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		<title>Contractors To Benefit as Company Expansion Plans Limited</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been revealed by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) that, with many companies reducing their plans to expand permanent staff, independent contractors are set to benefit. With the economy’s future remaining uncertain, the next quarter will see more temporary workers taken on as firms look at payroll outsourcing and IT contracting instead of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAYE Umbrella Contractors in IT Skills Market see Rise in Outsourced Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NHS is seeking highly skilled specialists in IT contracting working through umbrella companies, according to data from the international recruitment firm Badenoch and Clark. Contractors in the IT skills market who have knowledge of NHS data systems and SQL server business intelligence are experiencing increased demand for their services, figures contained in Badenoch and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAYE umbrella contractors urged to consider small tech businesses for work opportunities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAYE umbrella contractors with expertise in the IT skills market should consider placements with small tech firms, according to one expert who believes they provide exciting opportunities for tekkies. Ian Hogarth, the Chief Executive Officer of the music website “Songkick,” claims that smaller companies emerging in the technology sector can deliver a stimulating and stable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demand for IT Contracting Surges in Financial Services Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IT contracting in the financial services sector continues to have decidedly healthy prospects, new research suggests. The study from the contractor service provider Giant Group suggests that insurance firms and banks are boosting their IT expenditure, a development that hasn’t gone unnoticed by many PAYE umbrella contractors in the IT skills market. A third of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAYE Umbrella Contractors Remain in Demand New Report Reveals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Report on Jobs published by REC and KPMG may not cause many PAYE umbrella contractors to break open the champagne, but it brings modestly encouraging new nonetheless. Recruiters reported that contractors working for umbrella companies were still in demand during July, with both temporary billings and permanent placements rising moderately. Pay rates also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New demand on IT skills market over e-privacy law</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1834/new-demand-on-it-skills-market-over-e-privacy-law</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 10:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAYE umbrella workers specialising in IT contracting could again find a surge in demand for their services following the implementation of a new European e-privacy directive, which became law in the UK on 25th May. Yesterday we reported that the UK’s restaurant industry is poised to seek input from IT professionals to help them develop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is IT contracting set to Grow in the restaurant business?</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1832/is-it-contracting-set-to-grow-in-the-restaurant-business</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 10:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Umbrella companies may well find their IT contracting specialists seeking placements in the restaurant industry after one expert called for it to embrace new mobile technology. Andris Bezins, who is Chief Marketing Officer at Livebookings, Europe’s largest online reservations service for the restaurant industry, urged restaurateurs to make use of mobile technology in order to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAYE umbrella contractors prosper in the financial services sector</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1830/paye-umbrella-contractors-prosper-in-the-financial-services-sector</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAYE umbrella contractors working in the financial services sector may draw some cheer from new research released by the specialist recruitment company Marks Sattin. Salaries amongst financial services professionals rose by 8 per cent during 2010 and are predicted to rise by 13.5 per cent this year, the figures suggest. Dave Way, Managing Director of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT contracting grows in the retail sector as demand for E-commerce skills double</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1828/it-contracting-grows-in-the-retail-sector-as-demand-for-e-commerce-skills-double</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 11:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Umbrella companies supplying contractors to the IT skills market may find themselves moving into the retail sector in the light of new figures from the recruitment firm ReThink Recruitment.  Demand for IT professionals has soared in the sector, more than doubling in the space of a year: ReThink received 218 requests for candidates with IT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security concerns over cloud computing may drive demand for IT contracting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 09:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAYE umbrella contractors working in the IT skills market will be well aware that cloud computing technology is on the rise but, according to a leading security expert, it may also pose a “huge risk” for some businesses. Hewlett-Packard’s Senior Director of Products, Application Lifecycle Management Software, Subbu Iyer, was speaking after the release of [...]]]></description>
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