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In the News – Our Press and Media Coverage
Mindful Contract Solutions help Digital Transformation Programme Leaders focus more on delivery and less on staffing. Our Director, Amit Kapoor, has been featured in Accountancy Age, NatWest Business Hub, Personnel Today and many others. For press opportunities please...
Digital Transformation Programmes: An interview with Nick McGrath
In August, Nick McGrath, Director of the MyCO Programme, spoke with Amit Kapoor (Director – Mindful Contract Solutions) to discuss how Digital Transformation programmes can be delivered right first time. The current backdrop of Covid-19, recession, Brexit and IR35...
Post April 2021, will the UK’s On-Demand Talent Pool cease to exist?
The #IR35 changes will heap cost and burden onto business, and restrict the UK's greatest competitive advantage - it's flexible labour market. A tweet from Andy Chamberlain, Deputy Director of Policy and External Affairs, IPSE, in 2018. Perhaps unsurprisingly, when...
Guidance for Nominated Workers: How to stay on the right side of IR35
As we approach the end of 2020, the April 2021 IR35 start date is beginning to loom on the horizon. Are you ready? To offer some extra guidance the Tax Centre of Excellence (CoE) recently refreshed its IR35 Assessment Guidance for off-payroll working in the...
What they don’t tell you in the G-Cloud Buyers’ Guide
We liken the Digital Marketplace to Amazon. It is the best place to buy services as it has a database of thousands of suppliers for buyers to choose from. However, there is a limitation of G-Cloud search. The search results have to be brought down to 30 before...
G-Cloud Buyers’ Guide – How to buy Services on the Digital Marketplace
The Digital Marketplace is the public sector's equivalent of Amazon. Whilst many other frameworks have a restricted set of suppliers, G-Cloud has a database of thousands of suppliers for buyers to choose from. Through the Digital Marketplace, you search, select...
Interim Agency Margin: Can it be avoided?
If you receive a compelling service, it is perfectly fine to pay an interim agency margin. However, interim agency margins are a fee that almost no one likes to pay! This is because it’s a recurring fee that clients and contractors believe gets them absolutely no...
Getting Digital Transformation programmes right first time – Part 3
In August, Nick McGrath, Director of the MyCO Programme, spoke with Amit Kapoor (Director – Mindful Contract Solutions) to discuss how Digital Transformation programmes can be delivered right first time. The current backdrop of Covid-19, recession, Brexit and IR35...