Would you rather work closer to home for 30% less money than staying away from home?

[Tractor Trace]

I'm based in Manchester and have the offer of 2 gigs: One in London, which would mean with accommodation/food/travel leaves me with a day rate of 15% less than what I would normally work for (that's staying away for 3 days of the week, 2 at home). The other is in Liverpool, 30% less than my usual...

[Willy Win]

I'm considering what will be for me a long distance year long contract from Manchester to Chester of 48 miles. I have the option to work from home one day a week after the first 2 weeks on site full time. Google maps gives me an estimated time of 55 minutes in normal traffic. Is this do-able on a...

[heebejeebe]

First post - hope I make sense!

Right, I've been contracting in the UK for the last 2 years for the same company, operating via an umbrella 'employer' and claiming both weekly airfares to- and weekly hotels in London. Now that I'm coming to the end of the 2-year IR35 cutoff, how would...