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		<title>Positive News for Freelancers as Financial Leaders Experience Difficulty Finding Staff</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been revealed in a new study that financial leaders across the world are struggling to find skilled members of staff. With star performers also leaving companies in favour of better career choices, the news is positive for freelancers with finance and accounting skill sets. With firms finding it hard to fill top positions, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contractors To Benefit as Company Expansion Plans Limited</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/2024/contractors-to-benefit-as-company-expansion-plans-limited</link>
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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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				<category><![CDATA[Umbrella Companies]]></category>
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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>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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				<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
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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>
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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>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1821/security-concerns-over-cloud-computing-may-drive-demand-for-it-contracting</link>
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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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		<title>Bankruptcies fall as IT contracting opportunities rise, new figures suggest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 09:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAYE umbrella contractors on the lookout for new job opportunities may be encouraged to hear that bankruptcies in the UK have dropped appreciably over the last twelve months. Commercial bankruptcies fell by 31.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year, with 12,539 insolvencies being reported in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Businesses and Umbrella Companies Need New Government Initiatives to Drive Economic Recovery</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1798/small-businesses-and-umbrella-companies-need-new-government-initiatives-to-drive-economic-recovery</link>
		<comments>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1798/small-businesses-and-umbrella-companies-need-new-government-initiatives-to-drive-economic-recovery#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 12:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAYE umbrella contractors disheartened by recent news of feeble economic growth may support suggestions from a leading small business group. Last week’s announcement of a distinctly underwhelming growth in GDP &#8211; just 0.5 per cent between January and March – hardly amounts to encouraging news for umbrella companies or anyone else seeking new work opportunities.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contractors in IT skills market prosper but consumer confidence falls, new surveys show</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1793/contractors-in-it-skills-market-prosper-but-consumer-confidence-falls-new-surveys-show</link>
		<comments>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/1793/contractors-in-it-skills-market-prosper-but-consumer-confidence-falls-new-surveys-show#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 09:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAYE umbrella contractors working in the IT skills market will be cheered by a new survey produced for the website CWJobs, which reveals that demand for IT professionals rose consistently over the last six quarters. Commenting on the data, CWJobs’ director, Richard Nott, said that the IT market is “continuing to stabilise,” which is encouraging [...]]]></description>
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