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Pimlico Plumbers Ltd

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    Charlie Mullins is back on Pimlico Plumbers’ home turf

    Family of UK’s best-known plumber challenges private equity’s approach to home services

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  • Monday, 20 September, 2021
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    circa 1945: A male plumber uses a small torch and a piece of wire to weld a joint on a metal pipe. He wears a cap, a flannel shirt and overalls, with a pencil behind his ear. (Photo by Harold M. Lambert/Lambert/Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 13 June, 2018
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    Plumbing and heating engineer, Gary Smith, who worked for Pimlico Plumbers for nearly six years from 2005, leaves the Supreme Court in London on June 13, 2018. The UK's highest court has dealt a blow to the so-called gig economy in a landmark ruling over the employment status of a plumber. The Supreme Court ruled that despite being VAT-registered and paying self-employed tax, plumber Gary Smith was entitled to workers' rights. / AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALLBEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images
  • Wednesday, 13 June, 2018
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  • Wednesday, 13 June, 2018
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    Ruling against Pimlico Plumbers could influence appeal by Uber drivers

    Pimlico Plumbers chief executive Charlie Mullins leaves the UK Supreme Court, Parliament Square, London, following the ruling in the case involving plumbers contracts, which is said will have 'huge ramifications' for the gig economy. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday June 13, 2018. Five judges at the UK's highest court unanimously upheld earlier decisions that Gary Smith, a plumber who worked for Pimlico Plumbers for nearly six years, could claim "worker" status, even though he was described in his contract as a "self-employed operative". See PA story COURTS Plumber. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
  • Monday, 19 February, 2018
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    Pimlico Plumbers owner Charlie Mullins arrives at the Supreme Court in London, for the third day of the Government's appeal against a ruling that the Prime Minister must seek MPs' approval to trigger the process of taking Britain out of the European Union.
  • Friday, 24 November, 2017
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  • Monday, 13 February, 2017
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  • Monday, 13 February, 2017
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