I'd normally insist on the contract before notice given, I've done this before and the agency understood.
That said, if it's outside IR35 especially, having a contract isn't neccessarily secure work, they could ditch you on the first day if they wanted.
So depending on the circumstances...
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Agree with Martin, the figure doesn't make sense to add to a mortgage on the face of it. Bank loan or 0% credit card if you can. I've had upto 10k on a 0% credit card deal not too long ago (stoozing in my case) and I don't even have the best credit score.
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What about Amazon, Meta etc? Seems to be quite normal for large companies to squirrel profits away offshore if they can get away with it.
Is there a specific issue with the Cypriot aspect as opposed to the usual ROI/Guernsey etc ?...
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