Self employed fears

[eggsarascal]

5 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Fuck me dead  eggs . I never knew that ! ?

I'll leave the first part of your comment to someone else if you don't mind. I'm not the least bit surprised about the second part.

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, eggsarascal said:

I'll leave the first part of your comment to someone else if you don't mind. I'm not the least bit surprised about the second part.

Can't tempt you then ? ?

[eggsarascal]

1 minute ago, Stubby said:

Can't tempt you then ? ?

Call me old fashioned if you like but I'll give it a miss.

[Mark Bolam]

25 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

My best advice would be to put everything on a spread sheet. Anything you spend, anything you get paid. Don't turn up at the accountants with a shoebox full of receipts. It will cost a lot more money. If you can't do this yourself pay a bookkeeper a small fee to do it for you. Good luck.

 

side note: Did you know the word bookkeeper is the only word in the English language with three consecutive double letters in it?

What about aarrhh?

[eggsarascal]

3 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

What about aarrhh?

Get back to telling folk it's illegal to work for one company as a subby full time.

 

I had it explained to me by a bloke who runs an agency why the building trade is different. If you're interested?

[Mark Bolam]

We aren’t in the building trade mate.

[eggsarascal]

2 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

We aren’t in the building trade mate.

Neither am I. The debate between me and you as always been why those on big construction sites can get away with it, and the likes of you and I can't.

[Mark Bolam]

It’s not a debate mate, I totally agree with you.

If all parties are happy and taxes are paid I can’t for the life of me work out what the problem is.

[Squaredy]

54 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

It’s not a debate mate, I totally agree with you.

If all parties are happy and taxes are paid I can’t for the life of me work out what the problem is.

Well the problem started when a greedy plumber decided to take his employer to court suing for full employee's rights even though he was a subbie.....and ended when the court agreed with him.  Sorry you probably know this anyway.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

On 8 October 2018 at 21:48, Boggle4137 said:

Hi guys

 

After trying to break into the industry I've been offered a trial day with a local firm in North Wales. Things haven't been plain sailing for me (I won't drone on in a self pitying manner about my hardships) but i will say I am experienced in ground maintenance (grass cutting) and some experience assisting guys with tree work but not a great deal of hands on myself. I have over the last two yearss aquired cs30,31,38 chipper, first aid, own ground saw and climbing kit.

 

Anyway, the guy wanting to give me a chance is not giving me a lot in the way of information about what he wants me to do, although the company has some decent contracts and he already has guys under him as self employed. He's already said he wants to see me doing mainly felling and to see me climb.

 

Anyway I'm rambling a bit now but I need advice about starting off being self employed and what preparation I would need to take. I am absolutely petrified of keeping my own accounts (as I am dyslexic) and at the thought of failing because of my inexperience but I'm very determined to excel in this industry and I have loved working in it so far.

 

I will try and find the advert and post it, but it may be missing now.

 

Any advice, links or nudges in the right direction would be massively appreciated.

Here's a really useful link:

 

https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader