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Contractor to consultant: part III – 8 tips to make it happen
Do you want to be part of the team, or an agent of change? Read our guide to becoming an independent consultant.
�After years of contracting, you may find yourself more interested in working� �ess lined up. Many would-be consultants end their contracts, and then spend 6-12 months unemployed trying to�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Thu, 23 Nov 2017

Advice on going back to permanent work from contracting
This guide discusses the factors when deciding whether to go back to permanent employment.
�o permanent work include: Reasons for moving from contracting back to permanent Tired The highest paid contract� �that can find themselves continually in well paid contracts. Security can become an issue for those contracto� �urning out the same type of work when moving from contract to contract. Shortly after getting the job it is�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Tue, 28 Nov 2017

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

Contractor Doctor: Can I receive a tax-free redundancy payment from my ltd company?
Contractors can’t use redundancy or termination payments to take cash tax efficiently from their limited company, says James Abbott of Abbott Moore.
�condition.” Why contractors don’t have employment contracts According to Abbott, few contractors have employm� �undancy payment, a worker must have an employment contract with their employer, and they cannot resign or le�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 15 Aug 2013

Contractor Doctor: Is my agency’s restrictive covenant valid after losing PSL status?
Contractors may have grounds for disregarding a restrictive covenant if a former agency makes threats to withhold payment, says Egos’s Roger Sinclair.
�Dear Contractor Doctor I’ve just completed a contract with an agency that has just been dropped from th�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 05 Sept 2013

Contractor Doctor: Do I owe my agency damages after it terminated me for being ill?
Contractors unable to fulfil their contracts due to illness may not necessarily be liable for breach of contract, explains Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�ep in this situation is to determine which of the contracts the agency sent to the contractor actually applie� �Dear Contractor Doctor I was a week into a new contract and I have just been terminated by my agency for�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 14 Oct 2013

Contractor Doctor: How do I handle hostility from my client’s permanent employees?
Contractors countering hostility from their client's employees can adopt a range of strategies to help defuse the situation.
�ractor Doctor I recently started work on a new IT contract for a financial sector client. The team was assem�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 24 Oct 2013

Contractor Doctor: Does signing a new contract after one goes cold put me in breach?
Contractors whose contract terms are changed by an agency are unlikely to be in breach if they accept another contract, says Egos’s Roger Sinclair.
�Dear Contractor Doctor I signed a new contract with an agency to begin on 2nd July. One week lat�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 31 Jul 2013