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10 Tips for long term successful contracting
There’s more to a successful contract than getting your timesheets signed. 10 Tips for success.
�Here are our top 10 tips for long term successful contracting: 1. Deliver. Deliver. Deliver - the "Three D's" Y� �well as getting paid, you should aim to end your contracts in a stronger position than when you started them� �There’s more to a successful contract than getting your timesheets signed. If you’re in�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Thu, 04 Jan 2018

Contractor to consultant: part I – comparing contracting and consulting
Do you want to be part of the team, or an agent of change? Read our three part guide to becoming an independent consultant.
�Rather than contracting and being involved in the day to day doing of the�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Fri, 05 Jan 2018

Contractor to consultant: part II – the consulting approach
Do you want to be part of the team, or an agent of change? Read our guide to becoming an independent consultant.
�After contracting for a while and being involved in delivering serv� �can’t do any work for client X while you’re under contract to client Y. Contractors are effectively serial m�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Tue, 09 Jan 2018

Contractors rarely operate as sole traders
Contractors wanting to work as a sole trader will find agencies and clients won’t work with them. Here's why and the solution.
�d under PAYE schemes. In addition to all of this, contracting as a sole trader, even if it could be done, would� �qualified director for example – could still find contracts via an agency by joining an umbrella company or g� �. A sole trader contractor might attempt to win a contract with the client, but the client’s agreement with�
Category: Articles: First timers | Wed, 19 Sept 2018

Contracting and security clearance: a guide for contractors
Why you need security clearance to work as a contractor on certain public sector projects.
�Contractors offered contracts in many government departments will find they are� �job related: A contractor would go to a specific contract role within a specific organisation and the devel�
Category: Articles: First timers | Mon, 28 Aug 2017

The 6 most popular reasons why so many employees go contracting. Is it for you?
Thinking of going contracting? Better pay and greater flexibility are just two of the benefits you could enjoy by making the leap. Find out more.
�ractors were permanent employees before they went contracting. But why did they leave? Why did they make the le� �idays it is rare for contractors to get part time contracts . Most contractors work the same amount as perman� �er. It is the most common reason for entering the contract market. But what about those permanent benefits?�
Category: Articles: First timers | Tue, 22 Nov 2016

Money management for contractors
Money management is a key skill for successful limited company contractors. The basics are straightforward and easy to pick up.
�ge their money and still focus on the benefits of contracting, such as choosing to do the work they enjoy most,� �flow challenges, particularly if they are between contracts. Time off – holiday, sickness and periods between�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Fri, 23 Dec 2011

Ensuring you get paid when contracting
Contractors are small businesses so, unlike employees, are not guaranteed payment for their work and must adopt strategies to ensure they are paid.
�o adopt strategies that ensure they get paid when contracting. Before even starting a contract, contractors sho� �rate for work, contractors should turn down these contracts automatically – that’s one of the reasons that ag� �get paid when contracting. Before even starting a contract, contractors should perform a financial check on�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Mon, 26 Jan 2015

Umbrella contractors and emergency tax codes
Contractors new to an umbrella company can pay more tax than they need to, but this does not have to be the case, as Derek Kelly of Parasol explains.
�ontractor moves from their own limited company to contracting with an umbrella company , they or their accounta� �ttle planning and filing paperwork safely between contracts,” says Kelly, “contractors can start work with th� �of moving between past permanent jobs or to a new contract with a different trading vehicle. This can mean p�
Category: Articles: Contractor umbrellas companies | Tue, 03 Feb 2009

What contractors should do if their umbrella company goes bust
Contractors must protect themselves up front and move on if their umbrella company goes bust, say Parasol’s Rob Crossland and ClearSky’s Derek Kelly.
�to exist overnight, and that means all bets, and contracts, are off, as Kelly explains: “Contractors’ employ� �ould take home pretty much the same percentage of contract value. So beware of umbrella companies making ext�
Category: Articles: Contractor umbrellas companies | Tue, 02 Aug 2011