Umbrella Companies, 17 May 2013
Start Ups and SMEs were the focus of Lord Young's report. Barriers to growth, marketing and the public sector should all be removed, suggests the PM's adviser.
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Umbrella Companies, 14 May 2013
Contractors can have a love/hate relationship with their recruitment agency. Why, though? There's more to hiring than simply ticking a box in a timesheet.
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Umbrella Companies, 10 May 2013
The Midlands had a cracking April for jobs: temp and perm staff both increased, full time workers at rates unseen since 2011. But how'd the rest of the UK fare?
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Umbrella Companies, 07 May 2013
HMRC took on more cases, made more arrests and won more criminal convictions in 2012 than in 2011. With a £900m cash injection, those figures will only rise.
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Umbrella Companies, 03 May 2013
The headline looks grand: UK contracting is up year-on-year and also March temporary staff placement figures show an increase on February of this year. Okay, so it's slight. 2% annually, 1% month on month.
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Umbrella Companies, 30 April 2013
With an unprecedented shortage of skilled work and CEOs waiting for Government to do something about, now's the perfect time for contractors to reap rewards.
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Umbrella Companies, 27 April 2013
A major government initiative designed to provide low-cost funding for small and medium sized businesses to grow may bring more contracting opportunities.
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Umbrella Companies, 26 April 2013
A new good practice charter for umbrella companies has been making the rounds recently in the hopes it will help protect workers' relationships with clients.
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Umbrella Companies, 23 April 2013
New research has revealed that the amount of work for freelancers and contractors working in the digital marketing sector has increased significantly.
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Umbrella Companies, 20 April 2013
The Government has launched a new scheme designed to cut red tape holding back business start-ups by speeding up the patent process.
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Umbrella Companies, 19 April 2013
Things may be looking up for freelancers and umbrella company contractors, as plans to relax certain regulations may make it easier to use contract workers.
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Umbrella Companies, 16 April 2013
Small and medium sized businesses, those same firms that use contractors and freelancers to such great effect, need more support in growing their reach.
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Umbrella Companies, 13 April 2013
If small and medium sized businesses are expected to expand, grow, and aid in economic recovery efforts by using more contract workers, they'll need more money.
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Umbrella Companies, 12 April 2013
It's a bit queer when the demand for skilled, qualified IT contractors is on its way up even as pay rates for many IT workers are being slashed significantly.
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Umbrella Companies, 09 April 2013
Small businesses - and that includes freelancers and contractors - are left out in the cold when it comes to possible help on reducing Health & Safety red tape.
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Umbrella Companies, 06 April 2013
it looks like the confidence placed in small businesses to revitalise the economy has borne fruit as a new research study has revealed lower insolvency figures.
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