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[Ketto]

See it a lot too, times are hard but a meltdown on Linkedin never seems like a good idea. Go nuts on facebook or instagram by all means, but keep your professional profile professional....

[Ketto]

Free Agent is one of those things that i can’t imagine how i got by without. I put it in the same bracket as sat nav, pale ale and non-iron shirts.

[Ketto]

I’d always suggest not over thinking it and just quoting what your rate is for an extension and either being prepared to walk if they say no, or back down with minimal fuss if you’re not. Bear in mind also that the market is very bad at the moment and may be for some time.

In my experience...

[Ketto]

I haven’t done the sums, but does the suggested employer NI increase not just cancel the benefit of the previous employee NI reduction, rather than make umbrella contractors majorly worse off?

Sounds like the net effect of both changes means contractors will be a bit worse off, but not...

[Ketto]

It has become the most tedious thread on CUK....

[Ketto]

They also need to have been convicted of a criminal offence, suspended from the commons for more than ten sitting days or convicted for a breach of parliamentary standards. Can’t just get rid of them because you don’t agree with tax policy....