One of the UK’s largest and most recognised mortgage lenders to IT contractors has opened its ‘Contract Based Income Criteria’ to now allow ANY professional contractor to access a mortgage. This major development means that, regardless of the sector that you specialise in, you can now be assessed simply on a multiple of your contract rate for lending purposes.

Over many years of conversing with contractors, end clients and agencies, we have witnessed, beheld and have heard horror stories of some of the most painful examples of management garbage that would make even David Brent squirm.

To vent our frustration of such language, we have compiled our top 10 of management bulls**t…

The Future Consortium is gearing up for a third event aimed at the ever expanding contracting community on Wednesday May 8th in the heart of The City of London.

Contracting experts Seb Maley, Mervyn Stanley & Joanna Holloway shed some light on the current state of contracting in the 2013 business market.

Contracting is a profession that is gaining momentum fast, and has been doing so for the past few years.

With the number of temporary positions available on the rise, and with those working within IT and Oil & Gas sectors especially seeing rapid surges in both contracts and placements, it isn’t surprising that more and more professionals are taking the leap over to limited company trading.

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” Douglas Adams, author.

Douglas Adams would never have made it to the end of his first IT contract. If you walk into an office at 6pm any evening you’ll see contractors – the group who are updating their plans, writing up meeting notes or preparing a presentation after everyone else has gone home. Working as a contractor, you know you have to hit every deadline, every week and on occasion, that can be an unwelcome or even a tiresome challenge. You also know that you’re only as good as your last assignment and that mistakes or failure aren’t an option – not even once.