Mark J

I'm glad you agree it's my entitlement to do what I want with my own business affairs. I don't boast about things, in fact where possible I try and send people to a decent accountant who can make sure they're not getting shafted by HMRC. Thanks for explaining your position.

Yup, the replies to the thread are quite interesting. Farage is a stooge, I know you like him, why though, I don't know.

Re-nationalisation of infrastructure services. Exploitation of company owners by HMRC and their associates. Sly digs and behaviour to fellow LTD company owners who are just trying to play by the rules, like you were/are.

So what do you propose we do about it?

Ok. So you have a Ltd company to take advantages of the opportunities of work you otherwise wouldn't have access to. Why should my companies attract such sly comments from you and Brittney, when you were happy to play HMRC at their own game until they changed the rules? Does my situation differ to yours and if so, how?

Another Angry Voice P&O Ferries, which claims to be "the UK's most popular ferry company", has fired their 800 UK seafaring staff with immediate effect, with the intention of replacing their jobs with agency workers on exploitative temporary contracts. This is such a despicable attack on British workers that "P&O" must become synonymous with abusive labour practices. Anyone who gives the slightest damn about the labour rights of British workers should boycott this atrocious company with immediate effect. And if the Silent Knight wants to actually do something to make Labour look half-decent, vehement opposition to this kind of "fire and replace" strategy is a must, alongside guarantees that a Labour government would outlaw the practice of firing contracted staff to either rehire them on worse conditions, or replace their jobs with agency staff. Millions of British workers need to be fully aware that if this kind of abusive employment practice continues to spread, their own jobs, wages, and working conditions will soon be under threat. The backlash against P&O needs to be swift and vigorous. Under this atrocious radical-right Tory government, other corporate profiteers will be tempted to try similar cost-cutting tactics, so P&O needs to serve as the warning that it is absolute reputational suicide for companies to attack their own workers.

Do you have a Limited company? If so, why? If not, why did the IR35 change stitch you up so much?

Delude yourself that it's nothing to do with it if you want. At least covid and Epstein clatter seem to be out of favour now.

Not really comparable then. I agree with the last bit though.

Did 800 of you lose your jobs or was it just for that contract?

It's registered in Dubai.

Interesting comments in this thread ^

Why do you think that P&O haven't replaced any of their French employees during this restructuring move?

Still, it wouldn't have happened if we were still in the EU. We've made our bed, we should expect more things like this to happen in the future. I regret voting to leave, as I thought we might have had 'proper' politicians doing the negotiating who would strike a deal that benefitted us. I was wrong, but there it is.

Yup, UK workers for foreign companies lost their job security when we left the EU.

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It's more to do with the underlying geology of Norn Iron; subsidence/heave can only occur in soils with a shrinkable clay element. Subsidence is pretty rare here in the NE of England.

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When contracting I will usually be the climber, so I get that wage and also the profit from the job. When it comes to more technical stuff it makes far more sense to me to pay someone to do the climbing in half the time it would take me, if indeed I was skilled enough to do it in the first place.