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Previously on "Simon Dolan back in the game."

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  • radish2008
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    Originally posted by simondolan View Post
    I am fairly sure you left post Sep 14?
    I did. But looking back before 14 it wasn't much better.

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  • simondolan
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    radish2008 - Don't get too comfortable - some of us suffered that spreadsheet for far too long and got awful service from SJD before we left.
    SimonDolan - /care
    I still do, very much. I certainly wouldn't have got back into it if I didn't.

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  • simondolan
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    Originally posted by radish2008 View Post
    Don't get too comfortable - some of us suffered that spreadsheet for far too long and got awful service from SJD before we left.
    I am fairly sure you left post Sep 14?

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  • northernladuk
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    radish2008 - Don't get too comfortable - some of us suffered that spreadsheet for far too long and got awful service from SJD before we left.
    SimonDolan - /care

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  • radish2008
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    Originally posted by simondolan View Post
    Thank you - very kind of you to say.
    Don't get too comfortable - some of us suffered that spreadsheet for far too long and got awful service from SJD before we left.

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  • simondolan
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    Originally posted by Wijay@WISAccountancy View Post
    Startup entreprenuers like us strive to be like you one day! What you did for contractors and freelancers is quite legendary! Welcome back and wish you all the very best....
    Thank you - very kind of you to say.

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  • simondolan
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    Originally posted by edison View Post
    Disappointingly, there was not one mention of the single biggest factor in Simon Dolan's path to mega millionaire status - THE SPREADSHEET!

    BBC journalism clearly isn't what it used to be, LOL.
    I spoke for at least 20 mins to the journo about the spreadsheet. In hindsight I think she probably had never heard of one...

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  • jamesbrown
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    But definitely not for tax reasons!!!
    I often sit in my garden of an evening, supping a Guinness, and wondering how to escape the dual risks of burglary and intense media scrutiny. Now I’ve stumbled across the answer on a web forum!

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
    Oh, that too. It’s a short list, but growing. Burglary; intense media scrutiny.
    But definitely not for tax reasons!!!

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  • jamesbrown
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    Or you get sick of the intense media scrutiny..
    Oh, that too. It’s a short list, but growing. Burglary; intense media scrutiny.

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  • Wijay@WISAccountancy
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    Welcome back!

    Originally posted by simondolan View Post
    Well, it's like deja vu all over again isn't it. Thanks for the sincere and heartfelt welcome backs from the competition :-)

    Am very excited about the new project - is great to be able to design something from the ground up with all the experience of the past 20+years of what works. Comes down eventually of course to the same thing- how can we make your lives easier- think we have something unique.

    Happy to answer any questions here or of course email etc. Am sure blatant at plugs are still frowned upon here, but you did ask Alan.

    PS what spreadsheets....?
    Startup entreprenuers like us strive to be like you one day! What you did for contractors and freelancers is quite legendary! Welcome back and wish you all the very best....

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
    I was just about to quote the same line.



    If I ever suffer a break in, I’m going straight to Monaco. The safest place on Earth.
    Or you get sick of the intense media scrutiny..

    Like many others who settle abroad, [Lewis] Hamilton denied that avoidance of tax was his motive. He said that he wanted to escape intensive media scrutiny.

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  • jamesbrown
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    Originally posted by PerfectStorm View Post
    Spoken like a true accountant
    I was just about to quote the same line.



    If I ever suffer a break in, I’m going straight to Monaco. The safest place on Earth.

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  • PerfectStorm
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    In 2013, Mr Dolan left the UK for Monaco, a tax haven, where he still lives with his wife and two sons, aged 13 and 16.
    "Our house was broken into and it was nasty. I have a young family and I didn't want to live in a place where I don't feel safe.
    "So I started researching and found Monaco is one of the safest places to live. It was nothing to do with tax but it's a nice by-product."
    Spoken like a true accountant

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  • rocketjet
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    Originally posted by edison View Post
    Disappointingly, there was not one mention of the single biggest factor in Simon Dolan's path to mega millionaire status - THE SPREADSHEET!

    BBC journalism clearly isn't what it used to be, LOL.
    Who could’ve imagined an EXCEL spreadsheet could generate £80M!

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