My agency, Connect is in Tvangsopløsning.
If there are any other IT Contractors out there affected by Ken Lynge Primby and his Connect Resorce Agency, CVR Nummer 28976496, Søren Frichs Vej 38 C, 8230 Åbyhøj going into tvangsopløsning, then please contact me or leave comments here. Connect can be viewed at this website http://www.connect.dk/
I note the business went into tvangsopløsning on 17/9/07, but he still kept quiet and agreed a new contract with me starting 1/10/07.
This just about sums up my entire time here. If anyone still thinks Denmark is some kind of socialist idyll, full of nice fluffy, fair-minded people-this is more or less how my partner sold it to me-then I suggest they try living here.
I see Ken Lynge Primby is already back in operation through his new business, also called Connect; or perhaps more correctly; Connekt, at the same website http://www.connect.dk/. But new address Banegårdsgade 20 1 mf8000 Århus C. Nice.
The guy has traded through a number of different Connect Companies during his time, including :-
Connect Resorce Agency
Connect Resource Agency
CONNECT CONSULTING APS
CONNECT CONTRACTING APS
CONNECT IT REKRUTTERING APS
CONNECT VIKARSERVICE APS
Connect
Please, please let me know if you are having problems with him, or even remember the last time this happened to Ken Primby with Connect Rekruttering Aps in 2005. Ev entually resolved by Konkurs.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Denmark, the worlds richest country in 2025?
Okay, a bit of a ludicrous sounding headline, but one of my reasons here was really trying to think ahead for the sake of the kids, and I reckon Denmark is potentially one of the worlds future commodity resource hotspots.
Right now, per capita, they supply huge amounts of oil and fish products, which generates (my guess), a lot of the excess money that the government uses to fund the welfare state I am so not fond of. anyone who thinks the welfare state is great should live here for a while and see the mindset it creates.
social comment aside, on top of this, they also happen to own a huge chunk of the world's future resource hotspot, the North Pole. Honestly, I hope the government is prepared to do whatever it takes to hold onto Greenland, because that will become a serious wealth generator. Regardless of whether you believe in permanent global warming or just a temporary natural climate change, fact is that the ice in Greenland is receding and the miners are moving in to explore and mine.
Now, and I believe the great Jim Rogers, commodities are going to be hot in the years ahead. Oil is already up to $100 and once those bankers devalue the Euro a little bit, petrol is going to get a lot more expensive here too. And then as for Gold and Silver, overdo it on the currency devaluation and they will be hot and a half.
When you think about the populations of Denmark (5.1m and 100,000 respectively), you can really see how few people will be sharing it out, so if anyone knows any sure fire ways to invest in this potential, aside from mining companies with no earnings (property prices are already VERY expensive up there), then let me know.
Right now, per capita, they supply huge amounts of oil and fish products, which generates (my guess), a lot of the excess money that the government uses to fund the welfare state I am so not fond of. anyone who thinks the welfare state is great should live here for a while and see the mindset it creates.
social comment aside, on top of this, they also happen to own a huge chunk of the world's future resource hotspot, the North Pole. Honestly, I hope the government is prepared to do whatever it takes to hold onto Greenland, because that will become a serious wealth generator. Regardless of whether you believe in permanent global warming or just a temporary natural climate change, fact is that the ice in Greenland is receding and the miners are moving in to explore and mine.
Now, and I believe the great Jim Rogers, commodities are going to be hot in the years ahead. Oil is already up to $100 and once those bankers devalue the Euro a little bit, petrol is going to get a lot more expensive here too. And then as for Gold and Silver, overdo it on the currency devaluation and they will be hot and a half.
When you think about the populations of Denmark (5.1m and 100,000 respectively), you can really see how few people will be sharing it out, so if anyone knows any sure fire ways to invest in this potential, aside from mining companies with no earnings (property prices are already VERY expensive up there), then let me know.
How to Euro Shop Online and Get the Best Prices Delivered to Your Door!
