On the topic of who and who not to work for, it's a pretty decent rule of thumb that if a firm is advertising in the Evening Standard, they're crap.
In spite of the fact that there's less activity out there at the moment than you'd find between the ears of the average monotheistic religious fundamentalist, last night's "Sub" was choc-a-bloc with ads for all sorts of sub-contractors. The usual suspects, though....apart from Excel, who had the most ineptly and unprofessionally run circuit I've ever had the misfortune to work on, but who at least have enough accounts to make minimum wage.
Courier Systems have four ads in - one giving £500 garras for motorcyclists, while another for motorcyclists makes no mention of garras at all. They're advertising for cyclists as well - don't even think about it. They are also looking for a controller - as they always seem to be. Question is, how do they react to the question that any professional controller, or anyone with any knowledge of the industry, is going to ask pretty early in the application process: "Do you still steal loads of money from your riders?" I mean, the topic must come up. Do they indignantly deny they do it and tell the prospective mikesmith to fuck off? That would rule most professional controllers out. Do they not mention it, and hope that the applicant doesn't know and doesn't notice? Interesting. Do they have a BUPA scheme there? One of these days, someone armed with a baseball bat, a Stanley knife and a one-way ticket to either Belo Horizonte or Wroclaw will be waiting outside and I don't think they'll be too discriminatory about who's really to blame when an office bod steps out of the door.
Also advertising are Arrow / Post Haste, who are not quite as good at apppropriating funds as Courier Systems but are still pretty adept - does Judy still bin copies of Riders' Digest as soon as they arrive? (They still advertise in it.) Destinations, aka Alf & Don Cuozzo Couriers aren't too bad - at least they only nick from clients. Special Delivery are in - see advice thread. One lot who just answer "Hello!" in what appears to be an Indian accent, and one lot who still hadn't opened at 8-30 as they aren't answering their phone.
CDS/Wyndhams (again, don't even think about it) aren't looking for bikes but are advertising for executive drivers for London's Largest Executive Car Company - pay 'em £200 for hire of a Merc for a week, do £300 worth of work, and get a kite for £100 in a fortnight's time, which might leave you a small profit after paying for petrol.

Wyndhams bought CDS? Or the other way round? Mick Sullivan?

Mick Sullivan, Phil Booker, Daniella Westbrook's husband, those muppets at ADC who got nicked for embezzlement right after Mark Francis died...

...these guys make CitySprint's management team look like a bunch of really nice people.

What a business.

Actually, you are!

I guess I should apologise for that comment. Unnecessarily bitchy.

yes. what you need to do is get kitted up and doorstep them and be prepared for rejection and to be persistent. it's the only way.

Well, everyone's entitled to their opinion! I guess someone who posts at this time on the 'net knows all about wanking!

Don't know you either, nor would I wish to.

However, I really haven't the faintest idea what you're banging on about. I can't recall any conversation like that, I'm not even in this week.

You sound a bit sad,bitter & confused.

Don't especially want to referee this one, but being rude and condescending is in a controller's job description, isn't it? If it is isn't, it should be.

Come on guys, let's not have a slanging match on an internet forum.

How about some moderation by the moderator instead ...Bill?

being rude and condescending *is* a controllers job as much as internet forums are a place to bitch whinge and moan about it.

moderating IMO should be kept to deletion/account bannings for spam and certain types of trollery. bill does a fucking ace job when we get too silly to self police the place. it's also worth noting that porno has as spiky a tongue IRL as he does on the board, wouldn't have him any other way.

Hey Angeleyes, chill out with your crazy greek fascism shit.
"respect and gravity" Not something you would expect to find here anyway.
The best forms are unmoderated, (unless your on the defense from porno's tongue?)
What do you invisage? An iron hand over postings so that only the "civilized" may speak?
The name of the site is "moving target", we are all indiscriminate targets, so yeehaa for indiscriminate free speech.

"moderating IMO should be kept to deletion/account bannings for spam and certain types of trollery. bill does a fucking ace job when we get too silly to self police the place."

Just want to make it clear, apart from spammer, I *will* ban people who repeatedly post homophobic, mysoginistic or racist insults. I will also ban people that repeatedly slander or defame other members of the forum (or, indeed, members of the public).

So it's alright to be sexist,ageist,anti-fakenger and to slag off Basie?
Cool.

@ Bill. Yeah I'll take a set off your hands;)

"I will also ban people that repeatedly slander or defame other members of the forum"

Pornomike's a Swedish cunt

Did I mention Pornomike's a cunt?

ai gamisou pusti malakia

I think it's about time for this again.

In Pikey's hat.

it's just underneath the clitoral hood where the outer labia meets at the top.

All banned, and Sleeps is damned for pillaging my FB account.

Oi! Bill is not a cunt. I think Bill is a very decent man. He does need to sort out that morris dancing look beard though.

@porno
His words not mine:http://www.movingtargetzine.com/article/why-buffalo-bill

Truly,he is king of the street!
Good find.