Forum: Business / Contracts

I can see VF HQ visitors car park is full every day! Too many visitors or unauthorized contractors parking @ HQ.? I think it is latter.I know many contractors regularly parking at HQ though they are not supposed to. Anyone knows whats the disciplinary procedure if this rule is broken and...

I've been asked to sign a contract and had a couple of questions regarding the terms. Am I being reasonable or should be aware of any red flags. Portal Contract The agency (Lorien) refuse to email me a contract. They said I have to view it (in separate sections) on their online portal. Signing...

Hi all - I'm on a short contract in Rotterdam where I'm working as a front end developer using d3.js. All in all it's pretty good and I enjoy it but we've recently had a new addition (permanent) to the team and he is not up to scratch in my opinion. He has also started acting like a loose...

This is the fourth project I’ve taken on as a contractor in the last 5 years. The contract duration was 5 months, but now the client has extended it..through the agency. The agency hasn’t given me clarification on how long the extension is other than it’s ‘ongoing’ (so they have been told by the...

Question for the panel. For those of you who have children and save, what are you doing? I presently put 100GBP per month into a Halifax Childrens ISA for the kids, so theres around 7k and 11k saved. The interest rate is crap around 2%, so Im thinking a stocks ISA would now be better. ...

Hi, I'm new to contracting, started in October on a 6-month contract, and it's been extended WEF next week to end of September. QDOS do provide my public liability insurance. What I don't understand is the time period IR35 insurance covers.. does it back-date to October, when I started...

Anything I should know? I assume I just bill them at the agreed rate in the agreed currency plus 20% VAT. But if there are any catches, I'd be grateful to know. TIA :-)

Good morning from a long term lurker. Due to health reasons I had to take three years off following a 20+ year contracting career. I was able to do some adhoc consultancy, in total about 6 months during that period. I have managed to keep my technical knowledge current, and have been...

So in the hope of drumming up some new business/leads I am looking at attending some networking events/exhibitions etc in London. Anyone know of any particularly good ones for the IT/PM crowd. The Business Show 2018 is coming next month. Has anyone been?

I see this term alot, plus i've seen a number of definitions, but they all seem fairly open ended, anyone know of an accurate one?

Anyone else finding it very quiet out there? This is the quietest I remember it for the last 6 years. I finished my last contract at the end of April and now going back to an old client, but if that work wasn't there I'd be struggling to get a sniff of anything. Feels like some lean times are on...

What trends are you seeing emerging in 2018? Coding seem pretty solid, Cybersec & GDPR are buzzing my phone off the hook. AI, Blockchain & ML all seem in the permie space. Seems like the "softer" stuff like PMs, BAs, & OPS are still down - if not stagnent. How are you finding your...

I’m going through a crossroad in my career at the moment which is the reason I’ve signed up to this board having lurked on it for a while. I work within the Project Management world and have been working in this field for more than five years. My current role is as a Portfolio Manager and I’ve...

I've been offered a role with Deutsche. Searching this forum scares me a little. It sounds like long hours, a 9 month rule, enforced rate cuts and enforced time off all likely. Does anyone have any recent experiences over there?

This seems to happening more and more this year. I had calls from Arrows Group UK, which I have now blocked, where their people have poor English: "When you make the CV", "If you would be fine", "you can reply me back" I don't want this agency to represent my contracting business. It seems...

My pimp contacted me today regarding a gig similar to the one I'm already doing... I'm not about to leave my current gig, so thought I'd see if there was anyone in this community who would be interested. I believe it's London based and paying circa 450-500/day. PM me if interested and we can...

...so not an easy thing to do judging by previous discussion. Many variables. I am trying to weigh up £670pd outside (caught by 24 month rule) against £800pd inside. Both can be considered to have equal expenses working away from home base. My initial feeling is that the £800 is not enough but...

Hi there, Just wanted to get some thoughts from the community. I'm about to complete a contract at one of the big investment banks in London and they want to renew me. I have informed the agency I will but want a rate increase. They have told me that I need to negotiate this directly with the...

Greetings, Long time lurker, first time poster. Firstly, just wanted to say what a great forum, the links down the side are exceptionally useful :) (I know how to use the search too (NorthernLadUK). Okay. I had hoped my first post wouldn't make me look stupid, but alas I have a feeling...