Promised simplification of the UK’s tax regime and financial incentives for small businesses are two key notes arising out of the eagerly awaited Emergency Budget. The rest is “TBA” with technical details to be fleshed out later. In the SME IT arena the Budget Report indicates tax breaks around Intellectual Property and R&D tax credits. [...]
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A seminar on How Agencies Work as well as a workshop on CV Writing Tips and Techniques will be held on Thursday March 18th at the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London. See below for more details, or to register interest in attending and reserve a place, then email register@7c-alliance.com Background Mark Compton, from [...]
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A colleague of mine was recently wondering how to stay positive when they had been looking for work for awhile, especially considering the current economic climate. They also wondered about the best way to secure that elusive offer. Hmmm, these are tough questions, but speaking from my personal experience as a ‘professional job hunter’ (and [...]
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The next monthly London IT Contractors Meetup is all set to go. It will be held next Thursday the 12th of November commencing at 6:30pm in Bar Blue at Vinopolis, situated on London’s South Bank (a short walk from London Bridge rail and tube station). The evening will include a short talk on how to [...]
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At the recently held 7C Alliance Job SAW event, I presented a workshop on the Top 5 Challenges in applying for jobs online and the challenges that IT contractors face in getting through to the end-client and to interviews. Presentation background These challenges are from a number of market observations gathered by Matt Miller in [...]
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Introduction and Background to IF workshops First off, we hope you like the Yoda-style heading to this blog!! Indeed, the intention of doing that is to announce the force that we are seeking to bring together for helping 7C Alliance members – and UK’s independent IT contractors and IT consultants at large – better understand [...]
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Job Search Analysis Week (Job SAW) is a new concept of event that 7C Alliance piloted on Thursday 10th September 2009 in West London and which, despite short notice to hold it, had full attendance at every workshop presented. It is an event that involves a series of small workshops where presenters are organised to [...]
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About The Monthly Meetup The LITCAM Monthly Meetup is a regular monthly ** free ** and informal networking event, currently scheduled for every second Thursday of the month in Central London. It is one where the IT industry business associates and colleagues of IT Contractors – such as IT contract recruiters, IT training companies, Job [...]
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Welcome to the 7C Alliance Blog space. This is where information on contracting for public and private viewing can be posted. Publicly accessible information is for Members to share details with the wide world of contracting and can include profiles and contact details as well as white papers. Private information will be between 7C Alliance [...]
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