....
							
						
					- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
Help needed please
				
					Collapse
				
			
		
	X
- 
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
- 
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
 ....If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here.Comment
- 
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
 WHS!!!!
 Nonononono!!!!
 
 Yes - you are being played!!!!
 
 You do not negotiate at this stage - they've already tried to diddle you once.
 
 It should have been "£350 - take it or leave it".
 
 You are almost through the door - the client wants you and has already agreed to £350 I strongly suspect. The agent is not going to dump you for her extra £20 per day.
 
      "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true." "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
 - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
- 
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
- 
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
 Just to add - in future, don't specify a range either. State one figure only - not too high to put them off, but something you'd be happy with. When they ask "but what's your bottom line", you ask "what's your top offer?".Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
- 
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	Comment
- 
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
 Nope. Assume you've lost the gig and go for the other one. If they call / email back, tell them that they have missed out.Originally posted by LadyChatterley View PostStill no call from them. Should I send them another email or phone them, or just sit tight?
 
 I think someone has already suggested, write a letter to the client telling them that you are disappointed that the offer had been withdrawn by the agency, etc.If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here.Comment
- 
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
 1) Are you desperate: Chase them and say Please can I have the role at any rateOriginally posted by LadyChatterley View PostStill no call from them. Should I send them another email or phone them, or just sit tight?
 2) If you are not: Sit tight
 
 Easy peasyComment
- 
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
- 
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	
 I guess now is the time to decide where you want to be. My suggestion is to find out how long the £400p/d offer can be held on for before deciding and set that as the absolute deadline (minus a few hours) and tell the preferred agency that if there is no contact by then, you will assume that the opportunity has gone. No if's... no but's.Originally posted by LadyChatterley View Post....
 
 But feel free to treat my opinion as a first time poster.   If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here. If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here.Comment
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Andrew Griffith MP says Tories would reform IR35 Oct 7 00:41
- New umbrella company JSL rules: a 2026 guide for contractors Oct 5 22:50
- Top 5 contractor compliance challenges, as 2025-26 nears Oct 3 08:53
- Joint and Several Liability ‘won’t retire HMRC's naughty list’ Oct 2 05:28
- What contractors can take from the Industria Umbrella Ltd case Sep 30 23:05
- Is ‘Open To Work’ on LinkedIn due an IR35 dropdown menu? Sep 30 05:57
- IR35: Control — updated for 2025-26 Sep 28 21:28
- Can a WhatsApp message really be a contract? Sep 25 20:17
- Can a WhatsApp message really be a contract? Sep 25 08:17
- ‘Subdued’ IT contractor jobs market took third tumble in a row in August Sep 25 08:07

 
				 
				 
				 
				
Comment