This is neater than you renting the plane and then getting reimbursed by the company, which raises possible issues with both HMRC
Interesting point here IO, there's an inference that declaring it to HMRC brings its own problems?
I'm self employed and don't do much flying for business (yet) but would hope to during the better months of the year. For info, the flying would save a lot of time (North East to Wales circa just over an hour, compared to 5+ hours), so there and back in a day is very easily do-able. I'm in property so visits to houses, sites, commercial buildings can be arranged at pretty much any time.
Does being self employed change anything?