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Keep up to date with all the latest contractor news. We have written everything in plain English, so there’s no need to go to the overly complex HMRC website to learn about any tax and accountancy related updates.
Nearly 90% of UK workers looking for a new job
Totaljobs: ‘While we’ve seen increased activity on Totaljobs from businesses actively recruiting, for those looking for work, the challenge of having to stand out from the crowd remains’.
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More women than men feeling work related stress
LinkedIn: ‘The pandemic is taking a particularly heavy toll on women and their careers. We’ve already seen that women have been more likely to lose their jobs in this recession’.
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Some self-employed still missing out on government Covid support
IPSE: ‘After almost a year, there are still drastic gaps in the support available to the self-employed, with over 1.5 million sole directors, newly self-employed people and others still excluded’.
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December saw employer’s hiring confidence grow
In the three months to November, 56% of employers who hired temp agency workers said they used them to manage uncertainty, up from 41% a year earlier.
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Experiment shows it takes 3.5 minutes for people to notice their WiFi is down
Comparethemarket.com: ‘Lockdown has unsparingly seen a surge in the number of people relying on the internet for work and leisure’.
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Gaps in self-employed support has left sector ‘undermined and diminished’, says IPSE
IPSE: ‘This is especially worrying to see now because historically, it has always been the self-employed who have driven the economy in hard times, using their flexible skills to kickstart businesses and new projects.’
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Number of self-employed continues to decline
IPSE: ‘We and other organisations have proposed numerous solutions to support these groups: government must urgently look again at these to rescue the many excluded freelancers who are still clinging on through savings and loans’.
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Lockdown didn’t have a negative impact on London hiring
Data shows that 29.1% of recruitment activity amongst the city’s largest firms was for IT professionals – this is mainly due to the increased demand for staff to facilitate remote working practices.
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