Go old farts

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northernladuk replied

3 March 2015, 10:49
Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

Sweden seem to have a funny name for their visa

Lol.. That's hilarious!!! Good spot.
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darmstadt replied

3 March 2015, 10:40
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

A quick scan of the immigration forum could have exposed this and a raft of other twists and turns used to get past checks.

Sweden seem to have a funny name for their visa
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northernladuk replied

3 March 2015, 10:14
Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View Post

Here you go. Want to see how your blood boils

No no.. Mustn't look.. Mustn't look.. Resist resist....

Arghhhh!!
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FatLazyContractor replied

3 March 2015, 09:59
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

A quick scan of the immigration forum could have exposed this and a raft of other twists and turns used to get past checks.

Here you go. Want to see how your blood boils
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d000hg replied

3 March 2015, 09:42
I thought this thread would be about some sort of green energy scheme, generating power from old peoples' homes.
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northernladuk replied

3 March 2015, 09:35
A quick scan of the immigration forum could have exposed this and a raft of other twists and turns used to get past checks.
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Flashman replied

2 March 2015, 23:17
Sadly more to do with ageism in the workplace and the entrepreneur visa scam

As applications rocket from 118 in 2009 to just under 10,000 last year checks reveal thousands of potentially bogus applications
'Entrepreneur' visa scheme tightened after new scam uncovered - Telegraph

Oh and

Average median income from self-employment fallen by 22% since 2008/09. In 2012/13 the average median income from self-employment was £207 per week, according to the Family Resource Survey, a fall of 22% (after taking into account inflation) since 2008/09. ONS

Yay for Britain! Yay !

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xoggoth started a topic Go old farts

2 March 2015, 19:36
Go old farts

Wahee! Us old farts are helping to driving the economy!

But, just as importantly, the original baby boomers, those born in the 1950s and 1960s, are establishing what is often a second career as entrepreneurs. The teenager who has just sold his whizzy new app to Facebook for a few hundred million might attract publicity, but the typical hi-tech entrepreneur is as likely to have grey hairs as a hipster beard. The Mark Zuckerbergs are actually fairly rare.

According to Kauffman Foundation, the percentage of entrepreneurs aged 55-64 has risen from 14pc of the total in 1996 to 23pc now, while those aged 20-34 fell from 34pc in 1996 to 23pc. You might expect twenty-somethings to have the edge, but actually they don’t. In the US, the average age for the founder of a new tech business is 39, while twice as many are older than 50 than younger than 25.

Immigrants and baby boomers are fuelling the rise of the entrepreneur - Telegraph
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