://www.thesmithcreekinn.com/home
Make us your Alleghany Highlands home away from home….
You'll need an Alleghany Highlands home away from home to rest up from all the area's attractions, activities and events…Douthat State Park and our creeks and rivers offer fishing,hiking, swimming, kayaking. We have trails for bikers and hikers ranging from town to wilderness. Events and festivals include Gran Fondo, Iron Man, Fall Festival, Kriskindlemart and more! The Clifton Forge School of the Arts and the Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center feature exhibits and offer workshops and classes. The Masonic Ampitheatre hosts a full season of music and drama, plus a bloody murder Halloween scare fest in the theatre itself. Don't miss the C&O Historical Socitey's model train ride and depot museum. CF's restaurants and shopping are delicious. Dabney Lancaster State College is our neighbor, hosting conferences and events as well as coursework.
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Small molecule-triggered Cas9 protein with improved genome-editing specificity.
Directly modulating the activity of genome-editing proteins has the potential to increase their specificity by reducing activity following target locus modification. We developed Cas9 nucleases that are activated by the presence of a cell-permeable small molecule by inserting an evolved 4-hydroxytamoxifen-responsive intein at specific positions in Cas9. In human cells, conditionally active Cas9s modify target genomic sites with up to 25-fold higher specificity than wild-type Cas9.


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Finding Oil and Gas in Southern Africa
The hotspots across Southern Africa - offshore South Africa, Mocambique, Namibia and Angola 0
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, London, High Commission of South Africa
This event follows our May 2019 Finding Oil and Gas in Sub Saharan Africa event.
You can see the full report from the event, including attendee list, by clicking on the cover below
David Bamford - Director - Finding Petroleum
Welcome & Introduction
David Bamford is well known around the oil & gas industry both as an explorer and a geophysicist. He holds a Physics degree from the University of Bristol and a Ph.D in Geological Sciences from the University of Birmingham.
Since 2004, he has been a non-executive director at Tullow Oil plc, being recruited for this position especially for his exploration knowledge. He serves on the Nominations and Remuneration Committees, and was chairman of the latter, and Senior Independent Director, for 3 years prior to his retire from the board at the end of April 2014.
He was on the board of Premier Oil from May 2014 to May 2016.
He retired from BP plc in 2003, his last four positions being Chief Geophysicist (1990-1995), Business Unit Leader (General Manager) for first West Africa and then Norway (1995-1999), and finally Head of Exploration until 2003.
He has served on the boards of Paras Ltd, a small exploration and IS/IT consulting company in which he held 22% equity, until its sale to RPS Energy in 2008 and Welltec a/s, a Danish well engineering company, as the nominee of the private equity investor Riverside.
From 2012 to 201 he was on the board of ASX-quoted Australia Oriental Energy as a non-executive director.
He was a founder of Richmond Energy Partners, a small oil & gas research house, and several media companies that focus on the oil & gas sector, and has served as an advisor to Alliance Bernstein, Opus Executive, the Parkmead Group plc, and Kimmeridge Energy LLP. Since retiring from BP, he has undertaken asset and company valuation projects for investment banks, hedge funds and small oil companies.
Finding Petroleum
Finding Petroleum was established to help the oil and gas industry network, and stay up to date on the latest technological developments. It does this via hosting regular events and with an online social network of nearly 10,000 members.
Her Excellency, the High Commissioner - - South African High Commission
South Africa & Energy (Title TBC)
South African High Commission
The South African Department of Trade and Industry - dti - United Kingdom Office, operating from the South African High Commission, is led by the Minister (Economic) supported by Investment Promotion and Export Promotion Marketing Officers.
South Africa promotes economic development through the IPAP2 National Industrial Plan and the sectors accorded priority status. The UK office operates in alignment with the priority sectors that are most relevant to the structure of the UK economy.
The bilateral UK-South Africa Trade Agreement aims to double trade by 2015 .