Living in Britain, I'd become used to logging on to the net and ordering whatever I fancied from sites like Amazon, VAT-free and no delivery costs, but two years ago, life took me to Denmark (or rather the missus did!), and boy, was I in for a shock! Get this...a 25% sales tax, or MOMs, as it's called here on everything you buy, including food! Even so, after I'd been here a few months, I naively logged onto Amazon to buy a few English books I fancied. Everything looked fine as I added to my basket, but once at the checkout, the price of all the items more than DOUBLED, simply as a result of where they were being sent to.
So, get this, Amazon is selling the same goods to you, from the same warehouse, but you have to pay twice the price? Why? Well, turns out it isn't Amazons fault at all. You can blame the EU for this one, and this after all those years of cheek we were sold the EU with the excuse that it was going to be a free trade bloc of one big European Nation. Just because your books are going to be delivered to Denmark instead of the UK you have to pay delivery (okay, that one you can cope with) and an extra 25% sales tax. Ha ha, how I laughed as I gave up on my attempted purchase and prepared myself for a life of no reading ever again.
But then I discovered, completely by chance, a rather nifty outfit called Play.com, who based themselves in a small island off the coast of France, called Jersey that has zero sales tax. Better still, these guys even do free delivery to Denmark, and best of all to buy from them (or anywhere else in the world for that matter), is 100% legal, subject to certain limits.
Wow, I was like a pig in.....err excuse me. Anyhow, to say the least I was a very happy man and logging on every other night from thereon buying all of the books I could possibly get my hands on to make up for lost time.
After this I really got into buying a lot of things I wanted elsewhere in the EU, and once you start getting into this buying abroad off the internet lark you'll realise that Amazon is the exception in charging Sales Taxes at the buyers' rate. Most EU based companies will only charge their local rate, 100% legal again. Well, this little bit of info opened up another new horizon! Blimey, I even found a little-used, SECRET way of buying from Amazon and avoiding the Sales tax. 100% LEGAL again, and you can read about it here as I'm happy to give you this secret for free.
Then I started thinking...how many other websites or shopping opportunities are there out there like this? Completely legal opportunities to beat the taxman and keep more of your own money in your own pocket, while buying exactly what you want. Hell, half this stuff isn't even available here! The same probably applies to whatever European country you happen to be living in right now. Am I right?
Now, just think about all those people out there who know nothing about these sites. Maybe this even includes you? You come back from the UK with a holdall full of English books or decent underwear (my partner does!) simply because you think you'll never get the chance to stock up again. Well, forget it! Now you can buy from the comfort of your own home with delivery to your door!
There is now a site of my favourite online shops! These are personally tested and recommended shops with great prices, a fantastic range, and best of all, free or low delivery costs to Denmark and most of the rest of Europe. You can visit it right now at www.expatshop.eu.
So, get this, Amazon is selling the same goods to you, from the same warehouse, but you have to pay twice the price? Why? Well, turns out it isn't Amazons fault at all. You can blame the EU for this one, and this after all those years of cheek we were sold the EU with the excuse that it was going to be a free trade bloc of one big European Nation. Just because your books are going to be delivered to Denmark instead of the UK you have to pay delivery (okay, that one you can cope with) and an extra 25% sales tax. Ha ha, how I laughed as I gave up on my attempted purchase and prepared myself for a life of no reading ever again.
But then I discovered, completely by chance, a rather nifty outfit called Play.com, who based themselves in a small island off the coast of France, called Jersey that has zero sales tax. Better still, these guys even do free delivery to Denmark, and best of all to buy from them (or anywhere else in the world for that matter), is 100% legal, subject to certain limits.
Wow, I was like a pig in.....err excuse me. Anyhow, to say the least I was a very happy man and logging on every other night from thereon buying all of the books I could possibly get my hands on to make up for lost time.
After this I really got into buying a lot of things I wanted elsewhere in the EU, and once you start getting into this buying abroad off the internet lark you'll realise that Amazon is the exception in charging Sales Taxes at the buyers' rate. Most EU based companies will only charge their local rate, 100% legal again. Well, this little bit of info opened up another new horizon! Blimey, I even found a little-used, SECRET way of buying from Amazon and avoiding the Sales tax. 100% LEGAL again, and you can read about it here as I'm happy to give you this secret for free.
