RE: RPG jobs

["Fred Mitchell" <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you looked into IR35 and the effects this may have on the UK contract
market?

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Fred Mitchell
Concise Consulting Ltd.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Kahn, David [JNJFR]
> Sent: 12 October 1999 10:43
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: RPG jobs
>
>
> Yes, the UK contract market is extremely depressed at the moment. Jobs are
> few and far between and rates are low. That's the reason I'm currently
> working in France. Following a successful project my contract
> ends on Friday
> and there is nothing at all on the horizon. I'm also planning to use any
> slack time to develop new skills, particularly Java.
>
> I've also heard that a general Y2K development freeze is the main
> cause, and
> all these years I've been predicting that the last months of 1999 would be
> boom time for contractors. :-(
>
> Dave Kahn
> Johnson & Johnson International (Ethicon) France
> Phone : +33 1 55 00 3180
> Email :  dkahn1@jnjfr.jnj.com (work)
>          dkahn@cix.co.uk      (home)
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De: Fred Mitchell [mailto:fred@fredmitch.freeserve.co.uk]
> Date: 12 October 1999 09:53
> À: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Objet: RE: RPG jobs
>
>
> I have found it similar here in the UK.  I spent 6 weeks out of
> work before
> I found my current contract which is over 300 miles from home and
> is paying
> a much lower rate than my last. I get the feeling that everyone is putting
> off new work until next year and at the moment, I am hanging on hoping the
> market will improve about February next year.  I am also using
> this time to
> get further into ILE and Java.
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