May 2009: Yorview Director Tim Hunter has joined the Consultative Council of the Professional Contractor’s Group (PCG).

The PCG is an independent not-for-profit professional association.  Its mission is representing, supporting and promoting the freelance community, with specific attention to the needs of those freelancers who are members of PCG. The PCG aims to be the ultimate authority on the issues that affect the freelance community and strive for freelancing to be valued and respected as a legitimate option and a vital force for the UK economy. 

Politicians and others in the policy world tend to think and act in terms of “employees” and “employers”. The one in seven UK workers who have chosen to work for themselves, have hitherto been largely invisible to policy makers.  It is this lack of understanding of this sector that has led to punitive stealth taxation such as IR35 and S660A.

Tim said ‘I am pleased to be selected for the PCG Consultative Council and I look forward to helping the PCG promote the interests of Independent Freelance Contractors, and press for reform in areas like off-shoring and stealth taxation.’

‘I also believe we need reform of the recruitment agency sector which I believe is perpetuating narrow job titles which is making things difficult for highly experienced ‘all-rounders’ like myself. Finally, I’d like to press for IT quality standards in the UK to be maintained. We must not allow standards to be compromised by moving away from micro-managed Testing processes towards more ‘forgiving’ high level quality certification.’