House of Lords criticises Government’s PSC response
The House of Lords Select Committee has just issued some rather choice words on the Government's recent personal service company consultation response.
Will adding women to the sector save the oil & gas industry?
With reports surfacing that the oil and gas sector may soon be hurting for staff, new initiatives to increase the number of female workers are going forward.
Oil and gas sector needs new recruits, may not find them
Thanks to an aging workforce that's rapidly approaching retirement the oil and gas sector is in search of new blood, but it's having a hard time finding that.
Next quarter to be a busy one for contractors, says REC
When the Recruitment & Employment Confederation speaks, people listen - and the REC says that the next quarter will be a good one for contract workers.
IT contractors to win big from London growth plans
If you work in London as a freelancer or umbrella company contractor in the information technology field, prepare for a massive boom going forward.
Graduates finding it easier to gain employment?
Whether it's a traditional employment arrangement or work as a freelancer or umbrella company contractor, graduates seem to be finding jobs much more easily.
More Brits going the self-employment route, new figures show
The bean counters down at the Office for National Statistics have unleashed a new torrent of facts recently, including the growing contract worker figures.
Contractors may be young at heart but not necessarily young
In news that will certainly rattle a few cages, new research reveals well over half of the nation's self-employed entrepreneurs are over the age of 50.
Glass is half full when it comes to the British workplace
Apparently confidence in the British workplace has been on the increase over the past 12 months, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
IT contractors told to spend their earnings on education
A new research study says that freelancers and umbrella company contractors working in the IT sector need to do whatever it takes to keep their skills current.
Amazon steps in it again, once more completely unrepentant
Online retailer Amazon has been accused once again of engaging in tax avoidance here in the UK, yet once more the multinational has dismissed allegations.
Political uncertainty on horizon sends CBI into panic mode
The Confederation of British Industry is in a tizzy lately, thanks to a raft of politically uncertain outcomes on the horizon for the UK and European Union.
ONS reveals new, mind-blowing employment research findings
Hold on to your hats, ladies and gents: according to the Office for National Statistics has found that more than four million Brits work from their homes.
Nothing stops contractors – not even bad economic news
If there's ever been proof positive that freelancers and umbrella company contractors can make lemonade out of lemons, it's become glaringly obvious today.
Brits underutilised, overworked and underpaid at their jobs
New research has found - surprise, surprise - that a vast number of British workers, both contractors and traditional employees, are unhappy with their work.
Beleaguered bank casts its shadow in the contracting sector
One incredibly unlucky bank - usually content to contain its bad news to the financial sector - is now having an ill effect on the contracting arena as well.