South Africa dti UK Office services to the UK Investor
• Provision of specialist sector-specific information to assist locational due diligence
• Creation of structured itineraries for meetings and site visits in South Africa
• 1:1 meetings with South Africa dti UK office personnel
• Introductions to senior South African Public and Private Sector decision-makers
• Invitations to attend close session sector-specific thought leadership seminars
• Advice in accessing Investment Incentives
• Recruitment to participate in UK Outbound Missions to South Africa
FDI Investment Promotion into South Africa, Investment Trade Missions to South Africa, Investment Incentive Information, Export Promotion
Speaker from PASA - - Petroleum Agency of South Africa
Progress & Opportunities, Offshore South Africa (Title TBC)
Petroleum Agency of South Africa
Sponsors of this event
Thalia Griffiths
Editor, African Energy
Cross-border Information
United Kingdom Jeremy Berry
BD Director
United Kingdom Kai Gruschwitz
Consultant Geophysicist
Notting Hill Geoconsulting
Ben Dewhirst
Echo Energy plc
United Kingdom Mark Diaz
United Kingdom Mark Jones
Bryan Man
Oil and Gas Consultant
Enerqueste
United Kingdom Neil Simons


A shot from backstage. The lights make my kit look a bit surreal, less tactile, less an object to be thwacked with a pair of sticks and more an idea of a thing, of a band about to take the stage. Still, a pic can't convey the full immediate feeling of being there. Of playing on the same stage previously graced by bands I love. Of breathing dank air in the grimy basement green room, furnished with a pair of antediluvian couches whose every surface has been inscribed with band names in sharpie. The sound guy was tweaking the board just prior to the start of our set, and when I sat on the throne the lights hit me in the eyes and stage blindness set in. The only thing left was to tear through song after song with a manic energy that I can only hope was felt by those who braved the subzero temps to watch us play.


Our Periodontists Welcome You to Texas Implant & Periodontic Center in Allen, TX and now Frisco, TX!
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How Does High-Risk Credit Processing Work for Businesses?
Credit cards are an integral part of the modern economy; without credit, some people can't purchase anything. And a business that doesn't accept credit cards will miss out on an ocean of potential sales. Running a good business means being there for your customers, no matter how they want to pay.
Unfortunately, some businesses have a harder time processing credit transactions than others. That's because these businesses are usually in industries that are considered high-risk. And high risk credit card processing fees and applications can burden businesses, as well as the regulations surrounding them.
Yet, they're important to protect lending agencies. And they're important for businesses to ensure they can run without interruptions or financial difficulties. They're also important to ensure that people pay what they owe whenever they make a purchase.
All that takes work, which takes money. Yet, it's also a valuable part of any business which enables you to make sales in the first place. Keep reading below to learn how credit processing works when a company is a high risk!
Since most tech companies are start-ups, without an established history, they can be considered high risk. This is especially true for new social media networks since it's difficult to get one off the ground.
Companies in tech aren't always considered high-risk though. If the company has already been established, then the creditor may think of it as a safe bet. Tech companies that have built a reputation may find it easier to open a merchant account than others. It doesn't matter if they're in the same industry.
However, nascent industries like the cannabis industry, as well as most online shops, are considered high risk. So are shops in industries that have low reputations, like psychics or pawn shops.
Credit agencies can take an individual's credit score into account when determining how risky their business is. However, there are more factors in play that influence their decision. The biggest factor is the industry that a business is in.
However, that also means that if an individual has a good credit score, their business may be seen in a better light. The creditor may be more likely to trust the business if the person running it manages their finances well. Having a high credit score can save your business high processing fees and financial hardship down the line.
Since there's more to processing credit transactions at high risk locations than others, there are higher fees as well. Credit agencies need to do more work to get businesses the money they deserve for the sale. That's because the customers that high-risk businesses may attract may not always have the best credit.
