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Employees at my client are adamant that hybrid is bollards and they're ignoring the rules. It's a great thing to see.

One day we'll ask ourselves why we spent so much money and energy on making sure everyone was more miserable than they needed to be at work....

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If anyone ever offers you an opportunity you can't 'do', accept it and work it out when you get there. There's so much you can learn from Youtube and asking questions of people around you.

It's not a waste of time either in your instance - you got paid, and learnt enough to be able to do...

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If you don't secure it now, you'll be hard pressed to ask again.

If you have leverage, go for it. Just don't stick around if they say no, you'll look a right mug.

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Not quite - the end client is changing too - but I do appreciate the irony ...

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Public sector client has finally gone Inside (long story but the determination has changed) so I'm weighting up my options. Been there for a couple of years so a change would be nice, and leaving on the principle of keeping all my engagement Outside (rather than having a transition) feels good. That...

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I wonder if QDOS will throw a party when the first TLC35 payout happens

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The better way of handling this is to say that it's slightly higher than the one you're hoping for, telling them that this 'slightly higher than the one you want' rate is the one you're on now. All (estate) agents want to be able to save some money, but being cagey about what you're currently on gets...

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The World is moving to USB-C, as are apple. My MacBook uses it as its sole charging/everything else port too.

Lightning was a great innovation in its day - smaller than the 30 pin iPod connector, not as crushable as mini/micro USB. USB-C may as well be a Lightning the world can use.

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What about IR35?

Once I'd had a few done, I was able to work out the basic formula and apply it to a couple of contracts that arrived at the 11th hour. Wouldn't want to do it completely inexperienced though....

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Did mine in Word for years, depends how much detail you've got going on

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One thing to be aware of is that some clients are able to make use of the small company exemption to make it so that they can call it what they like, but that legally it's the contractors responsibility - as such you're operating under effectively the old rules and it's you that needs to do the legal...

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There is more to it than the money.


What do you do with your Ltd?


You're going to stop being able to claim expenses for that company, are you ready for that?

What if the client now imposes employee-like terms on your engagement? Do you have mutuality...

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1% now, let the good times roll!