ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 1/Aug/2014
News this week covers: IT contracts increase; OTS employment review; Mayor supports 15 for 2015; day rates top £1,500; & HMRC targets loan schemes.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 25/July/2012
News this week covers: BBC employment test revealed; mini off-payroll witch-hunt?; more interims needed; North Sea contracts to slow; and Alba booms.
Contractors learn the big secret of the BBC “employment test”: it’s useless
ContractorCalculator’s long campaign to get the BBC to reveal its employment test has shown the test to be new layer of pointless, costly bureaucracy.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 18/July/2012
News this week covers: contracting now mainstream; finance contracts surge; record high self-employment; new interim guide; and accelerated payments.
Interim management contractors offered new guidance on agency selection
Interim management contractors can use a new guide published by the Institute of Interim Management to choose the right agencies to find contracts.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 11/July/2014
News this week covers: fired-up taxman coming after tax evaders; contracts boom in core contracting sectors; North Sea contracting ‘gets political’.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 4/July/2014
News this week covers: PCG’s 15 for 15 competition; NIC income tax merger; CBI/PwC survey; June PMIs; creative sector growth; & tax credits renewals.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 27/June/2014
News this week covers: fresh IR35 data on HMRC; Contract Review Service; expenses and benefits; Scottish referendum; and interims using social media.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 20/June/2014
News this week covers: Lords’ slam government over PSCs; Finance Bill approved; SMEs hiring contractors; & Scotland’s contract market buoyant.
Contractors to face HMRC judge and jury as Finance Bill is approved by MPs
Contractors using tax avoidance schemes are to face follow-on notices and accelerated payments as MPs approve the Finance Bill with no changes.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 13/June/2014
News this week covers: record rate increases; Lords’ inquiry brushed aside; HMRC’s poor service; tax policy protection; and new digital VAT rules.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 6/June/2014
News this week covers: IR35 Review; DOTAS campaign; Queen’s Speech; Markit/CIPs PMIs; IT skills shortages; hardest jobs to fill; and tax credits.
Contractor-friendly Queen’s Speech shows importance of flexible workforce, says PCG
A Queen’s Speech with a raft of relatively contractor-friendly measures demonstrates the growing importance of the UK’s flexible workforce, says PCG.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 30/May/2014
News this week covers: NHS contractor witch hunt; CJEU ruling; digital skills for IT contractors; oil & gas prospects; & False Self-Employment bites.
IT contractors must focus on skills to drive revenue growth, rather than cost savings
IT contractors looking for the next growth area should focus on acquiring digital skills that generate revenues, says the 16th Harvey Nash CIO Survey.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 23/May/2014
News this week covers: Scotland’s skills shortages; clients at full capacity; UK skills gaps; avoidance schemes; PCG on elections; and HMRC bullying.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 16/May/2014
News this week covers: skills shortages; rise in offshore work; record high self-employment; MPs concerns over HMRC powers; and engineer numbers fall.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 9/May/2014
News this week covers: 62,000 contract ads in Q1; PCG female networking; PMI's for April; oil & gas rate cuts; Lords on fracking; & VAT rules relaxed.
Contractors could play a role in easing UK skills shortages, suggests new research
Contractors could play a key role in plugging the UK’s skills gaps and preventing the economic recovery from stalling, suggests research by Parasol.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 2/May/2014
News this week covers: financial sector recovery; HMRC targets part-timers; oil & gas supply chain; tax data exchange from 2017; and HMRC tax credits.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 24/Apr/2014
News this week covers: contract opportunities in Scotland; 50% of clients are hiring; 64k new shale gas jobs; HMRC to sell taxpayer data; & rate cuts.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 17/Apr/2014
News this week covers: financial sector recovers; PCG calls for greater contractor support; new powers for HMRC; & late-payment code in construction.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 11/Apr/2014
News this week covers: Lords’ inquiry shows IR35 flaws; false self-employment regs warning; 39k new oil and gas jobs; & HMRC’s new powers ‘illegal’.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 4/Apr/2014
News this week covers: contract vacancies; late payments; financial sector hiring; North Sea exploration; PCG economic report; and HMRC NIC guidance.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 28/Mar/2014
News this week covers: public sector best practice; MoJ victory; contractor demand; Spain’s oil & gas; and self-employed to outnumber public sector.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 21/Mar/2014
News this week covers: Budget 2014; Scotland contractor demand; interims targeted by media; HMRC client campaign; self-employment high; & RTI fines.
How UK contractors may benefit from the EFIP Manifesto for Freelancing
Contactors may benefit from a range of policy measures advocated in the new Manifesto for Freelancing presented by EFIP to the European Parliament.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 14/Mar/2014
News this week covers: Barclays rate cut; off-payroll review; call to delay false self-employment; boost to contractor prospects; and FCSA update.
IT contractor exodus from Barclays begins, as double-digit rate cut is threatened
Contractors are abandoning Barclays following its decision to impose a double-digit rate cut on its IT contracting workforce.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 7/Mar/2014
News this week covers: EFIP European manifesto launch; contractor hiring; Budget tax cuts; RTI working despite errors; and avoidance scheme warning.
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