A North Sea oil platform has been evacuated with a exclusion zone set up around it amid fears it is leaking gas and may explode. The Elgin Total platform which stands 150 miles from the Aberdeen coast has had around … Continue reading
The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced plans to shed around 500 jobs from its Private Banking Direct unit. This cull is likely to affect a number of IT contractors currently at the bank. Affecting those working in its offices … Continue reading
After a lot of recent revelations regarding the use of limited companies in the public sector, it is likely that the chancellor, George Osborne, will mention them in the upcoming budget. Experts hope that the Chancellor will use the opportunity … Continue reading
Independent Contractor Services (ICS) are celebrating 10 years of working within the contractor marketplace. To celebrate this, we have compiled a short survey about contracting and would like you to take part. Please click here. Over these past 10 years, … Continue reading
The government yesterday launched the NewBuy scheme in an attempt to help get people onto the property ladder. This could in turn create around 50,000 jobs for those in the construction industry, great news for those contractors in the industry. … Continue reading
A month has past since the Recruitment Agency Expo; the first event of its kind was held at Olympia, London. Recruiters were the attendees and suppliers to the recruitment industry were the exhibiters. Those exhibiting ranged from payroll companies such … Continue reading
Earlier this week the REC and KPMG released their monthly ‘Report on Jobs’. The report, which surveys over 400 REC members, gives monthly findings on vacancies and pay rates in both the permanent and temporary markets. Although a marginal contraction … Continue reading
The PCG who represent 1.56 million freelancers, contractors and consultants in the UK are launching a media campaign in a bid to defend contractor businesses from any backlash against the use of limited companies in the lead up to the … Continue reading
Over 200 contractors, freelancers, interims and consultants have taken part in a poll by the PCG about personal finance. They wanted to find out how a contractors status affected applications for personal finance. The results showed that for a third … Continue reading
HMRC have expanded their definition of a mobile phone to now include smartphones. They admit they were previously wrong to exclude smartphones from its definition of a ‘mobile phone’ for the purposes of the tax exemption in Section 319 of … Continue reading
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