Contracting News
Soaring technology and IT business confidence casts the recession as 'short-lived'.
May 22, 2012
Freelance sector booming - but not necessarily for all the right reasons.
May 21, 2012
Green shoots head off the growing chunk of consultants who were billing for less.
May 15, 2012
‘Not since Lehman’s demise have IT pay packets looked so promising.’
May 15, 2012
Rebound in temporary IT billings implies contractor replacement schemes are confined.
May 9, 2012
Public sector keeps thinking bigger means better when assessing would-be contractors.
May 8, 2012
Fewer top rate IT hires, or contractor removal, is the current reality of corporate cash-conserving.
May 2, 2012
Recruitment agencies left in the lurch by bogus contractors and clients.
May 1, 2012
Lap dancer serves to remind end-clients the reality of the relationship is what counts.
Apr 30, 2012
'Even the worst place for contractors to earn still pays better than being permie.'
Apr 26, 2012
PM attacks those who set up a company with the sole aim of paying less tax.
Apr 26, 2012
Temporary techies working longer, and presumably harder, for £79,000 a year.
Apr 25, 2012
Almost a decade of dodging the taxman catches up with a millionaire IT contractor.
Apr 23, 2012
Clients are increasingly delving in the financial past of IT contractors.
Apr 18, 2012
How IT contractors can still get their teeth into new cookie rules for UK websites.
Apr 18, 2012
Legal expert offers a taste of how new cookie requirements will impact contractors.
Apr 17, 2012
Tax inspectors want to make more of the 'G' in GAAR.
Apr 13, 2012
Confidence slows the momentum for temporary IT hires that was feeding off uncertainty.
Apr 11, 2012
PCG: Media witch-hunt panicking public clients into cancelling contractors early.
Apr 10, 2012
HMRC can take in advance from limited company directors deemed a ‘serious risk’.
Apr 10, 2012
Tax expert on the likely contents of the Patent Box - incoming for 2013.
Apr 2, 2012
Taxman commits to creating a 28,000-strong compliance team by 2015.
Mar 30, 2012
Five per cent drop for IT contractors at HP’s ESS division.
Mar 30, 2012
When pulling over for 3 minutes proves ridiculous.
Mar 23, 2012
Government still not ready to reveal a new statutory residence test.
Mar 23, 2012
Recruiters, analysts and contractors in IT have their say on Osborne.
Mar 22, 2012
‘As you were’ for PSC users, but a new regulation on top of IR35 is incoming.
Mar 21, 2012
Chancellor delivers his annual statement, ‘to reward work and get Britain earning its way.’
Mar 21, 2012
Online marketplace sellers given last chance to bag lower penalties.
Mar 21, 2012
As intended targets or collateral, IT contractors are unlikely to be unscathed by Osborne.
Mar 20, 2012
‘Best-value’ contractors aren’t being secured for sensitive jobs – Cabinet Office.
Mar 19, 2012
Mid-contract rate cuts will be avenged mid-way in the project, poll suggests.
Mar 16, 2012
Chancellor tipped to tackle the frowned upon use of PSCs, at least in the public sector.
Mar 14, 2012
Officials promise less rigid terms of business to software and infrastructure suppliers.
Mar 12, 2012
Going in light with IT could erode value or fail the deal entirely – E&Y.
Mar 9, 2012
Most buoyant four weeks for IT contractors since August – REC.
Mar 7, 2012
No changes to Tier 2 needed, but British IT workers are being displaced and undercut – MAC.
Mar 6, 2012
Business owners who don’t incorporate add to the £12bn tax waste mountain.
Mar 5, 2012
Even our economy would agree with Lord Clyde about the need to pay the least tax.
Mar 5, 2012
‘The government’s blocking of post-cessation trade relief isn’t a new tax on retiring contractors.’
Mar 1, 2012
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