Our site was founded in late 1998, just as the 'dot-com boom' was reaching its heights. At the time, there was very little online information available for IT contractors, and the controversial 'IR35' legislation had yet to be announced.
Originally CUK planned to maintain a simple list of links and general topics of interest for fellow contractors. However with the advent of IR35, demand for relevant information surged and by late 1999, the site had become a full-time venture, with tens of thousands of visitors reading the latest news.
Since 2000, the traditional IT contractor publications, such as the much missed 'Freelance Informer' ceased to be, less able to compete with the real-time nature of the Internet. Contractor UK was one of the main beneficiaries during this period, and has grown at a staggering rate ever since.
Contractor UK continues to cover the ever-changing industry, keeping contractors up to date with S660, MSC legislation, market demand and much more.
Our community is made up of IT contractors (around 85%) and a vast array of service providers. Contractor UK has been the leading contractor site and one-stop resource in the UK for many years now.
Contractor UK News
News and Feature articles on this website are provided by Moore News Limited, Reg. No. 05108790. Established in 2003, Moore News Ltd is an independent provider of News and Features to major websites dealing in the Creative, IT, Freelance and Jobs markets. As well as supplying these areas, the founder and managing director has over a decade of experience in Local, National and Consumer Media.
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Our site was founded in 1998 - we've been online for over 8 years, longer than any other contractor site in the UK.
We remain the most visited contractor site in the UK. March 2008 saw 249,146 unique visitors coming to Contractor UK.
Our network as a whole served 1,133,878 page views during March 2008.
