Contractor vacancies grow whilst availability shrinks
While vacancies for freelancers and umbrella company contractors might be growing by leaps and bounds, contractor availability is starting to dwindle.
Confidence of IT sector soars, brings new opportunity
Industry experts are predicting a banner year for any freelancers or umbrella company contractors involved in the IT sector after the results of one report.
20,000 startup loans and counting: how contractors benefit
It's finally happened: the 20,000th Start Up Loan has been handed out by the Government, and all this funding in the hands of SMEs is good news for contractors.
Contractor pay rates are increasing, PCG confirms
The Professional Contractors Group has confirmed that pay rates for freelancers and umbrella company contractors are on the increase.
REC says skills shortage worsening in the UK
The talent gap int he UK is worsening, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation says, based on its newest research survey results.
Contractors courted with increased pay rates, REC says
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation says that employers are courting freelancers and umbrella company contractors with increased pay rates.
Everyone loves contract workers according to ASPCo
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies has been chuffed to bits lately on the back of new research that says everyone loves using contract workers.
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.
