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ShandyDrinker replied

11 May 2016, 07:43
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

EU referendum?

Perhaps...

I think it's also a case of rather than skills shortage, there's a skills glut. It's definitely a buyer's market out there right now.
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Scruff replied

11 May 2016, 07:02
Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View Post

I see.

That's because being one on the roof of Buck house is a factual statement 🤐
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SlipTheJab replied

11 May 2016, 06:48
Originally posted by ctdctd View Post

I don't care what the rates are - I'm taking 6 months off - 1 down, 5 to go.

However, please make the market buoyant by the autumn as the builders will have bankrupted me by then....

Suity - there appears to be a local shortage of skips for hire - plan B for you maybe?

Isn't a 'skip for hire' what a client gets when they take on suity for a role?
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FatLazyContractor replied

11 May 2016, 06:47
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

This is General. You only get banned if you use words like "twat".

I see.
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ctdctd replied

11 May 2016, 05:44
I don't care what the rates are - I'm taking 6 months off - 1 down, 5 to go.

However, please make the market buoyant by the autumn as the builders will have bankrupted me by then....

Suity - there appears to be a local shortage of skips for hire - plan B for you maybe?
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NotAllThere replied

11 May 2016, 05:18
Originally posted by Andy2 View Post

piss off you annoying twat
I wonder why the admins don't ban you

This is General. You only get banned if you use words like "twat".
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SueEllen replied

10 May 2016, 20:55
EU referendum?
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Old Greg replied

10 May 2016, 20:51
Originally posted by Andy2 View Post

piss off you annoying twat
I wonder why the admins don't ban you

There's only one Admin, and NLUK does his Mum every other Thursday afternoon, so don't you forget it, sonny.
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stek replied

10 May 2016, 20:12
Originally posted by stek View Post

I thought it was well funny. You need a backbone!

How much did you get for the data BTW?

Added the annoying twat bit. Which he is TBF....
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stek replied

10 May 2016, 20:10
Originally posted by Andy2 View Post

piss off
I wonder why the admins don't ban you

I thought it was well funny. You need a backbone!

How much did you get for the data BTW?
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Andy2 replied

10 May 2016, 20:08
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

Can't you sell some of that data you took to top the coffers up?

piss off you annoying twat
I wonder why the admins don't ban you

Last edited by Andy2; 10 May 2016, 20:10.
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Cirrus replied

10 May 2016, 19:38
The Party's Over...

It's time to call it a day
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ShandyDrinker replied

10 May 2016, 18:32
Originally posted by PerfectStorm View Post

No issues here in London. Crap rates = under £1000 presumably?

I don't think London is that buoyant either and for those contracts which are available the number of applicants is off the scale. One agent said to me yesterday that they'd never seen so many good candidates available.

One thing I am seeing is a number of agencies recruiting for contracts in Canary Wharf at low rates - I'm guessing related to this post.
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PerfectStorm replied

10 May 2016, 17:15
No issues here in London. Crap rates = under £1000 presumably?
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greenlake replied

10 May 2016, 17:08
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

Market looks crap

There's money to be made even in a crap market....

Cow dung cake - eBay
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