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    Share Options for permie's

    Thanks Thanks Thanks, Will check the excise price, it's not massively high. But there is no current share price as it's not publically listed. The company is about to kick off another round of investment, so that will set the value I suppose, but if they issue more shares to investors, are...
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    Share Options for permie's

    Hi, After contracting for 5 years, I took a permanent job last year, as it sounded like my "dream job", and the cut in income wasn't too bad, the company and technology were very new and interesting, and I thought better hours, less stress finding new contracts, more security for my young...
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    Offered new contract! Rate increase methodology

    Don't bother Don't bother Unless the rate difference is really important to you. And if it is, get another, higher paying contract instead of signing the extension. I'm bored of having arguments with agents about rate increases. They almost always win. It gets to a point where they say "No...
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    Flat Rate VAT and buying hardware

    Hello I'm on the Flat Rate VAT scheme and want to buy some hardware from ebay (less than £2000 worth). The seller's are often individuals and don't charge VAT or offer VAT receipts. Are there any VAT implications for me here? Can I simply buy the goods on my personal credit card and then claim...
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    35mm slidescanning

    Canon Pixma MP800 Premium All in One Photo Lab with 3.5" LCD Viewer Canon Pixma MP800 Premium All in One Photo Lab with 3.5" LCD Viewer This all-in-one printer has an adapter for scanning in 35mm negatives...
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    35mm slidescanning

    The email address on the site doesn't work The email address on the site doesn't work 'Cos I have a few old negative knocking about..
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    One or the other

    good luck AtW good luck AtW I've been following your SKA posts since you first started it. I sincerely wish you all the best with it
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    Written references

    Do you try and get written references from your clients before they leave?
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    Contract Notice Period

    normal normal Yes, it's normal. If anything, the fact that they have to give you a month's notice is very good. Often it's a week.
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    How to send mail from ..@myco.co.uk

    Hi I've registered a domain, www.myco.co.uk, and I have any mail sent to that domain forwarded to my yahoo account. But how do I send mail FROM my new domain? Is that something the web hoster provides? I know this is a real newbie question, but I'm not a web developer and don't know how to...
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    P2P Software

    torrents torrents I was well impressed with BitTorrent, but got drowned in a sea of popups and credit-card registration sites when trying to find torrents. Where do you get the torrents? Cheers
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    P2P Software

    Hello, which p2p file-transfer software does the job these days? It's been a few years since I use to do it - I used Kazaa and Emule then, but haven't been following it since. All for legitimate purposes you understand :bluelight
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    VAT flat rate scheme - good option?

    Do courses count as goods or services? Do courses count as goods or services? Supposing I spent £3k on 5 day boot camp, would I be able to reclaim the VAT on it? I'm also on the flat rate VAT scheme. Cheers
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    Best way to get BBC radio in Europe?

    Spot on Spot on Yeah you tell her Expat, Threaded. That should put the 84 year old woman in her place. :cool:
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    Recruitment Consultants, discuss.

    I like em I like em They find me contracts I wouldn't otherwise have found, they pay my invoices quicker than they themselves get paid by the client, and they, like me, want to get paid as much as they can for their services. I don't get annoyed by fishing. Just politely decline to give them...

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