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UK and Ireland accounted for 42 per cent of the total European investment in Fintech. 

Another oil giant's contract IT workforce is told to lower their rates by 15% or leave.

The unintended consequences of stripping tax relief from the supervised, directed and controlled.

Chancellor's simplification measure seems like anything but from a technology standpoint.

VAT charges when contractors bid for public work to be nullified from April.

Experts clash over the slow death of T&S relief for the supervised, directed and controlled.

Six sections stating the key announcements of George Osborne's sixth Budget. 

No more tax relief from next April if you're supervised, directed and controlled.

George Osborne 'takes Britain one more big step from austerity to prosperity.'

Joined-up thinking seems to have kicked the expenses clampdown into the long grass.

IFA to contractors reveals what he expects (and wants) to see from the chancellor. 

What George Osborne should (and shouldn't) offer PSC contractors on Wednesday.

The hubs and hot skills that are driving demand in the technology contracts market.

Oil giant tells temporary tech workforce to accept pay cut or quit.

Most umbrella companies expect a withholding of tax relief, rather than a withdrawal. 

Firms throwing money at the demand-supply mismatch is lining the IT labour market's pockets. 

A destabilising of contractors at the MoD requires an urgent rethink, says IPSE.

Tax unit makes at least 45 mentions of the rule it's restricted from exploring.

The 22 big things the government should do on status, listed and at-a-glance.

A lack of capacity and skills is auspicious if you're one of seven types of IT contractor.

A tightening up to a payment code should help small firms, even if it is only voluntary.

Aid is issued to people who work for themselves that get stung for not self-assessing correctly.

A new law requires 'prompt payment' throughout the government's supply chain.

An investigation into the outsourcing giant is the right response to allegations, says IPSE.

UK’s contractor body gives a green light to the rail network’s digital upgrade.

The difference between a skilled IT contractor and an interim manager seems lost on most end-users.

The taxman's biggest ever data grab in the contractor market? Probably…

Contractor body backs red tape reduction, but warns of a new growth restriction.

The start of 2015 had the edge over the end of 2014, as predicted to ContractorUK.

Battle of the Silicons: the Glen is only slightly lagging behind the Roundabout. 

Only six days left to talk the taxman out of robbing you of relief on travel and subsistence.

Just as many top rate brolly workers are in the likes of Manchester than London.

State agency says it's got better since being told its error caused a 'Ltd' to collapse.

HMRC wants to publicly identify repeat avoiders, even if they are indifferent to public outrage.

Taxman's record on IT suppliers inspires 'little confidence' that he'll succeed in 2017.

Take-home pay is one of the few positives for the increasingly cautious contract workforce.  

London's daily IT pay divides into the lucrative, the flat and the long-term static. 

Politicians may target the increasingly costly tax break you get when disposing a company.

'Astonishing' fee rise of up to 622% awaits those taking a commercial dispute to court. 

Hopefully, it will be only the media who's taken in by 'brollies' who aren't proper brollies.