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Unfair dismissal claim through Limited Company
10 July, 2009
A sub-contractor, Andrew Tilson, who works through his own limited company recently took Alstom Transport to an employment tribunal claiming unfair dismissal.
Contractors’ assistance in business focus
30 June, 2009
In a recent report it was stated that seeking the services of contractors may well assist businesses in reaching their key attributes.
Contractors should be developing specialist skills
30 June, 2009
The experts have said that freelance consultants and contractors should be developing specialist skills during this time of economical and employment uncertainty.
IT contractors rates cut by Lloyds
26 June, 2009
Towards the end of June 2009 Lloyds TSB, the partly nationalised British bank, announced the downgrading of pay to its IT contractors.
Contractors should get ready for change
25 June, 2009
Contractors and freelance consultants should be gearing up for changes during the recession.
Switzerland’s commitment to international tax standards
24 June, 2009
Mr. Hans-Rudolf Merz, Switzerland's finance minister, has confirmed the country’s willingness to increase tax transparency by committing to 12 revised double taxation treaties by the end of this year.
Tax havens will not follow Gibraltar lead
18 June, 2009
The decision that Gibraltar has taken to introduce a standard 10% rate of corporate tax for multinational and domestic companies will not be followed by other low-tax jurisdictions.
IT Business outsourcing
02 June, 2009
With a prediction that the global outsourcing market will grow by 8% this year, it would appear that outsourcing IT business could be the answer.
Good News for IT contractors
01 June, 2009
According to Jay Rollins (writer for the Tech Republic), now is the perfect time to hire an independent IT contractor to work on small projects that might have been put on the back burner.
Work for contractors during the recession
22 May, 2009
The Director of External Relations at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, Mr. Tom Hadley, has said that even though competition is fierce, those looking for non-permanent work could be successful.