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According to a report by the OECD the European Union is not getting its fair share of skilled international workers due to its legal policies.  As skilled migrants are needed to drive innovation and contribute to productivity growth the [...]

The decision to exit the EU has raised some interesting questions in the IT world. One of the reasons being promoted in the campaigns to leave the EU was to put an end to being dictated [...]

Since the Finance Bill came into force in the United Kingdom on the 6th April 2016 many contractors are asking the question as to what expenses are outside the new rules concerning travel and subsistence. [...]

There was a lot of doom and gloom leading up to Brexit vote surrounding the uncertainty that it would bring. However things might not be bad at all for the IT industry in the UK according to figures obtained [...]

We have reported extensively on the highly unpopular restriction of tax relief for travel and subsistence rules which were introduced in April of this year. Since this came into force it has raised a lot [...]

We often touch upon the subject of when choosing the life of a self-employed contractor it comes with its own amount of considerations that do not necessarily apply to that of the life of a [...]

A formidable factor when choosing the life of an international contractor and working abroad is how to impress the boss.  People from different cultures often value different traits in employees and what is acceptable in [...]

French executives and professionals have previously been targeted by other countries including Britain to lure them away due to the high level of taxes in France. However, France is now getting its own back, taking [...]

Previously Chinese and Indian nationals visiting the United Kingdom and Ireland would need two visas.  However the British-Irish Visa Scheme allows short stays between the UK and Ireland and vice versa.  The introduction of the [...]

Contractors have long expressed the opinion that the government does not understand the unique pressures that they face and in fact that they feel a certain degree of victimisation.  This opinion was certainly was not [...]