QUALIFIED SPARK ON £10:50ph In WEST WALES!!!!

[simpson93]

I think someone’s trying to fool hmrc

 

[Squid]

As a matter of interest i have just added up my income and outgoings for he year 2017/2018...my income for the year amounts to £11800....I think this is in keeping with others in the area

So a bag of sand a month (£1000) ffs how can you live of that per month.....

 

[Squid]

Well I guess so. I think many people exaggerate about what they earn in reality wages within the contracting industry are very poor compared to others

Depends on what contracting you do, IT contracting paid a lot more.

 

[Brian Taylor]

Hi in answer to your question that is my income after paying for all my outgoings..eg.van,accountant,wholesalers b , fuel..and all the other bits that we are obliged to cough up for...it's what I live on

 

[Brian Taylor]

In response to the question of what I do ..I suppose I would be classified as a basic jobbing electrician..just normal ordinary work

 

[Brian Taylor]

Would love to hear how others manage to make more money....what sort of work are you engaged in?

 

[Squid]

Would love to hear how others manage to make more money....what sort of work are you engaged in?

Was a spark many years ago, moved in to data cabling many many years ago setting up dealing rooms in the City then in to IT, was an IT contractor until I had enough after a ---- contract which made me think about other options, anything from £175 to £300 per day 9 to 5 0r 9 to 6 Ltd co not many overheads and I stuck to the hours.

 

[simpson93]

Would love to hear how others manage to make more money....what sort of work are you engaged in?

Myself I do a mixture of work, a lot of jobbing like yourself mixed with everything else eventually the small jobs lead to the big jobs.

Still very interested in what area you live in Brian.


On a side note I was talking to a sparks on holiday from Scotland saying he was getting £100 a day. His standards or living seemed better then mine down in London.

 

[Squid]

Myself I do a mixture of work, a lot of jobbing like yourself mixed with everything else eventually the small jobs lead to the big jobs.

Still very interested in what area you live in Brian.


On a side note I was talking to a sparks on holiday from Scotland saying he was getting £100 a day. His standards or living seemed better then mine down in London.

You are making assumptions maybe he lives in a council house part funded by not living there but his "cough" ex wife and kids do.

 

[simpson93]

You are making assumptions maybe he lives in a council house part funded by not living there but his "cough" ex wife and kids do.

No children involved however we had talked about property and his flat was 70k to buy, three times less then anything in london.

 

[Squid]

No children involved however we had talked about property and his flat was 70k to buy, three times less then anything in london.

If I paid you would you want to live in Scotland?

If you work in London SE you need to either up your rates up, work harder or specialise and find top end clients.

 

[simpson93]

If I paid you would you want to live in Scotland?

If you work in London SE you need to either up your rates up, work harder or specialise and find top end clients.

Its not about how much you make at the end of the day. It's about quality of life.

 

[123]

@Brian Taylor are you self employed and working for yourself?

 

[Squid]

Its not about how much you make at the end of the day. It's about quality of life.

The more you make the better the quality, mark my words.

Whats your quality of life like in Barnet?

 

[Brian Taylor]

Thanks for your replies i work in the South East but not in London..I am self employed and have been in the industry for about 40 years...I've never been involved in anything other than jobbing works..but interested in his to get into a better paid area of the trade