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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 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 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]
Chicago Electrical Contractors Exam Prep Course
Downloads The Chicago Electrical Contractors Exam Prep Course. Software only runs on a Windows-based PC platform. In order to run the eBook software on your Mac, you will need to have a PC emulator program such as Virtual PC or SoftWindows.
[May 7, 2008, 13:16]
IT Contractors Facing Pay Cuts
News Shout99, a news Web site for contract workers, has reported that both Credit Suisse First Boston and Hewlett-Packard have cut contractors' rates by ten percent. Under IR35 some contractors are treated as employees by the Inland Revenue, forcing...
[July 25, 2001, 12:22]
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]
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]
August Was Hot For IT Contractors
News August proved to be a good month for IT contractors with hourly rates reaching a high for the year, and contractors fluent in SAP software proved particularly highly sought after. The data is based on average rates for contractors working in the...
[August 30, 2005, 16:40]
De Smet Engineers & Contractors (DSEC) Now Enjoys Total Confidence In Its New Technology Infrastructure Thanks To Dell Professional Services, The Consulting Division Of Dell
White Papers 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...
[October 6, 2005, 0:00]
Most IT Contractors 'distort' Job Applications
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...
[April 24, 2003, 12:03]
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]
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]
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]
Olympics Fuels Demand For IT Contractors
News With around five years to go to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, demand for IT contractors for the event is accelerating. A survey of more than 1,500 IT contractors showed the number of IT contractors in the engineering and construction sector has...
[July 26, 2007, 17:19]
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]
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]
2006 To Be 'best Year Since The Boom' For Contractors
News IT contractors could earn more money this year than since the peak of the dot-com boom, research suggests. Post merger integration of IT systems is vital to the success of [merger and acquisition] deals, so there should be opportunities for...
[February 6, 2006, 8:55]
RentACoder: EBay For Contractors?
News On paper, this idea serves to protect both clients and contractors; the former don't risk losing deposits to dead-beat developers, and the latter will have fewer problems with nonpaying customers. Since buyers (as clients are called on RentACoder...
[October 8, 2002, 10:09]
Demand For IT Contractors Rises
News A report published this week has shown an increase in demand for IT contractors. This is the highest rate paid to contractors this year, exceeding January's previous high of £27.56. This is compounded by contractors themselves taking breaks after...
[June 29, 2005, 15:00]
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]
