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    Java Banking Market London

    Looks like that was a no? Which could sort of answer your question in a positive way, but more likely means that market has become a Ghost town.
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    horrible day in the office :( got any jokes?

    Is there a lot anyone can do about this. I mean if there is a lot of work about, then you can dictate the terms. But if you are lucky to have a contract in the first place and the client behaves like this, then what can you do? It's a case of: accept you're caught by IR35 or have no income.
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    Swimming against the tide

    Agile IR35 Agile IR35 Thinking about this a little bit more. How does Agile affect IR35? I am thinking specifically about control of working methods. Wouldn't an Agile developer fall inside because: The client is given control over the working methods, and the contractor is required to...
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    Long commute to contract - experiences?

    My first contract was 15 minutes walk from my house. I could see the top of the building from my bedroom window. Led to me going perm eventually though, which might not have been my best move. Reading through this thread it seems that most people are not in London. Is that reflective of...
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    Invoicing without contract

    Yes I understand. What has happened is she has been asked to some work for someone she knows (and trusts) from another country who is working here in the UK for while. He comes from a country where hiring and firing is a lot more casual than it is here and is perplexed by the way things work...
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    Invoicing without contract

    So, I think I understand it now. If she is working with someone she trusts and is willing to accept the risk of non-payment, an invoice is all that would be needed to keep the accountants and HMRC happy. Thanks Minstrel.
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    Invoicing without contract

    I think you may have misunderstood my post. I was not suggesting I have a better way of doing it, I was asking what would happen if no purchase order was raised. e.g. would she end up in jail or something? And I explained why I was asking if it could be done without the purchase order. Not...
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    Invoicing without contract

    Thanks for all the help. What is the problem with just invoicing without the purchase order? It's a good opportunity for her and unlike us hard-nosed IT contractors she just wants to keep things as simple as possible and get on with the work without causing too much administrative hassle as...
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    Invoicing without contract

    Thanks for quick reply. Can you expand what call-off type arrangement means? Should she not invoice and use the purchase order instead? Sorry for being green.
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    Invoicing without contract

    Question on behalf of my other half. She has beed offered work on a freelance basis (non IT) by someone she knows in her field of work. She trusts him to pay and there are no formal arrangements between them i.e. no contract. She is comfortable with this arrangement. However, what are the...
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    ITJobwatch.co.uk

    Is it a reliable indicator of the health of the market? I ask because this article seems to contradict with it: "In the temporary IT market in September, only two skills came up scarce – so-called ‘General’ IT skills and Java, " IT contractor demand stabilised in September :: Contractor UK...
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    Website Tense

    Looks a question of singular or plural rather than tense.
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    Swimming against the tide

    In my fifth year of working on Agile projects, I am missing the old way of doing things. Is Agile/Scrum going to be inevitable for all of us eventually or will it always be possible for software engineers to find contract work that is non-Agile? Looking at Jobserve for Java dev roles it seems...
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    Reducing notice period for move from perm to contract

    After first contract I would be in a reasonable position and not scared at all. But my current level of savings is not good enough considering the wife and kids to support. So I need to minimise risk on the first step, that's all. Contracting is definitely for me other than that.
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    Reducing notice period for move from perm to contract

    Thanks all. I think getting the contract first might be a good option. I don't quite have enough leave to reduce my notice to two weeks, so that may make that strategy a tad difficult. At the moment I am quite important to them and they have stated it would be a problem if I left before the...
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