Ex-DWP IT contractor wins IR35 case appeal against HMRC

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ISSUE DATE: 18 May 2018 TOP STORIES Ex-DWP IT contractor wins IR35 case appeal against HMRC Tribunal judge rules terms of contractor's engagement with the Department for Work and Pensions means HMRC was wrong to pursue a £26,000 claim for unpaid income tax and national insurance contributions. READ MORE → DWP IT engineering is ‘dysfunctional’ and lacks ‘ability to deliver’, claims report Internal report produced for DWP CTO details challenges faced by department in moving to more agile ways of working. READ MORE → GlaxoSmithKline R&D creates data platform using Hadoop for the internal sharing of scientific data GlaxoSmithKline is making better use of the data it has about the development and trials of medicines through a Hadoop-based platform. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Why Microsoft's AI is about helping anyone's intelligent agent Microsoft believes businesses need to be connected to AI innovation. The way it wants to achieve this is through its AI platform for developers.  READ MORE → Blockchain technology lacks enough use cases to be disruptive, says Worldpay Worldpay's Jason Scott-Taggart says although the company is looking at blockchain, there are too few strong use cases for the technology at present. READ MORE → Interxion expands colocation footprint in Marseille with second datacentre opening Carrier-neutral colocation provider Interxion has opened the first phase of its second datacentre in Marseille, as the demand for lower-latency cloud connections to Africa and beyond grows. READ MORE → UK tech sector growing 2.6 times faster than overall economy The latest Tech Nation report on the UK’s IT sector reveals strong growth and positivity, but fears around Brexit in London’s tech engine. READ MORE →

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