That means there's more of a chance a person may not repay their bill after a creditor gives a business its money. To mitigate that chance, a credit agency may investigate a person more than usual, which will lead to higher fees for the business.
Small businesses may be able to avoid these higher fees by using a payment service provider like Paypal. These providers process all sorts of payment types your customers may try to use. They also often allow you to automatically pay for and print shipping labels.
It may sound nice to stick with Paypal as you grow, but there will come a point where you need to stop using it. Paypal simply doesn't allow a certain volume of sales, and it's not equipped to manage large amounts of purchases. When you get big enough, you're going to want to look into accepting credit cards.
If your company is considered high risk, you may think that the easier solution is to just not accept credit. However, even if you're business is high-risk, you can still process credit cards for your customers. You just need to take a few extra steps to make credit purchases viable for your business model.
You may want to pass the higher fees onto your customers by increasing the prices for items. You can also set a minimum amount of people need to spend in order to use a credit card. By implementing strategies like this, you can recoup some of the money you spend on higher credit processing fees.
Most of the contracts high risk businesses have with creditors last for three years, with an automatic renewal clause. You will also likely expect you to set up a rolling reserve with some of the sales you make. With this, you basically set aside money from your sales to use in case of chargebacks, or even outright fraud.
Creditors will also probably offer you a tiered pricing contract to process credit transactions. With this, the fees you would have to pay individually are instead grouped into different categories. Those categories are then adjusted according to the business and the creditor's offers.
It's not impossible to process credit card transactions as a high risk business. It just takes more steps than a traditional business.
The extra work you put into high risk credit card processing will be worth it. After you start accepting credit cards with your sales, you're bound to notice more traffic to your company. That's because almost half of all credit card holders prefer to use their cards for daily spending.
People enjoy using credit cards because it gives them more security with their purchase. It also usually comes with cashback bonuses or miles people can use to travel. People enjoy it when they're rewarded for shopping, and credit cards do just that.
If you don't accept credit cards at your company, you're missing out on an ocean of customers. We can help you tap into those new customers. Just contact us and we will help you bring your company into the modern era and start accepting credit cards!


This page shows businesses on Pottery Lane. Click on a business to bring up its details and a map showing its location.
L D P Scaffolding Erectors is a scaffolding company offering a range of scaffolding options for construction and other work.


Sifu Fowler has been teaching Kenpo Karate blended with Kali for over 40 years. His video series aren't just demonstrations—they explain in detail what makes this martial art so effective. Whether a beginner or a seasoned martial artist, each video will help you maximize your power by blending proper body mechanics with flow and speed. They are everything you need for home study, testing and certification.
This, the first of two blue belt videos, includes forearm strikes, advanced parries, chicken kicks and back scoop kicks. At this stage everything will start to gel.
Short II is the first time one learns to advance on an opponent. This form also develops the principles of back-up mass and marriage of gravity.
Long II goes one further by working the front and rear hands together and by coordinating hand and foot maneuvers.
Sifu Fowler has been teaching Kenpo Karate blended with Kali for over 40 years. His video series aren't just demonstrations—they explain in detail what makes this martial art so effective.
Whether a beginner or a seasoned martial artist, each video will help you maximize your power by blending proper body mechanics with flow and speed. They are everything you need for home study, testing and certification.
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M-Line and the Bus Stop on McKinney Ave is located directly to the left of the Double Eagle.
Recognized as one of the Sexiest Restaurants in the U.S. by Zagat, Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse in Dallas is nestled in chic and pedestrian-friendly Uptown. Featuring our signature service and plenty of Southern hospitality, guests can enjoy high-quality steaks and seafood while gazing at the Dallas skyline from our outdoor patio in one of the best restaurants in Uptown Dallas.
Excellent food. Exceptional service provided by the waiter, Bryan. Can't wait to go back next time in Dallas.
This place never disappoints! The food is fantastic and personnel are very friendly and helpful. Matthew is our new favorite waiter!
