In part 3 of our Contractor Advice series we have invited Marc Morris, of 1st Option Accountants, to return and give another interview, this time focusing on the tax benefits of being a limited company contractor.

Before you read Marc’s full article, feel free to watch ther video below:

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Jenrick IT has been working with IT contractors for over 25 years and has always looked to offer the best advice available. It is to this end that we have worked with Tax and Limited company experts, 1st Option Accountants, to offer advice and help on setting up and running a Limited Company. Marc Morris of 1st Option agreed to contribute to a series of help videos that will be launched over the coming weeks and months.

Philip Fanthom (Managing Director, Jenrick IT) commented;

“We are delighted that Marc agreed to work with us on these videos. It is great to have experts in our corner such as 1st Option. Personally, I have found them to be extremely knowledgeable with a very good customer ethic. Marc has the ability to cut threw the jargon normally associated with accountants and talk to me in plain English”

In this first video, Marc gives and overview on the benefits of being a limited company contractor:

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Jenrick IT reports continued growth projections for Q1

The specialist IT recruitment company, Jenrick IT is very buoyant having already achieved above forecast numbers on both contract and permanent recruits for February 2010, pitching Q1 as the best quarter for over 18 months.

Philip Fanthom (Managing Director – Jenrick IT) commented:

“Our year has started tremendously well, even better that our ultra-optimistic hopes. The amazing thing is the pace in which clients are recruiting contractors. In addition, we have seen a welcome return of permanent recruitment demand, with IT firmly back on the strategic agenda for many of our clients as they look to gain innovative advantage over their competitors”

Jenrick IT’s start to the year has been reflected across the industry as demonstrated in a recent report in Recruitment Today: (more…)

Jenrick CPI is reporting a large increase in the demand for IT professionals within the Testing Arena in and around the Greater London Area, in particular within Financial Services.

Matt Hancock comments:
“Although there has been an obvious slow down in the number of roles released to the market most of our clients are still looking to ship development projects planned throughout 2008. Project delivery is still of extreme importance to many of our clients and the launch of various development projects and new application releases are considered extremely important to remain competitive throughout the rest of 2009 and moving into 2010.

We’ve had multiple requirements for Testers on both the permanent and contract side and are looking for a variety of skillsets such as functional testers, non functional testers, system testers, performance testers, regression testers, penetration testers, technical testers and UAT testers.” (more…)

In these days of ever increasing dependency on the Internet it is important to remember that ‘personal contact’ is still imperative to maintain success – building up and retaining personal business relationships by regular phone calls and meetings is the key to developing and more importantly, retaining valuable business relationships and partnerships. (more…)

I was reading The Sunday Times this weekend and one particular article really reminded me of a subject that Ade McCormack touched upon during his presentation at our recent IOD event – Work / Life Integration, which is to be the focal topic of our forthcoming Whitepaper. (more…)

Jenrick CPI has just released its first, in a series, of I.T. Whitepapers targeting issues afffecting anyone involved within the IT sector. The first is titled ‘Winning the I.T. Talent War’ and addresses issues surrounding the recruitment and retention of I.T. Staff. (more…)

The IT world and in particular, IT Jargon and IT Terminology, seems to constantly change and if, like me you are on the periphery of IT departments and reliant on your IT contacts to keep you informed, it can be hard work to keep up. (more…)