Summer Games could spell contractor job opportunities
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation recently announced that the Summer Games could bring loads of new opportunities for contractors, especially in the capital.
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Skills shortage could mean new opportunities for contractors
Service contractors working for umbrella companies in the UK could benefit from a skills shortage currently plaguing mid-sized companies in the UK as the sector struggles to fill key positions, it was recently suggested.
‘Olympic effect’ could bring £16.5b, 62k in jobs to UK
The ‘Olympic effect’ could bring revenues as high as £16.5 billion and more than 62,000 jobs to the UK, with contractors working for umbrella companies poised to capitalise on the knock-on effect brought by the Summer Games.
Finance contractors could reap benefit of M&S expansion
Finance contractors working for umbrella companies could stand to reap the benefits of the expansion of Marks & Spencer’s financial services division, with around 500 new roles needing to be filled in order to provide staff and support services to the M&S Bank branch network.
Maximise your take home pay: join an umbrella company
If you’re working as a consultant, freelancer, or a contractor looking to maximise your take home pay (and who isn’t, in this economy?), joining an umbrella company might be just the thing for getting you the most out of your freelance business.
Midlands most resilient jobs market for contractors
When it comes to umbrella company contractors and permanent workers alike, the most resilient jobs market in the UK is in the Midlands, according to a new jobs report from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
Rapid growth for energy industry predicted in Scotland
Rapid growth has been predicted for Scotland’s energy industry, with the prospects for umbrella company freelancers and limited company contractors very good as a result, according to Scotland’s first minister.
IT contractor demand still high north of the border
IT contractor demand is still high in the North, with businesses operating across the border are demonstrating increased demand for the third consecutive month.
New ‘7 Days in June’ project to promote freelancing in UK
For one week this month, a team of contractors working with umbrella companies are banding together to promote freelancing in the UK with the new ‘7 Days in June’ project, it was recently reported.
New turbine factory could bring opportunity for contractors
Contractors with specialised manufacturing and green technology expertise could soon reap the benefits of a newly-approved plan to construct a wind turbine factory on the Isle of Sheppey, it was recently rported.
20% of IT worker positions remain unfilled due to shortages
A recent survey reports that umbrella companies and recruitment firms specialising in providing skilled technical workers to companies in need have only been able to fill four out of every five vacancies, leaving around 20 per cent of positions unfilled due to permanent worker and freelancer shortages in the media, accountancy, finance, interim management, engineering, and IT sectors.
REC webinar reveals impact of Agency Workers Regulations
A webinar hosted last month by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation in order to gauge the impact on how workers and employers were approaching Agency Workers Regulations has borne fruit, with the more than 140 participants chiming in on issues such as managing information requests and calculating holiday entitlements.
Limited Company? Umbrella? Self-Employed Umbrella?
If you are entering into a contract with an agency you will no doubt have been faced with the daunting options of choosing your route – either going PAYE directly with the agency, going limited or using an umbrella company.
IT managers hope to see increased budgets soon
A new report from Numara Software could interest umbrella company IT contractors. It suggests that IT budgets in the UK suffered more than in some other European countries.