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| The most comprehensive set of interim managers' resources on the Internet |
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Category |
Description |
| Competex | Administration | A complete accounting and administration package for interim managers and management consultants leaving them free to concentrate on their clients whilst we look after the paperwork. |
| Orange & Gold | Administration | Orange & Gold is a leading provider of high quality managed payrolling solutions developed exclusively for contractors. With over 5,000 contractors on their database, they manage the business transactions of freelance professionals who work both inside and outside IR35 legislation. |
| Businessballs.com | Advice | Free materials, articles, and ideas for ethical personal and organizational development, compassionate leadership, self-help and self-fulfillment. |
| Checklist | Advice | A useful checklist for working with new clients. Provided by George Sadler |
| clearlybusiness.com | Advice | Online resource for people running a business. |
| Deciding factor | Advice | Interim
and contract personnel almost always compete for a role and your CV is what
determines whether you are selected for interview and can be the deciding
factor as to whether or not you face downtime between assignments. Courtesy of David Birnie of Campion Wilcocks Ltd. |
| Clive Sexton's blog | Advice | Clive Sexton's blog. Insight from an interim management expert. |
| Free business tools | Advice | Loads of free business tools on the website of IMN founder Julian Wellings. |
| Getting started | Advice | Some tips and advice for new interim managers by Paul Wilson. |
| How do I succeed as an interim manager | Advice | Some excellent tips from Alium Partners |
| Interims vs Consultants | Advice | This page compares the attributes of interim managers and management consultancy. Courtesy of BIE Interim. |
| Setting up | Advice | Some great advice from Paul Wilson. |
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Business
Cards |
Design your
own business cards online at very low prices. Nb. Don't go for the free
offer as the cards have an advert on the back. |
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| Data Deposit Box | Data back up | Data Deposit Box is one of the best data back up services available. On line real time back up, easy restore and version control. |
| Business Bullshit Generator | Humour | Forget the MBA, this Business Bullshit Generator will take you to the top. Unlike other bullshit generators on the web which use random words joined together, this site uses actual phrases used in management meetings across the UK. |
| Key Trade MSL | Insurance (Legal) | Provides legal costs, expenses and accountants fees to represent the policyholder in the event of an in-depth investigation by the Inland Revenue or HM Customs and Excise. |
| Dallas Kirkland | Insurance (PI) | Dallas Kirkland have designed a specialist insurance package, underwritten by ACE Europe, to provide protection and peace of mind for individual contractors. |
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Mail outs
(e-mail) |
This software
is free "for non commercial use" and allows mail merging and
address validation. |
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Marketing |
Free online
directory which allows you to search potential clients by sector and region. |
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Networking |
Business
advice online. |
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Networking |
Website for
UK business clubs. |
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Networking |
Business
Link |
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Networking |
BNI provides
a structured and supportive system of giving and receiving business. |
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| Business Referral Exchange | Networking | Business Referral Exchange. Local branches with weekly meetings to facilitate referrals. |
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Networking |
Chambers
of Commerce across the UK. |
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Networking |
Enterprise
Network in association with the Sunday Times. Some useful case studies
and forums. You need to register as a guest to use it. |
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Networking |
The IOIM
website. |
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Networking |
Institute
of Management Consultants. |
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| Interim Management Dining Club | Networking | Formed in December 2003, not necessarily as an appreciation of good food and wine (which, of course, we aim to provide), but rather as a rare opportunity to meet fellows in sumptuous surroundings in a delightful atmosphere, in place of the usual dull ‘seminars’. Here one can meet with colleagues and counterparts within the interim management industry with plenty of time for informal chats and debate. |
| Linked Interims | Networking | The only global interim network. An opportunity to swap notes and opportunities and share resources. |
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Networking |
Office of
government commerce. |
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| Presentation | Networking | Gill King's networking presentation, reproduced with permission. Website: King Associates |
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Providers |
The Interim
Management Association - consists of some of the UK's leading interim
management providers. |
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| Free Software Directory | Software | An extensive list of free software provided by the Free Software Foundation. |
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Tax |
Accounting
Web IR35 zone, look in "News & Info" menu option |
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Tax |
Inland Revenue
IR35 Section |
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Tax |
An invaluable
resource for up to the minute developments on IR35. |
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| IR35 Detailed Links | Tax | Detailed links to the IR web site covering all aspects of IR35. Courtesy of Lime-IT.com. |
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Tax |
Formed in
May 1999 to provide independent contractors and consultants with a representative
voice in opposition to the original IR35 proposals. |
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Tax |
The PCG's
IR 35 section. |
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| Interim Assignment | Training | Interim Assignment was founded to help interim managers/consultants win lucrative assignments. They achieve this through a range of highly relevant and practical tools, publications, workshops and one to one coaching. |
| Interim Manager training course | Training | Aster Interim provide one of the few specialist training courses aimed at aspiring interim managers from all backgrounds, occupations and disciplines. |
| Wipe your hard disc | Wipe your hard disc | Wiping computer data from a hard drive is not an easy task. A common assumption is that deleting or formatting a hard drive will be enough but in fact the data is still recoverable. Failure to wipe your data from a redundant PC is now a common cause of identity theft. howtowipeyourdrive.com has some great links to free software which will securely erase your hard drive. |