Malvolio suggestion tends to work for more recent specs.
They are unlikely to take stuff that won't run Win11.
My advice, try googling for local charities who might take. Try "charities near me who want old computer kit".
Might be an idea to keep 1 in case for example you...
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London can teach us the lesson.
Boris "I dropped 2 bra sizes during covid" Johnson was an alright London mayor. He was liked somewhat.
He became Prime Minister and borked it.
London got Sadiq Khan who made a massive mess of London.
Andy Burnham went to Manchester, got...
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Slightly relevant, slightly off topic.
If you need US/UK specialist tax advice in this country be prepared to pay rather handsomely for it!...
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Lee Anderson/Nigel Farage in the Clacton Room with the bin!...
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There used to be a company called Contractor Mortgages/Contractor Financials. I used them way back in the day. They were good with me on a few occasions.
I'm not sure if they still exist. Surely if they did still exist, they would understand the umbrella setup and one assumes they would be able...
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1. They already know.
2. What they don't exactly know is you and your attitude to it.
3. 2 is what the process is. Thats what you fail or pass on.
4. How do you think Mandelsohn failed his clearance?
5. What makes you any different to Mandelsohn?
6. Mandelsohn being famous...
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Remember also that the recruitment and "consultancy" sectors traditionally have carried the largest fees in terms of factoring! There is a reason for this. Its very hard for the factor to get the invoices paid from these peoples clients!...
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To be fair similar has happened previously. You would send a cv to a particular agent who not to put too fine a point on it had failed his KS1 reading, writing, maths and phonics (probably didnt even go to school after KS1! and his english and common sense GCSE's. There were a lot of them out there...
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About 10/11 years ago I spent a little time in recruitment. Most audacious CV I ever received was 2 words apart from the guy's name and those words were "Google Me" in size 30 ish font!
I never placed him and i'm not sure anyone else did either! But if he got a job from it then it worked....
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