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Contractor guide to contracting overseas: South Africa
Contractors working in South Africa should use employed solution providers to help navigate strict local regulations, says Charles Daw of CXC Global.
�and employer.” What expenses can be claimed when contracting in South Africa? “Pretty much nothing in South Af� �Contractors looking to source contracts in South Africa will find that the regulatory lan� �lly a secondment.” However, acquiring a permit to contract in South Africa can often prove quite an arduous�
Category: Articles: Contracting Overseas | Wed, 09 Mar 2016

The benefits of hiring an expert contractor
The benefits a contractor can bring to a client’s organisation are huge and include new skills and flexibility that permanent employees cannot match.
�of benefits to the client organisations they are contracted by. Most notably, they can be picked up and put d� �ntractors cite the main reason they started their contracting career was to get away from office politics and a� �ing the services of a supplier and not starting a contract of employment with an employee. Employees have ri�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Wed, 16 Dec 2009

Renewing a contractors contract
Contractors do not have to renew their contract when it ends, so a client wanting to keep their good contractors should start negotiating early.
�from spending more than a certain period of time contracting for that client, or from having more than a certa� �obligation to accept a renewal or extension of a contract. Equally, clients do not have to offer the contra�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Tue, 10 Nov 2009

Terminating a contractor
All contractor contracts finish eventually, but there may be reasons why a client wishes to end a contract early, before the contracted end-date.
�Contractor contracts have a start date, which is when the contractor b� �t if the two parties have not agreed to renew the contract. However, there may be reasons why a client wants�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Tue, 17 Nov 2009

Contractor offshore tax solutions: risks and benefits explained
Need to understand the risks and benefits of offshore tax solutions? Use the guide to make an informed decision.
�for contractors Ultimately, the downside risk of contracting through an offshore tax solution is that HMRC dec� �reasing net income from, typically, 65% to 85% of contract value. But solutions are not appropriate for all�
Category: Articles: Contractor Offshore Solutions | Wed, 14 Jun 2017

Paying your contractor – timesheets, invoices and payment
Unless clients sign timesheets and process invoices promptly, contractors don’t get paid. This can delay project delivery and lead to legal action.
�company to raise an invoice. If the contractor is contracting direct through their own limited company, they wi� �as, although contractors are not employees, their contracts give them the right to be paid regularly, accurat� �ontractor’s invoice, could constitute a breach of contract, which if not remedied swiftly, will leave the cl�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Mon, 08 Feb 2010

Contractor interview: sue builds a better life contracting
Having left a permanent job to take up contracting, Sue has built a better business and has a more rewarding lifestyle.
�en years, to become a contractor. Never Regretted Contracting ''And I've never regretted it,'' Sue insists. ''T� �d start on this contract, Sue gathered a few more contracts around the area she was now living in. She works� �ue to do that anyway.'' With a good start on this contract, Sue gathered a few more contracts around the are�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Mon, 28 Apr 2008

INTERVIEW: Take a few tips from the contractor who overnight went from £35k to £85k
Tired of languishing in IT sales, veteran contractor Paul Drew reinvented himself as a project manager and saw his income jump overnight by £50k.
�an contractor Paul Drew’s book, whose approach to contracting changed his career, and bank balance, out of all� �of reasons why I consistently managed to win new contracts, and none of those reasons are rocket science,” s� �rtunity presented itself, with an interview for a contract with one of the leading IT firms, working for wha�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Mon, 26 Jan 2009

INTERVIEW: Don’t let a bad apple ruin your contracting barrel says veteran contractor
Contractors must take the rough with the smooth and shouldn’t let a bad experience put them off, says contracting stalwart Jane Smith.
�mith. And as her story shows, anyone who has been contracting for any length of time needs to develop the ‘rhin� �picking up the phone book. And, as most of Jane’s contracts are direct with the client, she doesn’t usually h� �re client politics “I won a high paying six-month contract, working through an agency, for a major logistics�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Tue, 03 Mar 2009

Hiring a contractor – rates you should expect to pay
Rates vary hugely across the contracting sector and can depend on many variables. How can clients judge what rates they should pay contractors?
�rs to be worked, and any hours in excess of those contracted must be approved before the contractor works them� �. But the client and contractor must agree in the contract the number of hours to be worked, and any hours i�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Tue, 01 Sept 2009