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Contractors lose IR35 appeal
News The Court of Appeal ruled on Friday morning that IR35, the controversial tax on self-employed contractors, is not illegal, rejecting claims from the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) that the legislation broke European law.
[December 21, 2001, 10:55]
Contractors won't be subject to FoI
Blog Third party contractors will not have to answer Freedom of Information requests, the government said on Thursday. The results of a Ministry of Justice consultation, published last week, show that private-sector government contractors were worried...
[July 20, 2009, 16:40]
Contractors 'killed' PlusNet data-centre power
News A full report on the incident is yet to be drawn up but, according to PlusNet, initial investigations show that contractors cut all power to the as-yet-unidentified data centre, in the process knocking out PlusNet's internal systems, portals and...
[February 22, 2008, 10:58]
Contractors excluded from permanent jobs
News Recruitment agencies are being instructed to avoid contractors looking for permanent work because of fears that they will return to contracting at the first opportunity, according to reports by Shout99.com, a Web site for contractors.
[August 20, 2002, 15:15]
IT contractors focus on job security
News Long-term unemployment is on the up for UK IT contractors and job-security fears are increasingly on their minds. Long-term unemployment has increased by 11 percent in the past three months, to 5.3 percent of contractors, compared to 4.7 percent in...
[October 29, 2008, 6:30]
Demand grows for IT contractors
News Demand for IT staff is beginning to pick up in the UK, but growth is focused on contractors in a job market that remains sluggish, according to an annual study published on Thursday by the National Computing Centre.
[February 5, 2004, 16:25]
National Electrical Contractors Exam Prep Course
Downloads Licensing Preparation helps students to study for their Master Electrician's Examination (National Electrical Contractors Exam).includes: Multi-Family Dwellings Load Calculations Tool, Electric Range Load Calculations Tool, Motor Voltage Drop...
[June 2, 2008, 12:05]
More jobs for public sector IT contractors
News The demand for IT contractors to work in the public sector has risen sharply, according to research published on Tuesday by a recruitment company. CW Jobs has found that the number of IT contractors who found jobs in the public sector increased by...
[May 10, 2005, 17:35]
Security contractors urged to take out personal indemnity insurance
News The increasing number of virus and worm attacks means that significant numbers of security contractors could face legal action after their client's systems have been attacked, say industry experts Stuart Okin, Microsoft UK's chief security officer...
[June 2, 2004, 15:30]
IR35 latest: Contractors face tax chaos
News The judge presiding over the judicial review of the government's controversial IR35 tax rules indicated on Wednesday that he might decide that IT workers, but not other contractors, should be exempt from the rules.
[March 15, 2001, 14:08]
Sage CRM SalesLogix Means Profit for American Building Contractors
White Papers Privately held American Building Contractors (ABC), based in Burnsville, Minnesota, with offices in Chicago, St. Louis, and Chantilly, Virginia, is the country's largest insurance restoration company specializing in roofing, siding, and gutters.
[January 23, 2007, 0:00]
IT contractors cut out the middle-men
News However, the majority of professionals available are independent contractors, according to Hayes. It's more about giving the contractors some feedback and encouraging them to do the best they can. Resource Exchange -- an Australian b2b exchange for...
[May 21, 2002, 11:19]
Is new legislation protecting contractors?
News Historically, the relationship between IT contractors and recruitment agencies can probably be described as at best tense and at worst downright antagonistic. The reason why we have all these clauses in contracts is because contractors are not...
[June 24, 2004, 12:45]
IT contractors face big rate cuts
News IT contractors are facing substantial pay cuts as big companies seek to cut costs. It wouldn't be a concern to us if all of our IT contractors walked out over this, obviously we hope they won't, but it wouldn't affect the services or products we...
[May 29, 2002, 11:19]
We're all going on a summer holiday. Except contractors...
News Nearly one in five contractors in the UK take fewer than 10 days holiday per year, with a further 46 per cent 'enjoying' between 10 and 20 days off per annum. The figures, from accountancy firm Giant, also show that only 35 per cent of contractors...
[August 13, 2002, 15:11]
Fast-track visas: UK contractors hail 'victory'
News UK IT contractors are celebrating the successful conclusion of a long battle to change the government's position over the controversial fast-track visa programme. The scheme was originally brought in by the Home Office to plug a perceived skills...
[August 30, 2002, 8:51]
Oracle skills shortage spells jackpot for contractors
News If you have Oracle skills, 2008 could be something of a jackpot year, with contractors in short supply as demand ramps up over the next 12 months, IT recruitment company Technojobs has said. The average daily rate for Oracle contractors for the...
[February 28, 2008, 8:29]
IT contractors flee UK
News IT contractors are continuing to leaving the UK because of the uncertainty created by legislation such as IR35, according to new research. But the climate in which contractors operate in is very different, with IR35 now in full effect and a...
[August 18, 2003, 15:05]
IT contractors upbeat about job prospects
News IT contractors are upbeat about job prospects despite talk of a recession in the UK. Just nine percent of contractors said they are very concerned about finding work in the current economic climate, according to research from IT recruitment company...
[February 21, 2008, 7:49]
IT contractors squeezed into permanent jobs
News The number of contractors who have left self-employment to become permanent employees has doubled since June 2000 and the number out of work has more than tripled, according to a survey conducted by contract workers' Web site Shout99.com.
[July 12, 2002, 18:27]
