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Hourly rate

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I attended a business development lunchtime gathering for small business owners. The guest speaker briefly referred to white van man, electricians, plumbers and the like. As self-employed individuals who desire to be earning around 35-38K he claimed they should be charging £43.60 per hour. Built into this would be the the emoluments taken for granted in many employed situations where holiday pay, sick pay and pension contributions are standard.


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    Yes Andy, much as I found too. It was a different world back then.

    Like you Grammer School (ish - It was actually a "Secondary Technical School" - same standing as a grammar school , you`d got to pass the 11plus and be selected), not many even thought of going to Uni. I did craft apprenticeship but technicians course with ULCI/C & G and coulda got the converted to a C & G full technological certificate but although I was certain to get it the cost was £9 each year to have the post nominals, that money was better spent as a young man with a young family.

    Yes back then you could leave a job in the morning and have another by the afternoon no problem, OK it might not be the job you wanted but you`d get paid and be looking for another job. The only unemployed was by choice back then.

    There was no tinternet and folk talked to each other and walked to each others houses to go out etc. An alien concept these days!
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    Yes Andy, much as I found too. It was a different world back then.

    Like you Grammer School (ish - It was actually a "Secondary Technical School" - same standing as a grammar school , you`d got to pass the 11plus and be selected), not many even thought of going to Uni. I did craft apprenticeship but technicians course with ULCI/C & G and coulda got the converted to a C & G full technological certificate but although I was certain to get it the cost was £9 each year to have the post nominals, that money was better spent as a young man with a young family.

    Yes back then you could leave a job in the morning and have another by the afternoon no problem, OK it might not be the job you wanted but you`d get paid and be looking for another job. The only unemployed was by choice back then.

    There was no tinternet and folk talked to each other and walked to each others houses to go out etc. An alien concept these days!
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