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News One in four IT contractors now works in banking - and with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and more mergers on the way there is likely to be continued demand this year. A survey of 2,500 contractors found that a third of...
[03 Jan 2007]
News The current legal challenge to the controversial IR35 tax rules may only affect IT contractors, though the ruling affects many other groups of self-employed contractors. The Professional Contractors Group, which is bringing the legal challenge...
[15 Mar 2001]
News IT contractors' salaries have risen sharply in the last year despite many such workers claiming they're experiencing the worst downturn in years. In one of the most surprising findings of silicon.com's annual Skills Survey, nearly half of all...
[11 Mar 2002]
News Contractors are being offered the chance to insure themselves against any negative financial after-shocks the controversial IR35 legislation might create. The Professional Contractors Group has created a policy, in collaboration with tax...
[24 May 2001]
News While the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has forced the Inland Revenue to alter the guidelines which accompany the legislation, the victory was not complete: it failed in its ultimate aim to prove that IR35 contravenes EC and human rights...
[02 Apr 2001]
News While the money hasn't always been available for temp staff and contractors during widespread recruitment freezes many companies have found a way to raise a little extra cash for necessary skills and staff when needed, according to IT services...
[29 Mar 2004]
News Contractors listed rates paid for work as the number one reason why they might work for an agency, in the poll conducted by online IT contractors agency eVirtualCompany, in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
[02 Mar 2001]
News Lifestyle and flexible working benefits are the most important factors influencing IT staff to go freelance as contractors. More than a third (37 per cent) of 2,000 IT contractors quizzed by accounting services provider Giant Group said lifestyle...
[20 Nov 2007]
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has raised half a million pounds to fund a legal challenge to the UK government in the High Court this week, over its IR35 legislation. IR35 closes what the government claimed was a tax loophole being used...
[26 Jun 2000]
News IT contractors are more concerned about buffing up their skills than they were last year. Skills development is now the second most important consideration for IT contractors - along with work-life balance - according to a survey conducted by giant...
[25 Jan 2007]
News IR35, introduced on 6 April 2000, is supposed to close a loop hole used by IT contractors setting up limited companies to avoid paying full levels of tax and National Insurance contributions. He said: "The big problem about IR35 is that it fails to...
[13 Mar 2001]
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has warned that as many as one third of UK IT contractors could end up working abroad unless IR35 tax changes are altered. The industry body claims contractors are already setting up shop in Ireland, the...
[12 Jan 2000]
whitepaper Today, information security vendors stand to gain from contract opportunities while contractors running government systems face significant security compliance requirements that may impact their entire organization.
[30 Aug 2005]
News Internet mortgage company, Charcolonline, has launched a service specifically designed for IT contractors. It features more than 200 mortgage deals targeting IT contractors - who despite their high earning potential have traditionally found it...
[13 Apr 2000]
News Tough economic conditions are driving IT contractors to lie on their job applications, according to research by The Risk Advisory Group (TRAG). Fifty-six percent of the applications over the course of the year were found to contain lies or...
[24 Apr 2003]
whitepaper Belgium-based De Smet Engineers & Contractors (DSEC) was sharing an ICT platform with another affiliate from the De Smet Group. DSEC planned to move offices in September 2004 but before it could do this it needed to migrate from its existing...
[06 Oct 2005]
News The share of IT contractors working in the public sector has dropped for the first time in three years to just over a quarter (26 per cent), according to a six-monthly market report by Giant Group. This has coincided with a rise in the share of...
[07 Jun 2006]
News The legal wrangling stems from a 2001 court judgement won by a group of long-term former Microsoft contractors. The contractors weren't awarded the same benefits as permanent Microsoft staff, leading the 'permatemps' to take legal action against...
[03 Oct 2005]
whitepaper This standard specifies architecture and technical requirements for a common identification standard for Federal employees and contractors. The standard addresses several problems requiring reliable and cost effective solutions in personal...
[04 Jan 2005]
News The IT job market is finally pulling itself out of the doldrums, according to a new report - but while permanent staff can pop open the champagne, contractors would do well to stick to Asda value beans for a while longer.
[21 Nov 2003]
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