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Have you got what it takes to be self-employed?

Working for yourself can be empowering. You’re in charge of everything to do with your career – it’s an exciting…

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How to Successfully Manage your Time as a Contractor

Time management is a skill you’ll continue to develop as your contracting career progresses. As soon as you think you’ve…

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Four of the Most Common Mistakes Made by First Time Contractors

Becoming a first-time contractor is exciting. A new venture, a chance to make your own money, and to set your…

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Beat the Insurance Premium Tax Increase!

Regular readers of the Kingsbridge blog will already be aware that Insurance Premium Tax is rising to 12% from 1st June…

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Contractors, freelancers and the Bank Holiday season

If you had a normal nine-to-five, you’d be joyously gearing up now for the spring Bank Holiday season. Easter is…

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How to get work as a contractor

When you first move to become a contractor, the idea that you might be sitting there with nothing to do…

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5 best apps for contractors and freelancers

There are lots of apps out there that are useful to contractors and freelancers, helping you keep your workload, business…

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Four Reasons To Become A Contractor

More and more people working in what one might term ‘traditional’ employment are moving into the freelance and contracting sectors.…

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The top ten tips for new IT contractors

We’re big fans of a good list here at Kingsbridge HQ. It’s lucky for us, then, that the lovely people…

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Exploring the boom in self employment

There has been a healthy increase in total employment figures over the last 5 years, giving us all hope in…