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The official "Autumn Statement 2015" AKA "End of Contracting" thread

25 November 2015, 00:59

Flexible workforce... get ready to rumble...
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25 November 2015, 01:26

11 hours to go!
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25 November 2015, 06:48

We will not go quietly into the night!!
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25 November 2015, 07:19

One Door Closes; Another Opens

I think "End of Contracting" is a rather negative, defeatist title.

How about something more positive and uplifting?

eg "Start of Temping"

"Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" Mark Twain
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25 November 2015, 07:22

http://www.cih.org/news-article/disp...housing_market
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25 November 2015, 07:23

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25 November 2015, 07:28

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don't panic yet

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25 November 2015, 07:37

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25 November 2015, 07:52

Join me on the dark side <insert contractors name> and together we can rule the Galaxy like Father and Son.

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25 November 2015, 08:12

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