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Contracting Life

Jobs to get on with over Christmas

Christmas as a contractor or freelancer can be a time of mixed emotions. Yes, it’s a relief to have some…

Contracting Life

Rail trouble: tips for commuting contractors

Price hikes and poor service have seen the UK’s troubled rail transport system hitting the headlines again over the last…

Contractor Guides

10 things you might not know about self-assessment

It’s that time of year again! As every contractor and freelancer knows, January is the time to get those accounts…

Contractor Guides

The Slinky principle: When is the right time to expand your recruitment business?

A guest blog from Boomerang’s Paul Dewick: Remember Slinky’s? They were essentially a long, very flexible spring that you placed…

Contractors

BBC in IR35 Trouble

Released yesterday (15th November), a report from the National Audit Office has stated that the BBC required some freelancers to…

Contractor Guides

Self-employment in retirement

65 is the new 35, and many of us are finding that we’re not quite ready to stop working when…

Contractors

Independent Broker of the Year

We’ve had a busy few months at Kingsbridge HQ. September to December is very much awards season in the business world.…

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Contracting mistakes: Why it pays to have the right cover in place

We’ve written many times on these pages in the past about the importance of having insurance in place. Whether you’re…

Contracting Life

Don`t let your contractor CV become clich`d

Your CV (or, indeed, LinkedIn profile) is the first thing prospective clients will see when you apply to work with…

Contractor Guides

The future of self-employment

At Kingsbridge, we work predominantly with contractors and freelancers, who still make up a large number of self-employed people in…