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Contractors usually get three options to formalise ‘going it alone.’ Now, there’s a fourth; it’s neither on your own nor forking out for an accountant.

The age of the three-page CV is here, so don’t believe everything IT recruiters are telling you.

Cleanse your CV of five age identifiers that hirers have no business knowing (but might victimise you if they do).

A simpler way to account for VAT may be just the post-Spring Statement pick-up that limited companies need.

LITRG: As part of helping the unrepresented be informed, we’re calling in technology to automate your next deductions double-check.

From April 6th 2025, Double Cab Pick-Ups will be treated as company cars for BIK purposes. And this time, there’s no U-turn.

As Wednesday’s tell-all webinar will deep dive into, successful IT contracting is sometimes just a beginning, middle and end away.

Links to Professional Indemnity Insurance Providers

Acing the interview is often undone at the last hurdle – your invitation to ask some questions of your own (and yes, it may seem rude to decline).

The ‘go-to’ for contractors and agencies to work abroad, manage non-UK gigs and freelance overseas? That’s us for 21 years, but Jan 2025 just broke a new record.

With pensions, the tax relief principle is always the same -- a bit like the need to open up to an IFA to properly fill in your retirement saving blanks.

Links to IT contractor banking service providers.

Exclusive: Hays predicts the five top IT contractor jobs of tomorrow.

As a contractor, if you don't work, you don't get paid. Unlike permanent employees, who have sick pay and other safety nets, you're on your own. That's why income protection is essential.

A ‘how-to’ on selecting career targets and then hitting them -- by someone who’s actually made it in the ‘forever changing’ world of freelance tech.