Contractor Umbrella Companies
What services do contractor umbrella companies provide and how does the contractor benefit?
The role of the contractor umbrella company is to provide a service between the end user (the company em...
IT contractors face more job cuts with new Immigration Points System
Despite recent pay cuts for IT contractors (See OrangeGenie contractor news article) and a failing economy, changes to the Government’s immigration rules sees more migrants from outside the E...
IT contractors face more pay cuts now with IBM
Working as an IT contractor within the IT industry is becoming an ever more challenging place to be. WIth news from IBM showing that UK contractors may be targeted with pay cuts of around 10% despi...
Contract engineers enjoy job openings despite market
Britain has long had a shortage of trained engineering staff despite which a revitalised nuclear fusion project in Culham is hoping to employ around 140 new contractors during 2009.
The nuclear fu...
Contractors feel fall out from HSBC staffing cuts
With the announcement from HSBC that another 1200 UK staff could be made redundant temporary contractors face another purge together with permanent banking staff employed in the bank. HSBC currentl...
Construction contractors face more slowdown as NHS PFI Hospitals Axed
The much contested government PFI schemes to build hospitals has taken another set back as £2.5 billion cut from budgets since 2007.
The privately funded new hospitals scheme was set to upda...
Flu Epidemic Raises Sussex NHS Contract Staff Costs by £2 million
January saw exceptional costs for Sussex and Brighton hospitals as flu epidemics cost the NHS around �2,000 000 in temporary and contract staff.
Agency workers were required to help cover sickne...
Umbrella Companies
or - Managed Service Companies Explained More often than not OrangeGenie's contractors are on temporary contracts of various lengths of time generally working through an employme...Contractor Umbrella
What is a contractor umbrella and what can they do for me?At the first instance Orange Genie are often asked what it is our contractor umbrella company do for uk contractors and why they should u...
Free newspapers for schools ideal for the contract teacher
A website has been launched in BETA mode which is intended to provide schools, contract teachers and teachers with the ability to download free PDF clippings of current and past news storie...
New Homes Building Slump Affects Contractors
How hard will contractors be hit in the construction industry?
New statistics published by the UK Statistics Authority on 19 February 2009 relating to the last quarter of 2008 show new housing was...
Contractors Faking Industry Membership Served Zero Tolerance
With the construction industry suffering under the lack of new builds as reported in our article New House Build figures 2009 the The National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has announ...
Airline specific recruitment company launches under blue skies
OrangeGenie have learned that a new recruitment company servicing specifically the airline industry have launched in the UK. Growing as a new wing to their well respected and 10 years established a...
The Media Summit 2009 IT contractors may well benefit from attending
Taking place on 26th Feb 2009.
Now in its third year, The Media Summit brings together some of the very best executives from TV, film, online, video games, music and advertising in a bid to foreca...
Google still hiring in London despite IT contractor layoffs globally
Googles job page has still been receiving updates throughout 2009 demonstrating that despite cut backs on internal spending, and international redundancies, the search specialist company has plans ...
Can the governments Digital Britain interim report for digital transition mean good news for the IT contractor sector?
The Government published a plan on 29th January to "secure Britain's place at the forefront of the global digital economy". The interim report contains more than 20 recommendations, including s...Ray of sunshine for the IT Contractor despite gloomy weather
During a time when trends in the IT contractor market are changing and adapting to the economic climate, Picture More, a dedicated IT Recruitment Consultancy has provided a ray of hope for over 100...
