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		<title>Contractors Split Between Optimists, Pessimists and Stoics Vis-à-Vis 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contractors are divided between optimists, pessimists and stoics vis-à-vis business prospects for 2012, according to a recent PCG poll amongst its members. 23% of respondents appeared quite bullish about business in 2012, declaring that they expected prospects to improve. However, the confirmed optimists were a relative minority: the rest were split right down the middle. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT Contracting Remains in Rude Health, PCG reveals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although news has been circulating over the last couple of weeks that a number of big financial institutions have cut their pay rates for contractors in the IT skills market, the ranks of highly skilled professionals making a living out of IT contracting remain at a very healthy level, according to recent research by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skilled PAYE Umbrella Contractors Disadvantaged by Government Security Clearance Failures</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/2110/skilled-paye-umbrella-contractors-disadvantaged-by-government-security-clearance-failures</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAYE umbrella contractors seeking security-cleared Government roles are unfairly disadvantaged by a major market failure in recruitment procedures, a new study has declared. The research was conducted jointly by the professional freelancers’ association PCG and the University of Buckingham Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, and it highlights a serious security flaw in recruitment. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAYE Umbrella Contractors are Optimistic About the Coming Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new poll conducted by the PCG (previously the Professional Contractor’s Group) has found that a majority of freelancers working through umbrella companies and limited companies are robustly confident about the future, even in the context of continued economic gloom. 2,000 contractors working in a variety of sectors were polled. Three quarters had maintained themselves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Poll Suggests Most People Support Flexible Working</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/2068/new-poll-suggests-most-people-support-flexible-working</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ranks of the UK’s PAYE umbrella contractors could swell significantly if the government takes heed of a new poll jointly commissioned by the PCG and REC. The ComRes survey took responses from over 2,000 adults and 158 MPs, and revealed that, overwhelmingly, the majority of people believe that the era of ‘jobs for life’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Businesses Turn to Umbrella Companies</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1990/more-businesses-turn-to-umbrella-companies</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Umbrella companies are increasingly in demand as more business managers opt for payroll outsourcing as a key means of keeping costs down, according to the PCG. In the aftermath of the recession, while most sectors are struggling to keep going, freelancing is thriving, the organisation claims. The PCG’s research suggests that the consultancy market is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PCG continues the fight against IR35</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1747/pcg-continues-the-fight-against-ir35</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contractors across the UK may be interested to hear that the Chancellor’s decision to retain IR35 has come under heavy shelling from a leading contributor to the OTS review of small business taxation. The PCG, which played an active role in the review, has published an open letter on its website expressing profound disappointment that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PCG endorses Budget as good news for contractors</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1738/pcg-endorses-budget-as-good-news-for-contractors</link>
		<comments>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1738/pcg-endorses-budget-as-good-news-for-contractors#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contractors working through umbrella companies and limited companies alike may support the PCG’s ringing endorsement of the recent budget. Acknowledging that the retention of IR35 had disappointed many contractors, PCG’s Managing Director John Brazier was nonetheless upbeat about the Chancellor’s other measures. The PCG has produced a detailed guide identifying those measures which affect contractors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PCG Stages National Freelancers Day Today</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1490/pcg-stages-national-freelancers-day-today</link>
		<comments>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1490/pcg-stages-national-freelancers-day-today#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the arrival of the much anticipated National Freelancers Day, an event organised by the Professional Contractors Group (PCG).  It is sure to be of much interest to the UK’s freelancing community, whether they work through umbrella companies or have their own limited companies.  PCG has devised the day as a way of showcasing the vital role of freelancers in the UK’s economy.  And it’s a contribution which hasn’t been missed by Prime Minister David Cameron, who has written to the organisation expressing his deep admiration for, “people who leave the comfort of a regular wage to strike out on their own.  It takes a lot of courage and without that courage this country would be a much poorer place.”]]></description>
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		<title>PCG Alter IR35 Stance</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/951/pcg-alter-ir35-stance</link>
		<comments>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/951/pcg-alter-ir35-stance#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Francis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previous expectations that IR35 would be scrapped under a Conservative Government were called into question last week when a spokesperson for the party confirmed that this may not be a viable option. Alongside this revelation, PCG who have long been one of the fiercest critics of this tax rule, appear to be softening their position.]]></description>
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