Umbrella company contractors working in the manufacturing sector may be pleased to learn that new lucrative opportunities may soon be available with Stagecoach.

IT contractors may be pleased to learn that Tata Consultancy Services intends to hire around 1,500 British IT staff in 2012

An increasing number of Brits, including umbrella company contractors, seek a better work-life balance, according to a recent survey by Robert Half International.

Do we really need to bribe companies to help young people find work? The Government obviously thinks so and Nick Clegg intends to offer organisations more than £2,000 for each unemployed youth they place in education or employment.

Umbrella contractors have no doubt been keeping a lookout for warning signs that the UK economy is slipping back into recession.

SMEs are becoming increasingly pessimistic about their long-term future, according to a recent report by an associate professor of enterprise from Warwick Business School.

IT umbrella company contractors are well placed to weather the jobs storm, according to the results of a recent survey by the CIPD.

Umbrella company contractors who had been hoping to benefit from more government contracts are disappointed that major corporations are still getting the bulk of the work.

No sooner has the furore surrounding Mr Lester died down, it now transpires that the Department of Health has been paying 25 senior members of staff through limited companies. In fact more than £4 million has been paid out in this way.

IT contractors may be interested to learn which skills are currently in short supply in the IT sector.

Contractors may be interested to learn that interim managers working in financial services have been enjoying lucrative pay rates over the last six months.

IT contractors may wonder why most of Whitehall’s IT projects are running behind schedule when the government employs 8,000 IT staff.