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    Venables or Thompson - which one is it ?????

    Leaving a forum in a huff after a comment from another user. What is this place, a forum for 10 yr olds? Wipe the tears away love
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    If you don't want to go for the interview..

    Maybe you didn't qualify the candidates well enough? No one would turn down a £500day interview if they were benched unless a) rate too low for the candidate, b) location no good, c) they didnt want to do the role in the first place. From the sounds of things, "smashing your phone in a rage"...
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    Office space

    Thanks for the quick reply. Yes I agree on all your points - especially regarding IT and Telecoms. One place has quoted me £60/pp per month :sick The reason I ask about empty, non serviced offices is I saw an ad on gumtree recently...£99/week for a 3/4 person office, inclusive of all rates and...
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    Office space

    Hi All Business is going well enough for me to acquire some full time office space. I was hoping someone who could give recommendations on the best places to look. London Victoria is my preferred option I've been speaking to some office brokers who have set up viewings with some nice serviced...
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    .Net Contract if anyone is available - North East/Healthcare

    Doing this as a favour for an ex colleague...please pm me and I'll pass your details to the relevant people...ideally int and start next week Paternity cover for existing Dev Manager – 6 weeks Manage a team of 2 Internal meetings about current applications re: enhancements, issues etc Some...
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    BNP Demos - Why ? FFS

    BNP will never come into power.There are too many foreigners living in UK to allow that ;)
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    Student Visas

    I don't agree, and this is from first hand experience. Unfortunately my sister ended up marrying a 2nd generation Vietnamese man living in the area. He and his extended family are complete bums, living off the government, not working etc. I also know a lot of younger Viets in the area doing...
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    Student Visas

    Excellent post. I have many American friends from all ethnic backgrounds - white, black, Chinese, Indian, Arabic, hispanic etc...they're all "wooo go America, we love you etc etc" - some of the most patriotic people on earth. You only get the massive racial problems when you visit the various...
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    A job in Singapore - what's it worth?

    Expensive? Maybe if you only dine in Raffles hotel and the like which are designed for expats I lived there fairly recently for a few months. Food courts open all night, serving great food...seafood meal for the equivalent of a tenner... Everyone speaks English, is polite, no hassles at all...
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    Ryan air

    I've flown with Ryanair and Easyjet for a few years now and have never had any problems. If you do the proper research, you'll have no problems. I flew out to Mallorca in Janaury, £20 return + £8 baggage, taxes all inclusive. I think when the general folk who pay and expect the service to be on...
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    How much do recruitment agents take?

    I contract for an IB and to be fair, I'd have no idea which department and which manager is hiring for which skillset. I don't know what my agent is making but I'm more than happy with my rate. People complaining shouldn't have signed the contract in the first place!!!
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    Sued for Damages After Contractor Ineptitude

    So in the meantime, has the client given you any new roles to work on? :smile
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    UK Taxpayers To Subsidise Foreign Students

    Has everyone conviniantly missed Thats quite a lot of dough. I know quite a few international students, there are some colleges which charge up to £10,000 a term (for gcses/a levels). I think as semi educated people, some people here need to get off the whole "too many bloody foreigners" in...
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    Question from a newbie

    Hi everyone, thanks for the great replies Basically with my situation - money is the main drive (isn't it for most people? :P). I've not been contracting in the past, hence the questions (yeah yeah, another permie trying to go contract - sorry!). A friend is contracting on similar rates on...
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    Question from a newbie

    Hi All Been reading the boards for a while, need a bit of advice. I'm sure similar questions have been asked before but its always nice to intro yourself a bit ;) Basically I'm currently in a perm role at - looking to move on for a few reasons. An agent has set me up for an interview for a 6...

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