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State of the Market
Of course it’s cheaper for a couple to live together than a single person. If you are paying £1500 to rent a flat you wouldn’t have to step up to £3000 to add an extra person. You’d likely stay in the same place and half your rent. Your service charges, ground rent, mortgage interest the...- Kanye
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Non-Solicitation Issue
It there is no non poaching clause in the agreement between company and x and client y, it would be the first time in the history of IT services. It's the main clause in any professional services contract as it obviously makes sense to cut out the intermediary. I suspect your own employment...- Kanye
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Reccomendation for accountant with Entrepreneurs Relief / Acquisition Experience
I'm selling my contracting company for some IP contained within it. The tax situation is quite complex due to multiple shareholders, shares held in another business, directors loans, dividends being maxed out etc. I need to ensure a watertight claim for entrepreneurs releif to make the deal...- Kanye
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- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Contract review says I'm inside IR35 - colleagues working as outside
You are making a potentially expensive mistake here. Like lots of posters said - don't renegotiate the contract, renegoatiate the working practices and then the contract to formalise those. This is a fundamental part of responsible LTD company contracting. It will come up again and again...- Kanye
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- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Can 10,000 hours of practice make you an expert?
I hate this quote. It must have be cited in 10,000 articles every day. It's ridiculous as in itself it takes no account of the size or difficulty of the task. You can master wanking in about ten minutes or making a cheese sandwich in about the same. For somethings broad like 'building a... -
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Starting a consultancy
I have been flogging this horse for 6 months now. It is all about your industry connections to people with buying power. You can be a great techy and have good visibility but that doesn't even get you started based on my experience. Selling consultancy at high rates is difficult. We've...- Kanye
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I can't do what they hired me to do
Winging it is part and parcel of being a contractor or consultant. Just say that you haven't had experience in this particular tool but you have experience in related area X, Y, Z and get on with it.- Kanye
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Deflation is the ogre that must be fought decisively
Exactly - deflation is only bad because it reduces the assets of banks, rich companies, and very rich individuals. For normal people it's either good or doesn't really impact us. I would take a massive dose of deflation at the minute to avoid the need to take on so much crippling dead for a... -
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C++ linux contract?
C++ is mainly used in finance now. The good news is that with 9 years you should be able to break in if you are good and can communicate. It's a niche but it's also hard to recruit for. I would keep pushing that angle as once you are in the door, C++ contracts are some of the best around at...- Kanye
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Bonus season at the banks
I agree, there must be a minority who are absolutely coining it in and taking up the average. I have worked pretty close to the front office on and off for years, and nobody seems to be making 6 figure bonuses. In fact, everyone has moaned for the last 5 years that they hardly made anything! -
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Laptop suggestion with 16GB Ram
I'm interested in a similar spec but also with a very high resolution screen, 2560 (at least) as per Retina Macbook Pro. Does anyone know of any with such a screen? -
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Finding rates at £550+
A more interesting question is how do you break out of your local ceiling rate. There are a tier of independent consultants operating above that who are getting in via connections and pricing based on their value. I know of one contractor/consultant billing £2k per day at Bank Of America...- Kanye
- Post #36
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Finding rates at £550+
£700 is not difficult to find in the London IB scene. There are 50+ Java contracts at £650/day today and they will all roll over within a week. A little negotiation or a rate increase between contracts and you can break £700 easily. A few threads today have made me think people just don't...- Kanye
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