50p

[sasguru]

IR35 must have hit the scarecrow sector pretty badly, all that restrictive "disguised employee" stuff and all.

Still, maybe the Germans view your skills more benignly.

Not as much as the Indians viewed yours

[darmstadt]

IR35 must have hit the scarecrow sector pretty badly, all that restrictive "disguised employee" stuff and all.

Still, maybe the Germans view your skills more benignly.

Mr. Intelligent has been let out to play on the computer again

[shaunbhoy]

My first few contracts were pretty much cash based, send the timesheet in and get a check back in the post,

IR35 must have hit the scarecrow sector pretty badly, all that restrictive "disguised employee" stuff and all.

Still, maybe the Germans view your skills more benignly.

[Zigenare]

My first few contracts were pretty much cash based, send the timesheet in and get a check back in the post, cash it at the bank and off to the hookers and cocaine club. That was when contractors were real contractors, none of this namby-pamby IR35, MSC, umbrella bollocks

Me too. There were certain agencies (<cough>intelect</cough>) that would also pay in brown envelopes on certain occasions.

Other agencies that would fly you to the South of France for an interview, put you up in a hotel and pay for the hire car, just to attend an interview - I got a 2 year contract on the strength of that.

[darmstadt]

So, you use cash then?

My first few contracts were pretty much cash based, send the timesheet in and get a check back in the post, cash it at the bank and off to the hookers and cocaine club. That was when contractors were real contractors, none of this namby-pamby IR35, MSC, umbrella bollocks

[ContractorHardman]

So, you use cash then?

I think we all do on here

[JohntheBike]

How much does it cost to make 50p? If the contract is cancelled, currently on hold, it will cost 11.5 million which works out at GBP1.15 per coin. Nearly as cheap as a cancelled ferry contact...

our "copper" coins have been copper plated for some time now as the original metal content was of a greater value than the face value of the coin. What I find interesting is that the Royal mint has managed to make a copper plated coin with the same weight and size as a solid copper one and with the same electronic signature.

[meridian]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...rexit-meltdown

[BrilloPad]

So, you use cash then?

I am an avoider.

And Brexiters as that is who it is aimed at, isn't it?

So Wetherspoons will still accept cash?

If you knew who coded your online banking apps, you'd carry some cash.

If it's not the apps crashing, it's whole networks going down. I don't think we're ready for going completely cash-less yet.

I try to avoid cash as much as possible. I certainly never carry coins - I just keep a few in the car for these annoying car park machines that don't take cards. Which should be banned.

[Mordac]

Who uses cash anymore anyway? Apart from drug dealers, prostitutes and tax evaders that is.

If you knew who coded your online banking apps, you'd carry some cash.

If it's not the apps crashing, it's whole networks going down. I don't think we're ready for going completely cash-less yet.

[Whorty]

[darmstadt]

Who uses cash anymore anyway? Apart from drug dealers, prostitutes and tax evaders that is.

And Brexiters as that is who it is aimed at, isn't it?

[DealorNoDeal]

Who uses cash anymore anyway? Apart from drug dealers, prostitutes and tax evaders that is.

So, you use cash then?

[BrilloPad]

Who uses cash anymore anyway? Apart from drug dealers, prostitutes and tax evaders that is.

[darmstadt]

How much does it cost to make 50p? If the contract is cancelled, currently on hold, it will cost 11.5 million which works out at GBP1.15 per coin. Nearly as cheap as a cancelled ferry contact...