Originally posted by cojak
View Post
- 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!
Doing Something Useful
Collapse
X
-
-
Grand, but UK kids need a path to get there...Originally posted by aussielong View PostYeah, California."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
-
Alternatively they could go and nick some bread and get sent to AustraliaOriginally posted by cojak View PostGrand, but UK kids need a path to get there...
Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
-
you are a century or two too late, now they even send 'our' criminals back.Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostAlternatively they could go and nick some bread and get sent to Australia
Comment
-
The best IT advice anyone can give to children in the UK, is how to search for courses on plumbing, construction, electrician, joinery, plastering etc.
Good money, lots of work, govt sponsored boom times ahead, skills wanted in Australia etc.Comment
-
Yep. Tradesmen do very well in Aus. 40 year old builders living in $3m homes in Sydney. I know a few. You've got to be near to where the money changes hands, you see.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostThe best IT advice anyone can give to children in the UK, is how to search for courses on plumbing, construction, electrician, joinery, plastering etc.
Good money, lots of work, govt sponsored boom times ahead, skills wanted in Australia etc.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
- ‘Welcome’ increase in HMRC mileage rates for contractors using their own cars for work Yesterday 05:18
- King’s Speech 2026 including a welcome Late Payments Bill still leaves contractors short May 26 04:42
- Getting a mortgage when you're a contractor. The system wasn't built for you. Is that finally changing? May 22 06:11
- How deepfake AI contractors threaten umbrella company supply chains under JSL May 20 06:31
- Mileage rates review: Will the first AMAP rethink in 15 years benefit contractors? May 19 05:57
- What is a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), and are FDE jobs for IT contractors ripe? May 18 04:43
- IT contractor demand lunged towards growth in April 2026 May 13 04:48
- What does PGMOL’s win over HMRC mean for contractors? May 12 07:25
- Contractors eyeing mortgages ‘unrealistic about BoE’s 3.75% hold decision’ May 11 07:50
- The fake job problem is getting worse. Are contractors a particularly easy target? May 8 07:49

Comment