Nurture Your Client Base To Avoid Project Gaps

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 [...]

PCG Launches Britain’s Brain Gain

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 [...]

Drawing Up Your Own Contract?

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 [...]

PCG Calls For The Next Government To Encourage Freelancing

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 [...]

PBR Not As Gloomy For Contractors As Predicted

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 [...]

PCG Lobby To Appoint A Minister For Freelancing

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 [...]

Lasting Impressions Created Following National Freelancers Day?

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 [...]

Remember This Date – Wednesday 9th December, 2009

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 [...]

Make Your Voice Heard In Time For National Freelancers Day

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 [...]

PCG Approach Alistair Darling Ahead Of Pre-Budget Report

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 [...]