Women benefit from contracting, study finds
A new study has found that women who adopt self-employment benefit greatly from working as a contractor or a freelancer.
Consultancy a booming career path in UK, research shows
Thanks to the perfect storm of a persistent skills shortage and a robust contractor community, consultancy has become a brilliant career choice.
REC finds mixed bag when it comes to employment
According to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), the nation's high employment rate is a mixed bag of positive and negative.
Demand set to rise for IT security contractors
Are you a freelancer or umbrella company contractor that works in the IT security sector? Well good news - you're going to be very, very busy.
Flexible working touted as biggest draw to contracting
In case you hadn't already sussed it out yourself, a new research study found that flexible working is one of the biggest draws to contracting.
New “gig economy” benefits contractors
Employment opportunities for freelancers and contractors in the new "gig economy" abound, according to newly released economic research.
Flexibility attracts Brits to contract work
New research has shown what umbrella contractors and freelancers already know: flexibility is a massive draw when it comes to the self-employed.
New round of freelaner hiring on its way
A new round of hiring on freelancers, contractors, and umbrella workers is in the cards for the UK according to the newest research study.
IT contractor demand strong, research reveals
The demand for IT contractors, freelancers, agency workers and other self-employed experts in the UK is going strong and is likely to stay that way.
Short on skills, long on pay: contractors could see a raise
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation has announced that the skills shortage gripping British employment could lead to raises for contractors.
Contractor pay up year-on-year
Yes it's true that the end of 2015 saw a decline in pay rates, salaries for freelancers and umbrella company contractors is on the up for the year.
REC: Labour market shadowed by skills shortage
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation says that the British labour market has been dogged by the shadow of the skills shortage as of late.
