Contracting Blog

The Isle of Man is a small Island with a big reputation, particularly when it comes to gambling.  In an effort to remain at the forefront of what has been cited as one of the [...]

On the 20th of April 2016 we reported regarding The All Party Parliamentary Group for Self-Employment and Freelancing (the ‘APPG’) which is a new group that has been set up to raise awareness within parliament [...]

New Visa Scheme to Attract High Skilled IT Workers Britain came under criticism last year when its Tier 2 visa programme which was introduced by the coalition government in 2011 reached its cap meaning that [...]

Cloud is relatively new to IT and therefore is developing at a much faster rate than other areas.  It is predicted that half of IT infrastructure and software investments will be cloud based by 2018. [...]

In the summer budget of 2012 France introduced social contribution charges to non-residents.  This was immediately met with strong opposition.  However in October 2015 the French Tax Authority have now announced that it will refund [...]

A recent labour law reform has led to the termination of one hundred and eighty local contractors.  The reform which comes into effect from January 2017 means that a cap of eighteen months has been [...]

We have said it numerous times before that whilst the life of an international contractor offers many inviting perks, it also comes with its own unique set of problems.  One of these problems occurs when a [...]

A Weaker Euro initially sounds like a bad thing, but is that really the case. The weaker Euro was actually welcomed by financial experts due to the anticipation that this would boost the economies and [...]

We previously blogged on the increasing need for certification to show that you have the relevant IT skills that employers are currently looking for, in this we briefly touched upon the necessity to have chosen [...]

Further to our blog of 7 April 2016 in which we reported that professional contractors were generally leaning towards voting in favour of remaining in the EU we now review to see if the campaigns have alleviated experts concerns [...]