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Recent content by fuzzypenguin
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HSBC axes 840 IT jobs
And yet they are still advertising for contractors- fuzzypenguin
- Post #27
- Forum: General
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Limited company payment
Do you mean you are contracting through an agency / going direct and they have paid directly into your personal account instead of your LTD account? If so, no that's not norm. You must have given them the wrong details. Just update them and speak to your accountant about how to resolve it. Maybe...- fuzzypenguin
- Post #6
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Replacement For TAS Basics
You might have to bite the bullet I'm afraid. This is the way that a lot of business software is moving now, as it is a better revenue scheme for the publishers - little and often, rather than sell the product and then the user can use the same software for years. I would ask your accountant...- fuzzypenguin
- Post #2
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Top 15 Recruitment Agency tricks...!!
Been on both sides of this, had agents give me lots of questions which were asked to previous candidates and also been asked specifics about the interview for the next candidate. As with everything agents say, treat with pinch of salt as the previous interviewee could be giving duff info. I...- fuzzypenguin
- Post #50
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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First Time Contractor in Edinburgh - What to expect?
The start of the year (Jan / Feb / start of March) can be a bit slow, but tends to pick up after this, possibly to do with budgets being aligned to financial year. I would put your CV on the job boards and set your status to actively looking. You should get calls from agents then who have jobs...- fuzzypenguin
- Post #5
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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State of contracting up North (A1 corridor / Sheffield up to Newcastle)?
Don't worry, I know to avoid Doncaster. My mates dad used to own a pub there. I think it was in Armthorpe.- fuzzypenguin
- Post #11
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State of contracting up North (A1 corridor / Sheffield up to Newcastle)?
Thanks for the reply. I think there are a couple of Mobile network operators offices in Leeds too. EE has an office there.- fuzzypenguin
- Post #9
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State of contracting up North (A1 corridor / Sheffield up to Newcastle)?
Yes, I would stay away, but would prefer not to if possible. I would rather have a longer commute and sleep in my own bed at night than stay away all week. That's why I'm trying to find out the state of the local market really. If it means I will have to stay away all the time, then we may be...- fuzzypenguin
- Post #6
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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State of contracting up North (A1 corridor / Sheffield up to Newcastle)?
That's why I moved away from there in the first place, too much of a small town mentality in the locals! Thanks for the reply though, good to know that the local(ish) market is pretty buoyant.- fuzzypenguin
- Post #3
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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State of contracting up North (A1 corridor / Sheffield up to Newcastle)?
Hi, My wife has the opportunity to move with her job to North Yorkshire, and we are considering moving (probably to Thirsk or York). I just wondered what the state of the contract market was like in that area. I have 10 years+ contracting experience as a front end dev (HTML, CSS, JavaScript...- fuzzypenguin
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Anyone contracting in the Netherlands or know about the tax system?
OK cheers, I thought I was working directly with the company, so they would be paying the employers NI and the agency were getting their cut directly from the company too. Rather than it working like in the UK. So the company would be making 2 payments instead of 1 to the agency. That makes...- fuzzypenguin
- Post #3
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Anyone contracting in the Netherlands or know about the tax system?
Hi, I've been offered a contract in Amsterdam for 6 months, and understand I qualify for the 30% tax ruling. I've been given a break down of the expected salary etc and I've got a couple of questions that I thought I might get a clearer answer on here than from the recruitment agency. The...- fuzzypenguin
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Recommendations for adding SSD to Playstation 4
Not done it with an SSD, but can recommend this - Samsung M9T 2TB 9.5mm SATA 2.5 inch Internal Hard Drive, PS4 Compatible: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories Replaced mine a couple of months ago, takes about 10-15 minutes. There is a guide on the playstation website too. Just back up all...- fuzzypenguin
- Post #2
- Forum: Technical
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Another Expenses Scenario (serious)
Might be wrong, but the taxi receipt won't have a time on it. Could you not claim there was a problem on the trains and had to get a taxi home tonight? Or trains had stopped running? So therefore normal expense.- fuzzypenguin
- Post #5
- Forum: General
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Online learning resources
Sitepoint is pretty good for front end development stuff, videos and all Sitepoint books to download, about £70 for a year, but around this time of year (Black Friday and Christmas) they do deals. Just renewed for £30 for the year. Also, Pocket Lint Pay What You Want is worth keeping an eye...- fuzzypenguin
- Post #28
- Forum: Technical
