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Central heating
Chicane, I'm in the process of sourcing the installation of central heating as well and I've done a fair bit of forum reading and I would have to say stay away from BG...their prices are way too high... One way to go is to source all the materials yourself...I'm looking at a Worcester 30Si... -
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Bite Consulting
Here are some questions you can get your teeth into... :laugh 1) Why would I accept a low paying contract in the first place? You want us to get a job at market rate because 15% of £500 is more than 15% of £300. 2) Why do I need BITE to get me contracts at the right rate? I can do that for...- Rocket
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Annual Accounts - No Accountant
You don't 'need' an accountant and I'm sure there are people on this forum who do their own accounts but as has been mentioned before, using accountants saves you from the headeache for a (one hopes) reasonable cost to the company. The fact that you had an accountant to do this and now you...- Rocket
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- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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What would you do in this situation?
I had a similar situation in that my intial role 'x' expanded to include 'y' and 'z' and the market rate had increased by quite a bit as well since I originally started. I spoke to my agent and to my boss (who is also a contractor) and presented them with a letter with recommendations from...- Rocket
- Post #12
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Quick Ltd Co bank account setup
It took A&L about a month to set mine up and I have a personal account with them. They wanted the usual docs, signatures and proof of identity but I've always had good service from them and their rates are at the top of the table...- Rocket
- Post #9
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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How to account for bank error?
Not their mistake? What a change from the usual bank nonsense...Get it in writing...that way when they come back to you in 8-9 months you can say it's not their mistake and have the paperwork to prove it! :D Something tells me that you'll have to pay it back at some point though... As to...- Rocket
- Post #7
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Earn 8% In Your Business Bank Account
Only if you think the bank is being fair by not paying you interest... :D I use A&L as well, their rates (on a deposit account) are base rate - 0.90% on balances < 50k and base rate - 0.20% on balances 50k+. Their current account pays base rate + 0.60% on the first £1000 and 0.10% on...- Rocket
- Post #7
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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TOAD for Oracle Question
I'm using an earlier version of TOAD (8.0.0.47) and I can't duplicate this problem. Does it do the same thing if you use F9 to execute the current statement instead of the button? Probably will, but you never know... I found this thread that sounds like whats happening to you...try a search... -
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TOAD for Oracle Question
Moose, Just to clarify, are you running a query in the SQL Editor window? And you say that you click the green arrow right? In the SQL editor, the bottom part of the screen is for the data grid. Are you saying that the data scrolls away and disappears? Apologies for stepping through the... -
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Oracle upgrade - RPT Conversion tools
Wow, some old reports you've got there. :smile I don't think there are any Oracle approved solutions out there (but I just did a quick Google search for "Oracle rpt") but there may be a few solutions out there that were custom written by others...whether they're suitable for you is a different... -
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Private Sector / Public Sector
Good point...although meetings can be constructive and are neccessary it's the ones that drag on and on without making any progress that get under my skin...I could be doing something more constructive with my time...like posting here :)- Rocket
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Private Sector / Public Sector
I've worked in both sectors...used to be private sector and now in the public sector in industries like logistics, retail banking, pharmaceuticals and now local government. When I was interviewed for the role it was about what I know and how I could help them rather than are you a public...- Rocket
- Post #17
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Schedule?
I would be looking first thing in the morning and checking again every hour or so during the day. If I apply for a position I would follow up with a phone call to the agent if they hadn't called me back within an hour (even sooner if the market is slow or the job looks really good). I also try...- Rocket
- Post #6
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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to contract or not
Zorba, spot on...I have to feel pretty sick to take a day off...and even when I do, I'm thinking about the money I'm not earning!- Rocket
- Post #8
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Oracle Contract market
I've had the usual calls from agencies but they mainly seem to fishing for info/leads etc... The lack of feedback from agents about roles you've applied for is not unusual...I've dealt with a number of agents over the years and stay in contact with those I have established a rapport with...this...- Rocket
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
