Contracting direct with Company

[Old Greg]

Either you or the client. If the client rarely takes on someone direct, then I'd try and do it yourself. PCG and QDOS have samples to use.

Most clients pay slower than an agency.
What about it?

The only time I went direct (except for one or two very small pieces of work done on an email and a handshake) was with a client who had never used a direct contractor. We used the PCG template, which I said were my standard term and conditions.

[aoxomoxoa]

Hi guys,

I have been offered a 3 month contract with a company that I did a 3 month contract stint with last year. Now is it a simple and respected process to do this without going through an agency?

Who draws up a contract?
Are there any negatives?
What about IR35?
Am I missing anything?

I'm pretty new to this game so any help will be massively appreciated.

I am a member of the PCG.


Thanks in advance!

You should check whether your contract through the agent last year included an exclusivity clause, and if so how long the exclusivity period is. Otherwise you might find yourself obliged to pay the agent his cut regardless of having gone direct.

[Old Greg]

You should check whether your contract through the agent last year included an exclusivity clause, and if so how long the exclusivity period is. Otherwise you might find yourself obliged to pay the agent his cut regardless of having gone direct.

Or you might find yourself obliged to have an argument about why you're not obliged to pay the agent his cut regardless of having the clause in the contract.

[Ticktock]

Or you might find yourself obliged to have an argument about why you're not obliged to pay the agent his cut regardless of having the clause in the contract.

I believe what OG may be referring to is the fact that most agents put in a standard exclusion term of 12 months, regardless of the length of the actual contract, and more often than not these would be unenforceable as they would be seen as an unreasonable restraint of trade.

[Wanderer]

where is their forum? Can't find it :/

PCG forum?

Grab a copy of the PCG's standard template contract and get this submitted to the client ASAP. Stumping up with your own terms of business will head off them producing their own dodgy ones full of stupid clauses that you have to argue the point over.

[malvolio]

PCG forum?

Grab a copy of the PCG's standard template contract and get this submitted to the client ASAP. Stumping up with your own terms of business will head off them producing their own dodgy ones full of stupid clauses that you have to argue the point over.

Why use the standard one when there's a fully-configured direct-to-client one?