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Unscrupulous Agent
Hi everyone,
I just want to bring to your attention a recruitment agency called M & E Resourcing Ltd. Do not touch these at all if they contact you offering contract work. I am a CAD Engineer, and am still trying to get 2 weeks money owed to me since March of this year. I am at present taking them through the small claims court.
One other thing to look out for, is that they have set up another company called M & E Resourcing Solutions Ltd. The directors concerned are Mike and Zara Belmar. Once again, have nothing to do with them.
Finally, if anyone out there has worked for them in the past year, can you let me know please, as I`m pretty sure I was the only candidate on their books.
You have been warned!
I just want to bring to your attention a recruitment agency called M & E Resourcing Ltd. Do not touch these at all if they contact you offering contract work. I am a CAD Engineer, and am still trying to get 2 weeks money owed to me since March of this year. I am at present taking them through the small claims court.
One other thing to look out for, is that they have set up another company called M & E Resourcing Solutions Ltd. The directors concerned are Mike and Zara Belmar. Once again, have nothing to do with them.
Finally, if anyone out there has worked for them in the past year, can you let me know please, as I`m pretty sure I was the only candidate on their books.
You have been warned!
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stewart
Messages count : 4Likes count : 0Registration : 16 October 2007All freelancers should get familiar with the UK small claims procedure.
It is your friend.
How much is your time worth? Because I can tell you that every freelancer has tales of scumbag clients who steal money, and the time wasted on these issues is the worst part of the loss.
So think of suing these folks like taking out the trash. It is just a job that must be done from time to time.
Most freelancers cannot afford lawyers, and in my experience most UK lawyers are so class obsessed and lazy that they are a waste of money in small claims (under £50,000) anyway.
But the procedure for suing folks in the small claims court is really pretty straight forward. Anyone who makes the effort to do it once will be able to do it much, much faster the second time. That is the thing to remember. It is like with invoices, you keep all your document templates and then change the names and dates and so on with the next client.
And the process, once you understand it, is actually quick and cheap. You'll get change from fifty quid and you always claim your court costs back.
And if you do this, you will always get paid. Nobody wants to go tell a judge why they didn't pay a working man his due. Nobody sane, anyway.
So like I say, how much is your time worth?
Taking to lawyers is a waste of time, and complaining is the sport of chumps.
Learn to sue, and do it yourself, and do it with a smile. Don't let stress win.
Learning to drag a scumbag company through the courts is no harder than learning to keep your books, do invoicing and deal with insurance. It is really one of the core business skills. If you are serious about being a freelancer, you have to know how to do it.
Otherwise you just get angry, and lose money, and waste your friends time with sad stories about the hard world. Nobody needs that. - Contact in PM
MickeyFinn
Messages count : 120Likes count : 0Registration : 30 October 2006Thanks for that Stewart, very well put. I totally agree that this is part and parcel of being a freelancer. Taking non-payers to the small claims court is sometimes a necessary evil, it is hard the first time but it is also a relatively simple procedure and when you win it does make it worthwhile! Thanks for the input again Stewart, much appreciated.