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Golden Times For UK Planners?

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Fri, 2007-05-18 04:58
Andrew Pearce
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Looking at current salaries on offer for senior planners in the Uk 60K+ is it now Boom time for planners?

Is the bottom line salary most important?
Would you prefer shorter site hours 9 to 5 perhaps?
What would make you cahnge employer?
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Tue, 2007-09-04 07:43
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Richard Spedding
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Andy

Half a million for 5 years building Stratford City might tempt me......
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Sun, 2007-09-02 21:57
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Clive Randall
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From Corinthians 13???

So nice to see the Vatican involved
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Sun, 2007-08-19 20:36
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Clive Randall
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Bill

Your heart is full of bitterness.

Take a rest and realise that not everybody hates you!
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Sat, 2007-08-18 09:49
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Bill Joshaf
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Send your CV to UK recruiters and see whats results..

Being recruiter ( suppose), I will never accept your CV whether u have 50 years experience in this industry being most aggressive and emotional personal in this forum if I go with your character as I see your all postings in PP
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Wed, 2007-08-15 03:44
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Clive Randall
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So whats the salary for a planner with 25 years of experience in Civils and building mega projects.

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Mon, 2007-06-04 01:58
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Shahzad Munawar
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I go with Atkin that Big Salary’s is a Big Tax Bill.. Net result is NORMAL Salary.
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Sun, 2007-06-03 04:55
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Jerome Atkin
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Correct !
I also did this, but now am in Dubai where i dont pay tax & also have nice weather !!!

I will return some day !!!

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Wed, 2007-05-30 07:36
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Brad Lord
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which is why gerome you become a contractor and off set tax via expenses and dividends


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Sat, 2007-05-26 01:28
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Jerome Atkin
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The only thing with big salary’s is a big tax bill.
It is going crazy for planners, but to find good ones that is the quest.
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Thu, 2007-05-24 02:21
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Oliver Melling
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Prepare to become even more insane,

Things should only get better for planners who work in the UK. I mean, all the work from the olympic village, massive defence projects and £72+ billion of nuclear decommissioning in the next 30-50 years, theres gonna be enough work to go around a very long time!
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Thu, 2007-05-24 01:39
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Brad Lord
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dont worry chris I am quite mad after having been a contractor for the last 12 yrs in fact i would go as far as to say i a bonkers, scatty, quite literally mmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddddddddddd


anyway off to see the doctor now

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Thu, 2007-05-24 01:37
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Chris Oggham
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OK so the world has gone mad. Did anybody say you shouldn’t enjoy it and make a good living out of it? Just make sure you’ve got a contingency plan in place in case the wheels fall off.
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Wed, 2007-05-23 08:49
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Brad Lord
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i think it is a case of most companies have suddenly realised what planners and plans can do for a project, I think that is the reason why there seem to be thousands of new jobs for planners all over the uk, which being a contractor is very handy as there arent thousands of planners sitting around doing nothing,

rates for planners with a couple of yrs experience £300 pr day, I think the world has gone mad,

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Wed, 2007-05-23 08:26
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James Griffiths
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I’ve just been speaking to a colleague of mine - and he was offered £88k+ to stay (contract). This was at a Nuclear Power Station.

Now that’s very tempting....considering it’s only about 30 miles away.
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