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[malvolio]

The reality is that you need three CVs...

One to persuade the thicko agent that you can prove you know how to do the specific role he is trying to fill with examples and all reelvant keywords shoehorned in. After all, he has no idea what he's doing, so you have to grab his attention....

[malvolio]

One other note of caution, to you and others...

A key IR35 cased is meandering through the courts at the moment. It has now been sent back to the FTT level for e-assessment, since the High Court has said, in a precedent setting ruling, that you must not rely on just one of the key indicators...

[malvolio]

Fair point. Rather depends on whether the client wants to pay him out of BaU costs via the payroll or some kind of project budget, and whether or not someone wants to show a headcount reduction

That said, chances are they haven't even considered where the money is coming from......

[malvolio]

Yep, totally agree. Have a look here......

[malvolio]

If it's inside IR35 then there's absolutely zero point (or benefit) is using YourCo. Go with a brolly and keep this work and any new stuff entirely separate.

You may now be realising you have a steep learning curve, there are lots more issues than just IR35 to consider. As I've said to...

[malvolio]

Not without a new contract and possibly a rate rise.

Why should you pay for their errors?

Why do they think they bought a chunk of working hours when you have a time-bounded contract? (Although that assumes that is what you do have - perhaps a careful reading of the Ts&Cs...

[malvolio]

Depends whose list it is. If it's from the agency, then yes, I agree it's nicely eclectic - although it omits Clarity, which seems a little odd. If it's one gleaned from the OP's sources (it looks like a list of the big boys at first glance) then perhaps a check on whether or not their choice is acceptable...

[malvolio]

"..should have.." FFS......

[malvolio]

None of the above. Agencies' ideal hire is an estate agent, since they employ the same tactics to close a sale: represent themselves as experts, establish their fees, then find a buyer. Knowledge of buildings is not needed. Financials get handed off to an expert.

But expecting an recruitment...

[malvolio]

Totally agree - the clue is in the name!!

Perhaps we need also to publicise to clients and the world in general that we operate in the only market where the sellers are totally ignorant of their product......

[malvolio]

Me! Me! .... Oh bugger...

[malvolio]

Sounds like you're on the move then...

AS NLUK says, demand a sensible rise for staying on or you walk. Should make for an interesting day!...

[malvolio]

A nice summary of all that is wrong with the current recruitment model. The agency has the business with the client and is selling them the agency's resources. the client has bought the idea that the agency is the supplier in the relationship. You are merely a cash cow to one and a convenient extra...

[malvolio]

Well that's the whole point. Sit and whine about everything being inside IR35 no matter what you do or at least start to sew the seed in the clients' minds that the risks of hiring you on an outside contract are manageable and nowhere near as severe as they currently believe. If you don't think of yourself...

[malvolio]

Well yes, kinda.... But we should be focussed on persuading end clients that they are buying a service, not hiring an office temp. If they can't formulate even a basic SoW, they should be hiring an FTC which carries less commercial risk these days. At least asking the question up front should help sharpen...

[malvolio]

I should also add that if an SoW is to have any real validity it should be agreed before starting work. It is, after all, the full description of both what is needed and the various Ts&Cs (which are many and various if done properly) under which that is to happen. The idea is to prove your client...

[malvolio]

That's a classic case of misusing something because you can. FRS was expressly intended to help smaller business with many product lines such as the corner shop, who had to account for hundreds of transactions with variable VAT rates from exempt to full rate by allowing them to pass on a reasonable...

[malvolio]

Gosh! Really...?!? ...

[malvolio]

Let me stop you there... Have you seen the recent polls? Both Starmer and Unite are unelectable. Anyway,


...and so won't elect a socialist government.

Really, it's not me in the clown shoes....

[malvolio]

Pointless arguing with ignorance, really. Just for once, try to understand the argument under discussion. Property value is only an indirect element of the proposition.

Or better still, you stick to your own version of reality and I'll stick to mine....