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Wedding gifts from Company
I am getting hitched this month :frown and found some info on tax free gifts from employers to employees on the HMRC website. I can’t seem to find any guidelines on how much my Ltd company can give me though. Have any of you had this kind of gift? If so, how much is reasonable? I am in the...- pedro
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Charging for interviews?
I have to take my hat off to these agencies, they are charging the client for submitting tenders in effect, and the sub-contractors (ie. candidates) are submitting their tenders free of charge. I think I might tart up my CV and add a footer stating that all phone calls received in relation to...- pedro
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Charging for interviews?
After conducting two back to back interviews my boss came out of the conference room and said 'What a waste of £600' The candidates had been put forward by two of the S3 agencies, and according to my boss, a £300 charge for phone interviews is fairly standard practice. I have never charged for...- pedro
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Agency rates
Tim, I'm not trying to sell it. The client would have accepted (at £500pd and a 20%): £500 + £100 margin + expenses that they book and pay for say approx £100 a day = £700 a day The agent offered: £500 + £150 + £140 magin = £790 The last project I worked on that involved hotels, the hotel...- pedro
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Agency rates
Expenses were never an issue with the client. They would have happily taken me at my rate, plus the agency margin, and the client would have booked and paid for my travel & subsistence. The client didn't request an all inclusive rate, they have a travel desk and discounts with several hotel...- pedro
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Agency rates
All-in rates All-in rates I just landed a bit of work that an agent missed out on because of his greed. I was contacted by the agency before Xmas, for a role, I told him my rate excluding expenses. He kept pushing and pushing that the client wanted an all-in rate. After a bit of research I...- pedro
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Safe Solutions sets a Record
I heard from a very reliable source that the current owner of Safe Solutions is a close relative of one of the original owners who ran the blatant scam. I wonder will they remember to pay HMRC and everyone else this time?- pedro
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WAG Coleen is inspired by poor but 'happy' Africans
In their defence, Rooney gave his world cup ticket allocation to a local Cancer charity, and bought tickets for his friends and family. That didn't hit the headlines. Coleen does a hell of a lot of work for local charities too. -
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Cheap Web Hosting / Domain Registration ?
I use these guys, www.webtapestry.net, really good value for money.- pedro
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Safe Solutions
? ? Safesolutions international share the same office as ITAccounting online did (until they went into administration). I was a client of ITAccounting, one of Debbie's first clients, and I was told last month that Safesolutions accounting were ITaccounting Online’s main client. Safesolutions...- pedro
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Online acceptance of terms and conditions
A check box seems to be enough to accept terms and conditions when booking flights online.- pedro
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It Accounting online customer??
They have just bounced a cheque on me, and their bank advised me that they are in administration. They are showing up on the Companies House as in administration.- pedro
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