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That’s why we are committed to helping our clients and candidates stay ahead of the curve by providing timely key information, advice, and guidance on best practice. We firmly believe that in informed, connected, and engaged community, paves the way to success.

IR35

  • IT Contractor Talent - IR35 & Remote Working

    A guide to contractor expectations around IR35 and remote working.

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  • Assessing IR35 Correctly: Dos and Don'ts

    How to correctly assess IR35 status to avoid financial and legal action.

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  • IR35: Preparing Your Business

    IR35 is coming in April 2021. Prepare your business with Maxwell Bond at no risk to you.

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Cyber

  • Building & Maturing Greenfield Cyber Functions

    An overview of what the priorities should be for professionals entering a new role or entering a greenfield cyber function.

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  • Cyber Security 2021: SIEM, Managed SOC & Embedded Testing

    An overview of Managed SOCs and SIEMS and the role they will play moving forwards in cyber security.

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  • Cyber Security, Encryption, and Cross-Site Scripting

    An overview of encryption, cross-site scripting (XSS), and cryptography to help businesses improve cyber security and reduce cyber risks through system hardening.

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  • Steven Jagger and Cyber Security in 2020

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  • Paul Vlissidis and Cyber Security in 2020

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  • Mike Koss and Cyber Security in 2020

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  • GCHQ and Cyber Security in 2020

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News

  • Mindset, Attitude, & Resilience (GOOD NEWSLetter)

    Damian Hughes, Martin Murphy, and Ian Hammersley shares key leadership, mindset, and resilience advice and guidance for businesses during COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Security, Furlough, and Business Support from Andy Burnham (GOOD NEWSletter)

    Our third GOOD NEWSletter explores how local councils are fighting to support businesses, and best practices around furloughing staff.

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  • Psychometric Testing, Remote Onboarding, and Leadership

    Our second GOOD NEWSletter explores the rise of psychometric testing, the importance of effective leadership. and how businesses can hire through lockdown.

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  • Positive News and Business Solutions during COVID-19

    Take a break from bad news with our package of positivity, which provides working solutions and tips to thrive despite the pandemic.

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Product

  • Building Outcome Based Product Roadmaps

    A guide to building outcome based product roadmaps.

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  • Become a Great Product Manager in 6 Months

    Elicia Hermitt, our Product Specialist for the Berlin market, explores how Junior Product professionals can become exceptional Product Managers in just 6 months.

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  • Prioritisation in Product Management

    Your essential guide to prioritisation in Product Management.

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  • Product Onboarding for Developers, Team Topologies and Scrum Teams

    After an informative roundtable session with NW Development Leads, we summarise the key points around Product Onboarding, Team Topologies and Scrum Teams.

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  • Championing the Product Market with Praneet Chandra

    Praneet Chandra discusses the emerging product market, his career, and how to start a career in Product.

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  • Building High Performing Product Teams with Adam Warburton

    Adam Warburton is joined by a host of Product Leaders from around the UK to share knowledge, experience, and methods of growing efficient product teams.

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Business & HR

  • Advocating Work Life Balance and Culture as Technical Leaders

    How can technical leaders and managers advocate for healthy work life balance when they themselves often find that they are working late? Find out more about cultivating a flexible culture in the download.

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  • Working from Home: Four Simple Steps to Maximise Productivity

    Maxwell Bond shares their four simple steps to maximise efficiency and productivity when working from home.

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  • Remote Hiring, Onboarding, and Management

    Support, advice, and best practices to drive business growth through remote hiring, onboarding, and team management.

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  • A Guide to Leadership and Management

    Leadership and Management advice and coaching from Damian Hughes, Martin Murphy, and Martin Robert Hall.

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  • Building High Performing Teams with Tom Hoyland

    Tom Hoyland, Sky Betting and Gaming, shares advice on how to build, grow, and manage high performing agile teams.

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  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources

    Lockdown, remote working and isolation has been tough for many people, which is why we have pulled together articles to inspire ideas to manage and care for your wellbeing.

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Cloud & DevOps

  • Cloud Monitoring, Security and CI/CD Tooling

    The best way to monitor, secure, and optimise your cloud network in AWS and Azure.

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  • Clash of Cloud and Serverless Tech: AWS vs Azure vs GCP

    Andy Norton (Footasylum), Dave Mason (LADbible), and Paul Maddocks discuss which cloud platform or serverless technology is best in the areas of security, cost, containerisation, and toolkits.

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  • Cloud & DevOps 2020 - The Whitepaper

    Senior Cloud Leaders discuss prominent issues, challenges, and solutions in Cloud and Devops including delivery and quality control, remote team management, cost management and psychological safety.

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Careers and Recruitment

  • Lindsey Casey - A Career Journey

    Lindsey Casey discusses her career in technology and shares her challenges, successes, and reflections on her story so far.

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  • Dawn Sherwood on Leadership, Diversity and Drive

    Dawn Sherwood, Product Director at Intechnica, shares her career journey and reflects on the challenges she faced on the way and how she overcame them.

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  • Caz Farrell Journey Lines

    Caz Farrell talks about her career journey and shares reflections on her experiences.

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Diversity and Inclusion

  • Technical Leaders on Culture and Diversity

    Diversity and Inclusion are hot topics across most businesses and sectors, but many business' struggle to implement practical steps to create and maintain a diverse and inclusive culture. Find out more about improving your D&I naturally here.

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  • Empowering Diversity with Caz Farrell

    Caz bravely shares the highs and the lows of her journey as a woman in technology and her advice to others who are starting in the industry who might be facing similar adversity.

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  • Empower - The Whitepaper

    Diversity in the tech sector is improving slowly, however, there is still a long way to go. A diverse workforce has been proven to improve productivity, creativity, company culture, and problem solving, and should be prioritised.

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Project

  • Project Management with Peter Taylor

    Award winning author and Project Manager, Peter Taylor discusses best practices, tips, and tricks for effective project management.

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  • Agile Project Delivery

    Four thought leaders, Simon Knaggs, Sean Cowan, Ben Maffin, and Marc Nevins, discuss Agile Project Delivery, it's relevance in the current pandemic, how it has adapted and evolved, and its relationship with waterfall delivery.

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Software Development

  • Hiring and Retaining Developers with a True Engineering Mindset

    Hiring and retaining exceptional software developers who have a true passion for engineering and problem solving.

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  • Tech Tests: Valuable Tool or Talent Deterrent

    Are technical tests really helping businesses hire the right candidates or are they putting off exceptional talent?

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  • Managing State in Modern Software Applications

    State management is fundamental to software devlelopment teams in delivering projects, but how can businesses ensure effective state management is implemented to ensure seamless delivery.

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  • Remote Collaboration and Pair Programming

    A guide for business leaders on how to collaborate and pair programme when working from home as well as remote team management tips.

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  • Software Development: Understanding React Fiber

    Kannan Ganesan talks us through the React Fiber software and how it will impact businesses and delivery within the software development space.

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  • Polyglot vs. Problem Solvers in Software Development

    Dmitry Kmita, Software Engineering Manager at Moonpig, discusses what it means to be a polyglot and whether this is always the best course to take.

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  • Identifying Great Developers

    How do businesses differentiate between a good developer and a great developer?

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Germany

  • In Demand Skills in Berlin Startups

    Technology jobs in Berlin are plentiful, but what are the most in demand skills that start up businesses are looking for?

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  • Why Move to Berlin?

    Berlin has become a cultural hub and a huge attraction to young artists and entrepreneurs, but what is it that attracts people to the German capital?

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