Extremely delicious food. My only complaint would be that they lost our reservation, but they were able to find us a seat anyway after a few minutes. Lovely wait staff and the food is exceptional.
Great service, great drinks, delicious food and the ambiance was fabulous!!
This is an amazing place with the best steak, service and great night time.
Great steak house! My family and I enjoyed the ambiance and of course, the food. I would highly recommend.
The environment, food and service were wonderful. The Sea bass was amazing along with the Brussel Sprouts and lobster Mac n cheese. We were also pleasantly surprised by the Butter Cake dessert. Additionally, the sommelier helped us find a great wine that was affordable and went well with both of our dishes. There were several other delicious looking options that I look forward to trying next time I am in Dallas.
We stayed in Dallas for the weekend as a special occasion. We went to Del Frisco's on Saturday night. We Ubered over from our hotel. It was a beautiful and high class restaurant. The decor was really nice and just felt like the place was classy. We walked right in and were seated (we had a reservation). Our waiter was DJ and he was one of the best parts of our time there. He was upbeat, answered all of our questions, recommended the best ways to order food, and was really wonderful. (We gave him a good tip!) We started the date off with a bottle of Moscato. The moscato was off the charts. My fiancé ordered a filet minon and a salad and I ordered a Cesar salad. I got a few bites of the steak from him. The steak was good but was not the best steak I had ever had. The salad was a bit hard to eat because the leaves of lettuce were full leaves and I was having to cut them into smaller bites but it was tasty. We thought we would end the day that way, the DJ came out and asked if we wanted dessert. We were going to pass just because today had been a treat but he told us he put a free dessert in for us and who says not to free dessert?! He brought out a butter cake a la mode and a chocolate rum cake. The butter cake gets a 7/5 from me. It was to die for. Overall it was a beautiful evening for a date with my best friend. The food wasn't the best I have ever had but the dessert was amazing. The atmosphere was what sold it for me. We would recommend it for special occasions!
It was my mom's 70th bday. We had the most incredible meal. The service was fantastic. We got a signed bday card, a magnificent dessert(s) on the house. It could not have been better!
Nice to be served by the Advanced Somm Leah. Very knowledgeable and able to pair the Steak/fish orders. All the food was up to the Del Frisco standard of excellence. The pre-dinner specialty cocktails were enjoyed by the ladies.
Best steak in town! And don't forget to order the butter cake...you won't be disappointed.
As always the quality of food and the attentiveness of our server compels to none. Callie goes above and beyond to make sure your dining experience is just that. An impeccable experience. From presentation to the end.
Excellent food and service, Nolan was fantastic and we enjoyed our visit. We will definitely be back. The lobster Mac and cheese is a must!
Right from entering the front door we knew we had made the right choice to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Hostess were attentive. Service was impeccable. Food was outstanding. Del Frisco's has my highest recommendation for any dining experience.
Lacked the character of the North DALLAS original. Steak was surprisingly tough, fat didn't render. However, crab cake was awesome, our waiter was great and sommelier was good.
It was my birthday and everyone made it a special occasion!!
Very pleased with service staff and restaurant food quality.
A wonderful place to spend a special birthday. Food was excellent! Sorry I can't remember his name, but our waiter was so thoughtful and really made our day special. Almost went to your Ft. Worth location, but so glad we made our way to Dallas. Thanks for a great celebration.
Excellent experience all around. Tasty gluten free options!
Outstanding dining experience.Everything on the plate was well prepared and tasted awesome!!
Our first time here and it was by far, the best restaurant in Dallas all the way around. From the ambiance to the service to the food. It was all stellar. We have not experienced such an experience anywhere else, and we've been to all the top restaurants in Dallas. This was an unplanned dinner, booked our reservation just 20 minutes before we arrived and did not have any expectations. If we had, they would have knocked them out of the park. Needless to say, I highly recommend. It's a great place to show off some out of town guests, too!
