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Recent content by fonejacker
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MVL alternative?
If you take the money out with the MVL you can invest it in the stock market or elsewhere, this could over time easily pay back the costs of the MVL process. All that money will just be sitting in the company otherwise doing not much (unless you invest via the company but not sure going that...- fonejacker
- Post #7
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Buy stocks with my ltd
just a note that your accountant might charge you more if you deal in stocks with the company as there is more work to do. best to check with them to avoid a surprise fee.- fonejacker
- Post #9
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Finding an accountant
I would add the following: - are there any guaranteed response times? (some big firms offer guaranteed response times which is one reason why you pay them more, if you pay joe blogs the same amount and he doesn't respond to your questions timely then it doesn't matter if he's a wizard) - what...- fonejacker
- Post #11
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Nice Holiday Destination In April
Abu Dhabi! waterworld, ferrari world. good value 5 star hotels. hop on hop off bus. unbelievable mosque. Warm climate.- fonejacker
- Post #5
- Forum: General
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6 months contract/save £, 6 months holidays/travelling, repeat - do you do it?
it's good in theory but think of the logistics...are you renting or owning? long term travel is dead rent money, owning might be easier as at least paying off a mortgage, if you move out of flat for travel then need to put things into storage then manage mail etc. I take the hit on rent when...- fonejacker
- Post #33
- Forum: General
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client asking me not to work, even though I have a signed contract
it was only 4 days for one month and Xmas/Change freezes all tied up in that, I wouldn't accept it long term, about to finish here but hard to not get messed around sometimes when no other work around.- fonejacker
- Post #52
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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client asking me not to work, even though I have a signed contract
contract is just with consultancy to work 'anywhere'. it's not really worth anything. anyway....I didn't want to hijack the OP's thread as much but I just wanted to point out that in fantasy land everyone is getting juicy long term contracts without breaks and everyone wants to be a contractor...- fonejacker
- Post #48
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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client asking me not to work, even though I have a signed contract
yeah it's the ultimate mess around, the 4 days was just last month, was fairly solid first couple of months before that. the problem is they suddenly started doing this stand down stuff mid-way through a solid contract and before I knew it a month is gone, it takes time to find another gig so by...- fonejacker
- Post #45
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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client asking me not to work, even though I have a signed contract
I get no notice, it's 'stand down tomorrow' type stuff. oh I would leave them at the drop of a hat but when the other consultancy asks me my situation i'd have to be imaginative is all i'm saying to make it sound like I've finished rather than saying i'm leaving another consultancy without...- fonejacker
- Post #44
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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client asking me not to work, even though I have a signed contract
agreed, anything is better than 'on and off working'...been contracting for 12 years and only had a couple of gigs that did it, this one the worst. Let's hope it doesn't become more commonplace.- fonejacker
- Post #40
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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client asking me not to work, even though I have a signed contract
that's a very good point, I'm working for consultancy A, consultancy B came knocking the other day asking if I was available, unfortunately it fell over before it got to the point where they asked me what I was currently doing but I wonder what I would have said. Probably 5 days notice to give...- fonejacker
- Post #33
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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client asking me not to work, even though I have a signed contract
definitely looking but want to work local. So for the privilege of working local i'm putting up with all of this I guess you could say. deployment will be at higher rate as it's the weekend and there will be money for being on call so it's quite a wedge.- fonejacker
- Post #32
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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client asking me not to work, even though I have a signed contract
True good point, on CV there is usually nothing about delivery and just having skill X or Y. it's actually interesting with CV as I can put November - January at Client X, you don't actually have to write the number of days or anything so someone looking would just assume you are working full...- fonejacker
- Post #28
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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client asking me not to work, even though I have a signed contract
well i'll work for anyone who pays me - like any contractor, if there is work around which might be X days per month then it's better than 0 days per month. (or solid days per month working abroad/in a hotel? debatable..)- fonejacker
- Post #27
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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client asking me not to work, even though I have a signed contract
there's no other contracts around that are local, with all the offshoring going on and companies cutting costs I had to take what I could get. I suspect OP is in similar situation, if OP was getting inundated with other contracts you think they would put up with the BS?- fonejacker
- Post #25
- Forum: Business / Contracts
