- How to buy time before accepting an IT Contract (5 comments)
Once you’ve got the job, the agent is desperate to freeze it. - IT Contracts curtailed as fears over Muscat judgment bite (0 comments)
The Court of Appeal's judgment in the case of Cable & Wireless v Muscat has far-reaching consequences for long-term IT contractors - CBI predicts 2 years of pain for UK economy and IT Contractors (0 comments)
In the Budget, the Government said that economic growth would fall to 1.75% this year and subsequently to 2.25% next year - Cutting Back (0 comments)
An article in the Private Eye says that the Government are cutting back on the number of Tax Inspectors - More than half of new jobs have gone to immigrants (0 comments)
Given that well over half of the 2.1m new jobs created in the last few years have gone to 1.1m immigrants - IT skills not important now to business (0 comments)
The results of a survey of 500 top CEOs by Microsoft suggest that the top skills needed by businesses are Team Work and Interpersonal Skills - Unemployment lowest for 30 years (0 comments)
Rates should now be seen getting pushed higher, if you forget the credit crunch. - How Income Shifting proposals will affect IT Contractors (0 comments)
In 2007, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had announced a proposal to prevent "income shifting - Government are absurd retards over Income Shifting, say Contractors Group (0 comments)
The Professional Contractors Group (PCG), which represents the UK's freelancers - Taxman now has powers to intercept emails and internet browsing records (0 comments)
HMRC has now been vested with new powers that will allow them to intimidate and force from Internet Service Providers email information about those that they suspect. - IT Contractors soft targets for Chancellor in Budget (0 comments)
The too-obvious credit crunch and the looming slowdown
are putting pressure on the Chancellor to raise tax from somewhere. - Should you take a contract where they want you to turn Permie after 6 months (0 comments)
Another subject that could be raised by the agent, before the interview, is that the agent might say that the company can recruit a contractor - How to get your rate up after getting that IT Contract (0 comments)
If you are able to make it in the interview and crack it, you hold the whip hand. - What to do when agencies want to know your bottom line (0 comments)
While putting contractors forward for roles, Agents generally ask them what rate they are looking for and precisely - Public now think ID cards a bad idea (0 comments)
The latest ICM poll reveals that 50% of the British public now think that the UK Card ID system is a bad idea - 10 things you do not want to find when starting an IT (1 comments)
You’ve been eagerly awaiting to start your new IT contract, but unable to fight off a certain bit of trepidation when the day arrives. - Freelancer of the Year Winner (0 comments)
Freelance communications consultant, Rona Levin, has bagged the Xchangeteam Freelancer of the Year Award - Contractors Group slam shock new HMRC powers (0 comments)
A series of new compliance approaches announced by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) this week has elicited a mixed response from the Professional Contractors - How to conduct yourself at an IT interview (0 comments)
Your arrival time should be 10-15 minutes before the interview.Notify the receptionist of your arrival - The Killer Questions to ask to make sure you get that IT Contract (0 comments)
IT Contractors often fail to appreciate the value of asking questions at an interview. - Golden rules for interviews (0 comments)
Preparing for that big interview is no mean task but if you subscribe to the Golden rules for interviewees, it will be a cakewalk. - Not Missing Out on IT Contracting Opportunities (0 comments)
IT Contractors should make sure that they cover all possible options as far as getting work are concerned. - Ten reasons why clients are complete idiots (15 comments)
Clients often demonstrate an idiotic streak in some of the decisions they take, especially when it comes to dealing with contractors - IT workers hideously undertrained (1 comments)
The changing role of IT workers necessitates moving from being behind-the-scene techies - E-learning versus traditional Training courses (0 comments)
With the Internet revolution sweeping the world, contractors can feel excited about constant updation of their currents skills - Should you tailor your CV (0 comments)
It is always interesting to get into the mindset of an employer, and see what they are looking for - 7 Reasons a CV will get binned (1 comments)
One cannot gloss over any reason that gets a CV trashed, but CVs get binned especially because of these reasons - Understanding IT Agents (0 comments)
Agencies are far more interested in keeping the client happy than keeping you happy. - Would you qualify to come to work in the UK? (0 comments)
The new Highly Skilled Migrants Programme will be fully implemented by the end of the summer. - WORKING IN IRELAND (0 comments)
Your potential liability to income tax in Ireland is subject to a number of considerations. - IT Contractors soft targets for Chancellor in Budget (0 comments)
The too-obvious credit crunch and the looming slowdown
are putting pressure on the Chancellor to raise tax from somewhere. - Contractors Group welcome new Taxpayers Charter (0 comments)
The Professional Contractors Group (PCG), has welcomed today's announcement that there will be a new Taxpayers' Charter - HMRC not above the law (0 comments)
It was sort of assumed that nothing could touch HMRC even after they lost 25 million people's data on two disks which were sent unregistered by courier. - UK now biggest and fastest growing IT hub outside the USA (7 comments)
A new report published by Deloitte says the UK is the new hub for fast growing technology firms. - Contracting in The Netherlands (0 comments)
Dutch law states that all Dutch individuals working in The Netherlands should be employees and Dutch tax - Major IT skills shortages driving IT Contractor rates up (0 comments)
According to an annual survey by Robert Walters, one of the biggest existing IT agencies, both salaries and contractor rates are being driven northwards - Pay leaps for IT Contractors in Financial Services (1 comments)
Pay for IT contractors in financial services has jumped 11% over the past six months - Dramatic Increase in Foreign IT workers entering UK (0 comments)
Nearly three times as many foreign (non-EU) IT workers entered the UK last year - IT Contractors doing better in this downturn (0 comments)
Despite the economic crisis joblessness among IT contractors is still - BT to dump 10,000 Contractors (0 comments)
BT have announced that they are going to get rid of 15,000 people after the huge losses that they have just reported. - Prince2 will get you work (0 comments)
According to a survey by recruitment website The IT Job Board, 84% of IT professionals believe that holding a certificate - IR35 a complete financial flop (0 comments)
Under the Freedom of Information Act the Professional Contractors Group has been able to find out how much tax the Government has raised from it. - IR35 should now be abolished (1 comments)
Recently, the Professional Contractors Group obtained information from the Government under the Freedom of information - Cameron slams Government over NHS IT failures (0 comments)
David Cameron said that the Government had demonstrated a deplorable want of maturity - Work permits (1 comments)
Given that well over half of the 2.1m new jobs created in the last few years have gone to 1 - Taxman to chop IT budget by £110m (1 comments)
After the Inland revenue and Customs & Excise merged, they now have duplicate systems - Indian President tells Brown we should take more IT Professionals (0 comments)
The US and other EU countries are having IT sector booms because they are doing it the President tells Brown. - Strike, Strike, Strike (0 comments)
IT workers to strike over job losses - HSBC to lay off 1,700 - but no IT workers (0 comments)
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