Oil and gas contractors must focus on niche skills as contract market softens
Oil and gas contractors must focus on building niche skills to ensure they stay in contract as markets soften, says the 21st AGCC Oil & Gas Survey.
ContractorCalculator Market Report December 2014
Contractors across most sectors are experiencing sustained and increasing demand for their services as candidate and skills shortages persist.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 28/Nov/2014
News this week covers: unions attack umbrellas; Autumn Statement; IPSE late payment policy; tax tribunal cases at record high; & FinTech brain drain.
Successful contracting requires mindset change, believes business analyst contractor
Successful contractors must develop a contracting mindset that is distinct from that of a permie, says financial IT business analyst Eleanor Miller.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 21/Nov/2014
News this week covers: New contracting tsar at NFD; skills shortages; Scottish contracts; shale gas; record IT worker numbers; and HMRC’s performance.
National Freelancers Day 2014: contracting tsar hints at plans to benefit contractors
National Freelancers Day 2014 was the “best yet” & featured hints about plans being shaped before the election by new contracting tsar, David Morris.
National Freelancers Day 2014 is being celebrated today - #NFD2014
Contractors get to celebrate contracting as the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed hosts another National Freelancers Day.
Contract opportunities grow as skills shortages worsen in key contracting disciplines
Contractor skills shortages worsen, creating new contract opportunities in engineering, technical, IT and management, says October’s REC JobsOutlook.
IT and finance contractors benefit from Scotland’s financial sector recovery
IT and finance contractors are benefitting from the bounceback of Scotland’s financial sector, shows October 2014’s Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 14/Nov/2014
News this week covers: IR35 white paper; skills shortages; finance sector recovery; self-employment falls; big data growth; and IT rate increases.
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Contractors are firms first choice in new post-recession pattern
Firms are increasingly choosing to hire contractors by preference rather than hiring employees, showing a new post-recession pattern.
Contractor skills shortages and falling availability drive sustained prospects
Contractor skills shortages and falling candidate availability continue to improve contractor prospects after 18 successive months of demand growth.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 7/Nov/2014
News this week covers: holiday pay ruling; NFD support; tax avoidance warning; IPSE contract reviews; APSCo research; and contractor hiring sustained.
Umbrella contractors unlikely to be affected by holiday pay ruling
Umbrella company contractors employed by compliant providers are unaffected by the EAT holiday pay ruling, says Parasol’s Juliet Byrne.
ContractorCalculator Market Report November 2014
Contractors are in increasing demand across all contracting disciplines. Skills shortages, particularly in Scotland, offer a range of opportunities.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 31/Oct/2014
News this week covers: BETs abolished; BBC test judicial review; late payment; high paying contracts; paper tax return deadline; & simpler CT filing.
Contractors gain greater tax savings and flexibility from pension reforms
Contractors to gain upfront pension contribution tax savings and tax savings with flexibility on retirement, says an expert IFA.
Contractors underpin new ‘lean’ workforce strategies adopted by contracting clients
Contractors offer increased capacity and specialist skills to contracting clients that increasingly adopt lean workforce strategies, says the REC.
HMRC abolishes the IR35 Business Entity Tests (BETs) effective from 6 April 2015
HMRC has announced that it plans to withdraw the IR35 Business Entity Tests (BETs) and the example scenarios effective from 6 April 2015.
Self-Employed BBC staff forced to pay tax as employees due to flawed employment test
Self-employed contractors are being forced onto the BBC’s payroll because its employment test is deeply flawed, says David Kirk & Co’s David Kirk.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 24/Oct/2014
News this week covers: skills shortages; HMRC targets construction; AWR ruling; new KPMG accounting service; and HMRC’s Accelerated Payment notices.
Stevens v Northolt High School AWR ruling forces client to make £10k equal pay award
The Stevens v Northolt High School AWR ruling means contractor clients could be responsible for paying out when workers don’t receive equal pay.
Contractors with technical and engineering skills in short supply, says JobsOutlook
Contractors with technical and engineering skills, alongside professionals and managers, are in short supply, reports the latest REC JobsOutlook.
Contractor opportunities in Scotland led by oil and gas and video games
Contractor demand in Scotland is being driven by Aberdeen’s oil and gas industry and Dundee’s video games sector, with worsening contractor shortages.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 17/Oct/2014
News this week covers: OTS tax competitiveness; self-employment; Irish contractor demand; CIOT warning over tax powers; and paper tax return deadline.
Contractors may benefit from OTS’s proposed tax competitiveness measures
Contractors look set to benefit should the Office of Tax Simplification’s (OTS) proposals to improve the UK’s tax competitiveness become adopted.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 9/Oct/2014
News this week covers: IR35 Forum; City hiring; contractor demand; IPSE petition; 15 for 2015 finalists; Parasol lobbies Labour; & HMRC scare tactics.
Contractors incorporate limited companies primarily to reduce risk, shows HMRC survey
Contractors choose to incorporate primarily to reduce risk, shows research by HMRC that fills knowledge gaps revealed during the Lords’ PSC inquiry.
HMRC’s IR35 Review to be published imminently, contractors learn from the IR35 Forum
Contractors should see HMRC’s IR35 Review published imminently, and the debate over the BETS intensifies, contractors learn from July’s IR35 Forum.
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