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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 '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]
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]
HP putting 4,000 contractors in limbo
News HP spokesman Arch Currid said on Wednesday that the company plans to have about 4,000 contractors in North America halt work for the three weeks from 24 June through 12 July as the company evaluates projects and determines which efforts should...
[June 21, 2002, 10:54]
IT contractors face new tax battle
News Contractors will face a new battle with the Inland Revenue on Monday when a hearing begins to determine how income tax should be spread between spouses working together. The hearing could have massive implications for thousands of small businesses...
[June 14, 2004, 12:10]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
MoD contractors fall short on encryption
News One-quarter of contractors that either access the Ministry of Defence Restricted Network or who work on classified or above information have failed to confirm they encrypt all defence data held on laptops and portable media — a requirement under...
[February 27, 2009, 10:26]