Terrific food and service. Very chic atmosphere. A little pricey but solid portions, not to mention the food is fabulous. We had the fried calamari, New York strip+filet, brussel sprouts, creamed corn and French fries. All fantastic and would go back!
Have been going to Del Friscos for over 20 years. So disappointed with both my and my wife's steaks this last time. Had to send mine back 2 times to get rid of beet red middle and blood pouring out. Had asked for light pink center. Neither steak had any flavor. Took leftovers home, and ate with A-1 sauce.
Way too expensive for mediocre food.
Service was good and friendly!
The new place is not near as intimate, warm or elegant as the old location on Spring Valley.
Save your money, and go somewhere where overly priced food at least tastes great.
Friend gifted some certificates to DFSES so an early Saturday evening dinner with spouse was a treat. Enjoyed cocktails and conversation at the bar and then were seated by our waiter Mason at a window side table for two. Mason provided excellent service and conversation along with a delicious starter of oysters and salad. The main course was Mason's recommended bone-in rib-eye with sides of asparagus and mushrooms and onions. The dinner ended with hoyte-toitey coffee and a scrumptious desert cake served a la mode. Quiet atmosphere at this time of the day allowing lots of attention from the staff.
ABSOLUTELY IMPECCABLE SERVICE, THE FOOD WAS INCREDIBLE AND THE LEMON CAKE NOT TO BE MISSED! VISITING ON BUSINESS FROM THE UK AND WOULD DEFINITELY RETURN NEXT TIME IN DALLAS. THE VIP COCKTAIL ON ARRIVAL IS A MUST TOO, THEIR SPECIALITY PINEAPPLE INFUSED VODKA IS SUNSHINE IN A MARTINI GLASS! ALSO ASPARAGUS WITH PISTACHIO SIDE IS WONDERFUL AND THE STEAKS LITERALLY MELT IN YOUR MOUTH. DELICIOUS FIND, 10/10.
Steak was med instead of med rare.
Sat us by elevator very noisy.
Mushrooms were not that tasty.
We came for our Anniversary. The staff made us feel so very special. We received a hand signed note, fabulous service, delicious food, and a yummy dessert. This was a magical evening.


The RFEF Campus takes place at the Ciudad del Futbol (City of Football), home to the World Cup Champion Spanish National Team. The facility is located 20 minutes from the Madrid city center and has the most modern facilities offering various football fields with natural as well as artificial surfaces, a gym, swimming pool, training rooms, classrooms and the Spanish Football Museum where the World Cup Trophy is now on exhibition. The residence where the players live during the program is within the sport complex, the very same rooms used by the Spanish National Team players when training in Madrid, all air-conditioned and with a private bathroom.


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ALASKA HIGHWAY NEWS
North Peace Secondary is defending its title as one of Canada's most informed schools.
The school is taking part in Canada's Most Informed School Competition run by ChatterHigh during Canada Career Month in November.
NPSS students are competing with others at high schools across the country online for a chance to win scholarships and prize money for the school. The competition involves students researching career opportunities, and universiy and college programs while earning points.
"As a rural school, our students do not get very much exposure to universities and various career opportunities," teacher Dustin Barry said. "ChatterHigh and the competition provided them with the opportunity to explore university programs throughout B.C. and Alberta."
North Peace Secondary placed first in their AAA 500-1000 Student division in 2016, ahead of Carleton North High School in New Brunswick and Windsor Secondary in North Vancouver. There were 120 students who took part, raising several hundred dollars for Free the Children, which builds schools in impoverished countries.
"This became a competition of who could donate more to help the children. With the students actively engaged, ChatterHigh became a part of our daily routine," Barry said.
"They are all looking forward to future competitions and contributing to a good cause."
The school is currently in third place on the AAA leaderboard for the 2017 competition, behind Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto and Kalamalka Secondary in Coldstream
See original article here: http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/fort-st-john/north-peace-secondary-defends-most-informed-school-title-1.23082616
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Do you feel like you're running on empty? Learn how you can relieve tension and restore balance to your life force energy with a Reiki cleansing.
