Posted on 8 March 2010 by icsanna
Rahul Nag, a freelance business consultant recently wrote an article which featured in the PCG’s monthly Freelancing Matters publication. He offered advice on avoiding gaps between projects by simply looking after and nurturing your existing client base.
In Rahul’s seven years experience freelancing, he has a handful of clients which give him regular work and with [...]
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Posted on 17 February 2010 by icsanna
In a bid to highlight freelancers and their contribution to the UK economy, the PCG have launched a national advertising campaign, called ‘Britain’s Brain Gain’.
There are 1.4 million talented freelancers, contractors and consultants that contribute £82 billion to our economic output. The campaign wants to highlight this significant contribution the freelance workforce makes to the [...]
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Posted on 18 January 2010 by icsanna
A freelance marketing consultant recently questioned on Freelance UK, whether they could draw up their own contract for a role in which they were working directly for the client with no agency involved. They also wanted to know what the contract should include.
It is not uncommon for contractors to or freelancers to draw up their [...]
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Posted on 11 January 2010 by icsanna
The PCG’s managing director, John Brazier last week called for the next government to encourage freelancing as a flexible, innovative and entrepreneurial way of working. One of the benefits of freelancing is that it enables business to perform more cost-effectively.
“There needs to be a clear recognition of freelancing as a valid way of working,” Mr [...]
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Posted on 10 December 2009 by icsanna
Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday unveiled his second pre-Budget report of this economic downturn. Across the contracting industry this week, there were gloomy predictions of what the report would announce but as Contract Eye discusses, the Pre Budget Report really wasn’t the disaster many thought it would be.
Although there was no promise to repeal IR35 as [...]
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Posted on 1 December 2009 by icsanna
In the PCG’s first ‘Manifesto for Freelancing’ which was submitted to government last week, they have called for “fairness, clarity, and recognition” for the UK’s freelance workforce.
Fairness, because the “iniquitous” IR35 tax legislation puts an “unreasonable” burden and stress on freelancers, and loses the economy an estimated £1.2billion a year.
Clarity, because the distinction of who [...]
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Posted on 27 November 2009 by icsanna
National Freelancers Day appears to have achieved PCG’s multiple objectives which were; to stimulate debate and generate publicity for, and recognition of, the contribution that contractors, freelancers, interims and consultants make to UK PLC.
On Monday, the PCG organised a series of events up and down the country to mark the day as well as a [...]
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Posted on 11 November 2009 by icsanna
Chancellor, Alistair Darling has announced today that the Pre-Budget Report will take place on Wednesday 9th December, 2009.
Mr. Darling will be expected to chart out the road to economic recovery and give more details of how he plans to halve the public debt over four years. All parties have admitted that spending cuts will be [...]
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Posted on 10 November 2009 by icsanna
The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) mission is representing, supporting and promoting the freelance community, with specific attention to the needs of those freelancers who are members of PCG. 23 November is to be National Freelancers Day (NFD). The aim of the day is to gain wider recognition for the contribution that freelancers, consultants, interims and [...]
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Posted on 9 November 2009 by icsanna
The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) last week issued a three-part wish-list to Alistair Darling, the chancellor, ahead of his Pre-Budget Report.
The wish-list included the requests to; Scrap IR35, drop ‘income-shifting’ rules, and provide freelancers a less restrictive business model.
The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) said that freelancers, by their very nature, had become one of the [...]
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