Then I started thinking...how many other websites or shopping opportunities are there out there like this? Completely legal opportunities to beat the taxman and keep more of your own money in your own pocket, while buying exactly what you want. Hell, half this stuff isn't even available here! The same probably applies to whatever European country you happen to be living in right now. Am I right?
Now, just think about all those people out there who know nothing about these sites. Maybe this even includes you? You come back from the UK with a holdall full of English books or decent underwear (my partner does!) simply because you think you'll never get the chance to stock up again. Well, forget it! Now you can buy from the comfort of your own home with delivery to your door!
There is now a site of my favourite online shops! These are personally tested and recommended shops with great prices, a fantastic range, and best of all, free or low delivery costs to Denmark and most of the rest of Europe. You can visit it right now at www.expatshop.eu.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Danish Election Results
Forgot to comment on the Danish election results. No surprises there, in fact, I'm pleased to be proved right, since Helle Thorning Schmidt's Socialist party got their lowest ever share of the vote. Great, so Danes are finally getting sick of socialism.
Furthermore, Venstre with their promises of no more tax rises (though taxes can hardly rise much above 70%, can they?), have teamed up with New Alliance (40% flat tax), so you can only be hopeful that something might give, even a bit.
Amusingly enough, the other part of the Venstre coalition is the Danske Folkeparti. Who are opposed to immigration, Denmark for the Danes (well white ones, some might say), and all that. While Alliance are all for more immigrants and more benefits for them, so those two should cancel each other out on this issue.
Furthermore, Venstre with their promises of no more tax rises (though taxes can hardly rise much above 70%, can they?), have teamed up with New Alliance (40% flat tax), so you can only be hopeful that something might give, even a bit.
Amusingly enough, the other part of the Venstre coalition is the Danske Folkeparti. Who are opposed to immigration, Denmark for the Danes (well white ones, some might say), and all that. While Alliance are all for more immigrants and more benefits for them, so those two should cancel each other out on this issue.
Pound in freefall, but the dollar hides it
I must admit that I have been worried about the Pound for some time, what with the trade deficit, budget deficit and now the Northern Rock crisis.
Actually, the trade deficit bothers me least of the problems, as Britain has a large reputation for investing abroad. The others are not so good. especially the Northern Rock crisis, since the implication is the government have magically created the necessary backup reserves out of thin air (is there any other method?)
Now, I notice that in the past couple of months, the Pound has dropped about 6% against the Euro and Danish Krone. This has hardly got a mention, as all the media are going on about the weakening Dollar and the bargains available for those taking a shopping trip to the USA.
So please, Germany and Holland, don't give in to whingeing France and Italy about needing a weaker Euro, and the usual rubbish about generating exports. A devalued currency helps no-one long term.
If it carries on like this, the Euro could become the world's new reserve currency, especially for pricing oil, at least until China is ready to claim its spot.
Just a thought.
As for me, I'm off to browse the internet for some bargains from Britain...
Actually, the trade deficit bothers me least of the problems, as Britain has a large reputation for investing abroad. The others are not so good. especially the Northern Rock crisis, since the implication is the government have magically created the necessary backup reserves out of thin air (is there any other method?)
Now, I notice that in the past couple of months, the Pound has dropped about 6% against the Euro and Danish Krone. This has hardly got a mention, as all the media are going on about the weakening Dollar and the bargains available for those taking a shopping trip to the USA.
So please, Germany and Holland, don't give in to whingeing France and Italy about needing a weaker Euro, and the usual rubbish about generating exports. A devalued currency helps no-one long term.
If it carries on like this, the Euro could become the world's new reserve currency, especially for pricing oil, at least until China is ready to claim its spot.
Just a thought.
As for me, I'm off to browse the internet for some bargains from Britain...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The truth behind the Miners Strike
Just in case anyone considers me to be some elitist Brit who went to public school, I can honestly say that I come from a North Eastern coal mining background and in fact, my Dad worked in the mines right up to the end in the 1980s and my family was badly affected by the miners strike. In fact, this was probably a pivotal moment in my life for realising the con of socialism and how the world is "every man for himself" whichever way you look at it.
