Are companies turning their backs on outsourcing?
Contractors may be interested to learn that companies are increasingly turning their backs on outsourcing and keeping the work in the UK instead.
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The latest news affecting umbrella companies in the UK. Featuring HMRC, the Agency Workers Directive, the 2003 Agency Regulations, and IR35.
Lying on your CV could backfire spectacularly
Why do people lie on their CVs? Is it to embellish their skills, educational qualifications or work experience, or do they have another motive?
Why are more people turning to self-employment?
Are more people in the UK turning to self-employment out of necessity rather than choice? This debate has been raging over the last few months and the news that self-employment has reached an all time high will no doubt start people talking again.
Temporary jobs market continues to perform well
APSCo’s latest Monthly Trends analysis contained some reasonably encouraging news for umbrella company contractors.
Should umbrella company IT contractors be upping their game?
IT contractors take note; office workers find problems such as emails and internet failures among the most stressful issues they face on a regular basis.
Britain’s young people are happy with their apprenticeships
A new report suggests that people who take up an apprenticeship improve their confidence, take more responsibility at work and are getting promoted.
IT workers can expect above average pay increases this year
According to the latest annual survey of IT directors from ReThink Recruitment, 59% of IT departments will be increasing salaries and contractor rates in the coming 12 months.
Does your organisation have a short-term sickness problem?
The EEF has called on the government to step up its efforts to tackle the problem of sickness absence.
Job opportunities in Scotland continue to increase
The latest Purchasing Managers Index from the Bank of Scotland was published at the beginning of the week and umbrella company contractors should be able to take heart from the results.
Motor industry brings more opportunities to Sunderland
Contractors who work in the motor industry in the North East of England will be pleased to learn that their prospects are looking good!
How can 40% of recruiters be oblivious to AWR?
When AWR first came onto the scene there were major concerns that the legislation would have an adverse affect on contractors and other temporary workers. It now appears that those fears were largely unwarranted.
SMES still think its too hard to win government contracts
Despite government promises to make it easier for small businesses to win public sector contracts, it’s plans don’t seem to be working.
More employers were on the lookout for IT contractors during April
Billings for IT freelancers reached their second highest level of the year in April, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the REC.
IR35 Forum members are disappointed with HMRC
Within hours on HMRC publishing its IR35 guidance, members of the IR35 Forum issued a statement saying the document did not take key elements of their advice into consideration.
HMRC publishes IR35 Business Entity Tests
The long awaited IR35 guidance was published on Wednesday. The guidance will enable contractors to determine if their contract is disguised employment or if they really are in business in their own right.
Are IT contractors really being replaced by permies?
SQ Computer Personnel, a recruitment agency that specialises in jobs for IT contractors, said recently that it received more new instructions in March this year than it had in any other month during the last two years.