52K p.a. Plus benefits like holiday pay, sick pay, warm dry office, Xmas and bank holidays off, employers compulsory pension, protection of the employment act. !
I would look to develop what is already an obvious skill that you have into areas that you know. Do you have a mortgage or are you looking to get one? If your looking to get a mortgage or any kind of credit as self employed it is really tough.
BTW in and around North Herts we can get all the labour we need for between £50 to £75 a day due to the fact that Luton and Watford have huge pools of unskilled Eastern European males scratching for work and driving down the day rate. They are day labour hang outs we can go to and pick up any number first thing in the morning.
