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    Java Contracting

    You have not got a bad CV for someone your age but you will have to be flexible on your rate especially as the market is crap at the moment. I wouldn't leap until you have got a contract in the bag. In the meantime add to your skills. You won't get a good contract on pure java alone. Spring...
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    Gulp - i'm benched...

    Sorry to hear that. Always crap to be booted but as other posters have said sometimes it can be a good thing. I've been booted a couple of times. Once I got a higher rate contract almost immediately and the second time I managed to get another one with the same rate and had to be off for four...
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    Where to live in London as an IT Contractor

    Waterloo and London Bridge will both be pretty expensive for any sort of reasonable place. They are also busy with tourists, workers and commuters. Canary Wharf is a bit dead at weekends but since commuting to Canary Wharf is a nightmare then being within walking distance of the office is a huge...
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    Large sums of money - investment advice

    You are right on both counts. DTA is double taxation agreement. Essentially if you buy shares in a UK company you don't pay corp tax on the divs. One thing I forgot to mention, If you are spectacularly successful at investing though (i.e. your investment incomes starts to outstrip the...
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    Advice please - CV submitted by two agencies for same job

    I always insist on getting the reference number for a job before agreeing to be represented by an agent for that particular job. If an agent submits a CV without getting an agreement to represent then he is just an idiot.
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    New laptop, Dell XPS 15z?

    I don't think they make blu ray drives thin enough for you yet. I think the 15z looks pretty good at the moment - especially the full HD screen which you can't get on the MacBook unless you go up to a 17" screen.
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    Films that can be watched more than once

    I wouldn't watch Avatar more than once. The 3d effects in the cinema were great but the plot was trite and hackneyed. Watch again films would be the first two godfather films (not the travesty that was the third one) and city of god.
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    Large sums of money - investment advice

    Your company can buy shares in listed companies and your company doesn't pay corp tax on the dividends. It does pay tax on any capital gains though but at the moment there are tons of companies on decent yields. e.g. Vodafone is on a yield of 5% and that has grown by an average of 5.5% compound...
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    New company accountancy advice

    In my experience you don't need the company set up until you actually land the contract. I'd wait until you landed the contract and then sign up with an accountant. Company formation is very quick - maybe two business days. You will be able to register for VAT and have your company bank account...
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    Which skills for the "£750 - 2,000 a day bracket"?

    Some skills are very niche and you can make a lot of money on them but it is always a double edged sword. The reason you can charge a lot is because there are not many people who know that skill. The employer may end up moving to a different technology just to be able to get staff who can work...
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    Weekend work - charge or not?

    I would probably not bother to bill if it was a one-off. Flexibility works both ways. If it was regular weekend work then I would though.
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    Should we vote on Europe?

    Also being based in a non-EU country doesn't seem to have been a massive problem for the likes of Samsung, Oracle, Toyota, Google and a host of other companies.
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    Should we vote on Europe?

    Britain is the second largest net contributor to the EU's finances. Also the massive German trade surplus is at least in part down to our large trade deficit. If the EU tried to play hard ball on trade we could always point out that we buy a lot more from them than they do from us and if they...
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    Java Contracting - what should I brush up on?

    I'd say you have a decent mix of skills. Lots of Java places ask for Hibernate and Spring in addition to Java and SQL now. If I were you I'd concentrate on these four key areas. Haven't seen anyone using struts for years now, although oddly Swing has been popping up a bit recently. Maybe all the...
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    What percentage of your earnings do you clear?

    I'd second northernladuk. A pension still has very good tax breaks attached to it. However I wouldn't sink all my money into it and I'd pay careful attention to fees/charges and what it is invested in. In terms of my own investing activity I put a fair bit into a pension, an ISA and I overpay my...
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