Reiki is a new concept in the world of alternative health treatment. For the past five years it has been a common phenomenon in the world of medicine, health care and relaxation.
People all over the world are now taking an interest in Reiki, a form of hands-on healing. Countless people of all different backgrounds and skills have taken some type of Reiki training.
Today it is very difficult to keep pace with life in the fast lane and this causes a lot of pressure. Corporations are worried about the health of their employees due to the high rate of absence in the office. Many days are taken off because of nervous tension due to stress. So employers are now interested in introducing relaxation techniques such as Reiki in the workplace. Reiki can often be the perfect solution to this problem.
How would we define Reiki?
People are confused by the pronunciation of "Reiki." It's very simple. You can pronounce Reiki as Ray-Key. The meaning of Reiki is ''Universal Energy''. In Chinese the letters Ki is referred to as Chi which actually means energy. Reiki is connected to the energies both inside of us as well as in the world around us.
The way Reiki works lies in the meaning of the word itself. It is based on working with and channeling energy. Some people consider Reiki a spiritual energy.
A Reiki practitioner works with the energy that is all around us and connects this energy with your own energy. This is a process of self healing and it brings a peaceful relaxation to the mind and body. It also keeps any energy source within a person free from any blockage. Whenever any energy flow is blocked, it causes some problem in your body. This energy blockage is usually related to worries and stress and manifests itself in physical problems. A Reiki practitioner can feel this blockage and knows how to send healing energy to clear out the block and keep the energy freely flowing.
Reiki is amazingly effective for emotional problems. Sometimes a person can't express clearly how he feels but he knows something is really burdening his mind. Reiki works well for this type of problem. A few sessions of Reiki can help to unblock the throat and mind energy sources. Once it is cleared the person feels deeply relaxed and can express himself clearly. Physical problems are often related with the emotional problems inside a person's psyche. The unblocking of these energy centers makes a person emotionally free. This in turn is beneficial in dealing with physical problems. Reiki can reach to the deepest recesses of the mind and helps maintain a proper balance between body and mind.
It works by re-balancing the energy within you and soothes your body and mind. Reiki is a holistic method of healing. Reiki practitioners ask their clients to try and find out underlying causes for the symptoms. Even a very small change in lifestyle may be all that is required to cure a patient's problems.
Don't live in Las Vegas? Lauren offers distant energy healing!


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These concessions, unless specified, do not require GST registration. However, to claim GST credits, a registered religious institution must be registered for GST and, where required, endorsed as a charity by us to access either:
income tax exemption.
A registered religious institution can register for GST if it is carrying on an enterprise.
GST registration and carrying on an enterprise
A registered religious institution that is endorsed as a charity by us can access GST charity concessions.
GST religious groups
Non-profit sub-entities for branches
Donated second-hand goods
Raffles and bingo
Non-commercial activities
Accounting on a cash basis
Reimbursement of volunteer expenses
Retirement villages.
Some goods and services are not subject to GST and do not include GST in their price. These goods and services are referred to as GST-free supplies. If a GST-registered organisation provides a GST-free supply, they are entitled to credits for the GST included in the price of its 'inputs' (the goods or services used to make the GST-free supply).
A religious service is a service supplied by an ACNC- registered religious institution and is integral to the practice of that religion.
Examples of a religious service include:
a wedding, funeral or baptism service
religious retreats
bible study groups.
To access this concession, a registered religious institution is not required to be endorsed as a charity by us.
A registered religious institution, as a non-profit organisation, can self-assess its entitlement to access:
the GST non-profit concessions for gifts
the GST registration threshold.
The registered religious institution does not need to be endorsed as a charity by us to access these concessions.
A non-profit organisation must register for GST if its annual turnover is $150,000 or more. If its turnover is less, it can register if it chooses.