Contracting News

Developing by the hour defies the downward trend of daily pay for IT contractors.

Sep 20, 2012

Virtual 'Admit One' passes in the run-up to 7 Days in June are released.

Sep 20, 2012

Osborne told to rethink his rule’s timetable for the good of businesses, especially the smallest.

Sep 18, 2012

Second jobs report to cast August as a hot month for IT contractors.

Sep 17, 2012

This year’s ‘mini-Budget’ due in the advent to Christmas.

Sep 14, 2012

‘Being self-taught is sufficient to get by in the freelance IT jobs market.’

Sep 14, 2012

At least two of the state's primary IT suppliers face a ban from new contracts.

Sep 13, 2012

Osborne’s bid for frozen salaries has seen IT contractors left out in the cold.

Sep 11, 2012

August was the brightest month for IT contractors since the high of February.

Sep 10, 2012

Online miscreants go where the money is – increasingly, on iPhone and Android handsets.

Sep 10, 2012

Temps reject claims they’re only on-contract because they can’t get anything else.

Sep 6, 2012

Biggest squeeze on state IT contracts is yet to unfold, as the pinch will peak in 2012-13.

Sep 5, 2012

High-profile woes around exporting UK IT work bodes well for home-grown tech talent.

Sep 4, 2012

Officials hand state-run bodies notes to help ensure ‘off-payroll’ workers are tax-compliant.

Sep 3, 2012

Red tape ban does away with a better way to report rogue business owners.

Sep 3, 2012

Let-go techie accused of sabotage, with potentially 'irreparable damage' to the car giant.

Aug 31, 2012

Uncertainty compels limited company candidates to leave state hirers in the lurch. 

Aug 30, 2012

The rewriting of a question the taxman doesn’t even need to ask just won’t cut it.

Aug 29, 2012

Alert to those using, or about to use, parallel partnerships and company structures.

Aug 28, 2012

BT, Capita and the likes of tipped to jostle for a troubled but still lucrative IT contract.

Aug 28, 2012

Vacation is only a dream for some in business on their own.

Aug 24, 2012

Existing rules, not new ones, are best to tackle the off-payroll hiring of ‘controlling persons’ – CIOT.  

Aug 23, 2012

Freelance staff supplier to the continent hails a historical upturn in IT contracts. 

Aug 22, 2012

Frustrated IT contractors see their jobs pinched or paying less, even amid the 'peaks'.

Aug 17, 2012

Family & friends are almost as useful as agents at finding work for contractors.

Aug 17, 2012

IT contractors seen as potential winners of London 2012.

Aug 14, 2012

Small fluctuations in temporary IT staff demand persist, afar from real-terms growth - REC.

Aug 10, 2012

Disputed report on City IT systems says banks put profit before regulators & customers.

Aug 9, 2012

Coming soon: 24hrs to trumpet the value of the UK’s independent workers.

Aug 9, 2012

Two huge burdens for PSCs will mix to form a 'potentially catastrophic' cocktail.

Aug 8, 2012

Credit crunch hasn't compelled the City to fix its IT system flaws – Intellect.

Aug 6, 2012

Self-employed have their say on being exempt from health and safety rules.

Aug 6, 2012

Subprime crisis credited with a double-digit rise in interims, freelancers and contractors.

Aug 3, 2012

Well-placed survey of over 1,000 contractors shows the market is still doing well.

Aug 1, 2012

Doing business with Companies House to cost less from October.

 

Jul 27, 2012

Staffing bodies fear the interim sector won't be thriving for much longer.

Jul 26, 2012

Revenue ready to stamp on individuals and firms legally side-stepping their liabilities.

Jul 24, 2012

Heavy industries pay consultants 80% more to lighten the load with IT.

Jul 23, 2012

Freelancing body PCG warns that public sector contractors face greater tax scrutiny.

Jul 19, 2012

Freelance group wants you to reveal the impact on the public sector contracting landscape.

Jul 17, 2012