The Desk
Business
Contract rates, company news and the business of IT freelancing.
138 ARTICLES
2001–2026
DESK / BUSINESS
2001–2026
DESK / BUSINESS
- 26 NOV 2002From Business to Business: IT's Inn at ScotlandMike Horley, a top-level IT freelancer with 22-years' experience, was forced to leave his successful small business behind and look for another…READ →
- 21 NOV 2002Market report records jump in IT freelancer demandThe Recruitment and Employment Confederation's Report on Jobs recorded a jump in demand for IT freelancers last month.READ →
- 1 NOV 2002EDS profits in freefallThe US outsourcing giant, Electronic Data Services, has posted third quarter results showing a 59 per cent fall in profits.READ →
- 30 OCT 2002Revenue busts EBT freelance companyA company that offered an 'employment benefit trust' (EBT) to freelancers has ceased trading, owing thousands of pounds.READ →
- 29 OCT 2002Survey shows UK at forefront of 2003 IT recoveryA major survey of large European companies has named the UK, Ireland and Italy as IT growth 'bright spots' for 2003.READ →
- 17 OCT 2002Think tank urges employment status review to address taxA specialist taxation unit has called on the Government to address long-standing difficulties in classifying workers for tax in a consultation over…READ →
- 17 OCT 2002'Red tape day' could intensify small firms' miseryA Government proposal for a national 'Red Tape Day', when all regulations would be implemented, could do more harm than good.READ →
- 3 OCT 2002Entrepreneurs held back by red tape and tax, report findsBritain's fast growth entrepreneurs are younger and better educated than managers of slow growth firms, but are finding Government interference hard…READ →
- 20 SEP 2002EDS announces revenue crisisElectronic Data Systems, the US IT outsourcing giant, has announced a sharp fall in revenue that it has warned could grow in 2003.READ →
- 17 SEP 2002From Business to Business: The price of endeavourAlan Walker built up substantial revenue working across Europe and the US as an IT SAP freelancer during the pre-millennium boom years.READ →
- 10 SEP 2002IT freelancers are worse off under flat rate VATGovernment legislation introduced in the Budget to simplify VAT accounting for small businesses has meant higher running costs for freelance…READ →
- 9 SEP 2002Market Report: Rare skills quickly growing in demandNick Wells from Jobstats, the IT market statistics service, provides his own unique take on what skill sets are in demand and why more agencies are…READ →
- 6 SEP 2002From Business to Business: A design for managing IR35...Mark Ridley, a freelance business analyst, entered the contracting market in 1990, building up his limited company as he moved from client to client.READ →
- 5 SEP 2002Radical new IT security guidelines announced for businessesStephen Timms, the Minister for e-commerce and Competitiveness, has launched new guidelines to ensure information systems are more secure against…READ →
- 3 SEP 2002Australia tightens FTV rulesAustralia is to close an immigration loophole that grants fast track permanent residency to non-IT professionals studying one-year IT degrees.READ →
- 30 AUG 2002From Business to Business: When in Romania...Former UK IT freelancer Edwin Thornber's last overseas contract expired at the beginning of 2002.READ →
- 23 AUG 2002From Business to Business: Building boatsFrom Business to Business is a new series that will profile how entrepreneurial contractors are moving into new business areas whilst the market…READ →
- 23 AUG 2002Contractors' concern at general state of marketContractors' businesses are most at risk from the general economic downturn over and above the threat of specific issues like IR35 or fast track…READ →
- 19 AUG 2002Market report: IT skills still falling in valueIT skills are still dropping in value, with some of the market's highest earning skills dropping by as much as 38 per cent since April this year…READ →
- 16 AUG 2002Industry chiefs at loggerheads over Agency Workers' DirectiveThe Transport and General Workers' Union (T&G), which represents UK agency and temporary workers, has said EU plans to extend employee rights to…READ →
- 13 AUG 2002Clients fearful of using ex-contractorsSome recruitment agencies are being instructed to overlook ex-contractors trying to enter the permanent market because of clients' fears they will…READ →
- 8 AUG 2002Contractors shun Revenue contract opinionsThe majority of contractors will not submit their contracts to the Inland Revenue, preferring to have them independently analysed by specialist…READ →
- 8 AUG 2002CIOT's 2003 wish list slams complicated tax legislationThe Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has identified key areas requiring legislative change in 2003, many of which centre around the legislative…READ →
- 6 AUG 2002Market Report: Autumn jobs market will 'wait and see'Employers have grown increasingly cautious when hiring new workers whilst the economic outlook remains uncertain, according to this month's…READ →