While Arthur Scargill ran the campaign in the style of a World War 1 general, sitting 20 miles behind the front lines sipping claret and sending men and their families to their economic deaths, some of his cohorts really would have come around and put a brick through your window (or worse) had you dared to be a black-leg and go back to work. Ironically, these were the same guys who, a year later, were leaping around at the prospect of 30 grand redundancy money. A little known fact of the miners strike is that many of the collieries closed weren't even on the closure list that had triggered the strike, but a year of being left empty had led to flooding and other high maintenance costs that made it cheaper to pay the men off. And boy, how they all voted for closure when they realised how much money they would get! Sod you "comrade", became the prevailing attitude, and the younger blokes, like my Dad, missed out on the full redundancy and pensions offered to those of more senior years.
God, how Consett was boom town in those next few years. You could tell who the ex-miners were by the new extensions on their houses, new cars and flash new electricals like VCRs, while they all desperately tried to run down their redundancy money enough to qualify for the dole. Years later, you could definitely tell who the ex-miners were by their enormous beer bellies from a retirement life of spending all day in the club.
Socialism? Don't make me laugh.
While Arthur Scargill ran the campaign in the style of a World War 1 general, sitting 20 miles behind the front lines sipping claret and sending men and their families to their economic deaths, some of his cohorts really would have come around and put a brick through your window (or worse) had you dared to be a black-leg and go back to work. Ironically, these were the same guys who, a year later, were leaping around at the prospect of 30 grand redundancy money. A little known fact of the miners strike is that many of the collieries closed weren't even on the closure list that had triggered the strike, but a year of being left empty had led to flooding and other high maintenance costs that made it cheaper to pay the men off. And boy, how they all voted for closure when they realised how much money they would get! Sod you "comrade", became the prevailing attitude, and the younger blokes, like my Dad, missed out on the full redundancy and pensions offered to those of more senior years.
God, how Consett was boom town in those next few years. You could tell who the ex-miners were by the new extensions on their houses, new cars and flash new electricals like VCRs, while they all desperately tried to run down their redundancy money enough to qualify for the dole. Years later, you could definitely tell who the ex-miners were by their enormous beer bellies from a retirement life of spending all day in the club.
Socialism? Don't make me laugh.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Some Men are More Equal than Others
Imagine living in a country that takes huge taxes from you, including a huge cut of your worldwide income.
Imagine that this country prides itself on the alleged principles of fairness and equality.
Imagine then that a chance for the people to decide who runs the country you live in comes around. At last, a chance to make a small difference by voting on the person/party you feel is most likely to improve the lot of the country you live in.
Imagine then that you get told to f**k off since no-one cares what you have to say and you don't even get the chance to vote.
Sounds unlikely? Well, when my Danish partner and I lived in the UK, we could both vote no problem, but move to Denmark and it turns out that foreigners are NOT allowed to vote in the general election.
I can see why, since foreigners aren't brainwashed into Danish socialism from an early age and can see right through it, so imagine the dangers of them enforcing some change for the better, eh?
Funny too that my partner, once she'd lived outside Denmark more than 2 years lost the right to vote in Danish elections. Denmark obviously realises that any Dane living abroad for more than 2 years will be de-indoctrinated in socialist thinking and thus vote sensibly with clear-headed thinking.
Some men are indeed more equal than others, and Stalin would be proud.
Imagine that this country prides itself on the alleged principles of fairness and equality.
Imagine then that a chance for the people to decide who runs the country you live in comes around. At last, a chance to make a small difference by voting on the person/party you feel is most likely to improve the lot of the country you live in.
Imagine then that you get told to f**k off since no-one cares what you have to say and you don't even get the chance to vote.
Sounds unlikely? Well, when my Danish partner and I lived in the UK, we could both vote no problem, but move to Denmark and it turns out that foreigners are NOT allowed to vote in the general election.
I can see why, since foreigners aren't brainwashed into Danish socialism from an early age and can see right through it, so imagine the dangers of them enforcing some change for the better, eh?
Funny too that my partner, once she'd lived outside Denmark more than 2 years lost the right to vote in Danish elections. Denmark obviously realises that any Dane living abroad for more than 2 years will be de-indoctrinated in socialist thinking and thus vote sensibly with clear-headed thinking.
Some men are indeed more equal than others, and Stalin would be proud.
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