by MLC-Admin | Jul 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
FCSA is urging MPs to show their support for contractors by using the Summer Budget as an opportunity to redress errors made in the March Finance Act. In a late change to draft wording earlier this year, the legislation was amended, without consultation, to...
by MLC-Admin | Jul 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
The contractor market in Scotland has already been suffering from severe skills shortages this year; but as ContractorCalculator recently reported, with contractor availability declining sharply last month, the problem has now become worse. Findings from the Bank of...
by MLC-Admin | Jul 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
With chancellor George Osborne having just revealed the government’s 2015 summer budget, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed (IPSE) website rounded up the key points affecting freelancers and contractors. As the article notes,...
by MLC-Admin | Jun 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
With increasing global demand for IT professionals, financial experts, engineers and construction workers, contractors are likely to benefit from the skills and talent shortage being witnessed both in the UK and abroad – that’s according to...
by MLC-Admin | Jun 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Two influential contractor groups recently merged to create a new trade body, Build UK, which is designed to represent both main contractors and specialist contractors in Britain, the Construction Enquirer reports. The body will be created by a merger of the UK...