Bench Direct

26/08/2021

It's and at Bench.Direct we are celebrating our love of dogs. We love them so much we even have a page dedicated to them on our website and as well as all the other contractors, even the K-9's are vetted and checked (but not quite in the same way) the ones owned by the team are welcome in the office and are available for walks, cuddles and generally any "tasks" that may help the team and their wellbeing. We also are committed to donating a % of our fee to local dog charities.
https://bench.direct/k-9/

Please meet the Bench.Direct K-9’s. All experts in their particular fields gained from various households and life experience. Available for walks, fuss, treats. Day/hourly rates upon application, or sometimes free if they are misbehaving! More K-9 members will be added soon……. When any contra...

09/08/2021

Digital strategy and transformation, something that has become more common place since the start of COVID-19 than ever before. A solid digital strategy will help you outline and create a clear path to strategic goals. It will also help you determine benchmarks to hit, and the tactics that will lead you to success. What you also need is someone to lead the charge to help you get there. One of our contractors has recently finished a large digital strategy project for a borough council and is now available for their next "thing". If you are looking for a contractor who has a wealth of experience, proven success and is just an all round great person then get in touch with us [email protected]
Browse. Click. Chat. Hire. https://bench.direct/aboutus/
All our contractors are pre-interviewed, vetted and checked before they hit our site.

Bench Direct are IT contract specialists making hiring your next IT contractor simple. Bench Direct have some of the top freelance IT contractors available.

19/07/2021

Organisations struggling to identify or prevent ransomware attacks
A report from Trend Micro suggests that 50% of firms don’t have the capability to prevent or detect ransomware attacks. It says that many have difficulty identifying activities which may suggest that their networks have been compromised.
The report further suggests that 40% of organisations could struggle to implement mitigation methods even after falling victim to an attack. Time to look at your cybersecurity?
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/report/weekly-threat-report-16th-july-2021

The NCSC's weekly threat report is drawn from recent open source reporting.

15/06/2021

Yet another IT contractor has chosen to become part of Bench Direct's carefully curated group of IT contractors. May we introduce you to Bob. Bob specialises in IT governance at enterprise and project level, providing guidance and support in the assessment and management of technology risk, audit preparation and ex*****on, IT compliance, security and education. He is also an excellent educator and mentor and takes great pleasure in passing on his pragmatic approach to IT. He calls this ! (Offering this on a fractional basis.) Questions? Get in touch with us at [email protected]
Browse. Select. Chat. Hire.

Indicative day rate £850. Geo – UK, EMEA & Remote. Bob specialises in IT governance at enterprise and project level, providing guidance and support in the assessment and management of technology risk, audit preparation and ex*****on, IT compliance, security and education. With a career spanning 4...

17/05/2021

Interesting study by the WHO around working hours. Do you do too much? Is it "expected"? Is it actually worth it?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57139434

The World Health Organization says the trend may worsen due to the coronavirus pandemic.

05/03/2021

Good news on a cold Friday, we're celebrating. Chris is off the Bench.
He will be gainfully employed in a 3 month contract from the end of this month in a sector he really wanted to get in to but hadn't been able to crack, so we helped him. Client liked the profile, trusted our process and ethos so after a half hour chat with Chris, he was offered the contract. Couldn't be simpler.
We're incredibly pleased for him, he's been a pleasure to deal with. He's a top contractor, really great guy and we know he will be a real asset to the company he is going to. If you're in the market for a Project Manager, we have more like Chris....simply email [email protected]. We're here if you need us.
As promised, we will donate a % of our fee to local dog charities. It's a win win all round.

Geo – UK Wide & Remote. I have extensive experience of managing projects from ‘cradle-to-grave’ both from Bid – baselining schedules, resources, dependencies, risk & opportunity planning and budgets. Finalising and presenting associated business case to senior team. Also project delivery thr...

01/03/2021

If you're an IT Project Manager looking for some interim work and want to work for a lovely healthcare company then get in touch. Our sister company has a client that's looking so we are helping out! Approx £250 per day. This is a remote based role. Email [email protected] for more information.

01/03/2021

If you're an IT Project Manager looking for some interim work for a lovely healthcare company then get in touch. Our sister company has a client that's looking so we are helping out! Approx £250 per day. Email [email protected] for more information.

26/02/2021

Good news!! If you are in the market for a top and respected Programme Director then Rachel may be just who you are looking for. Rachel has just come back on to the Bench and comes with depth and breadth of experience, recommendations, an incredible track record and is available now. https://bench.direct/staff/programme-director/rachel/
Just get in touch with us and we can connect the two of you (no sales "patter" involved and that's a promise)
The Bench.Direct team are always available for a call if there are any of our contractors you would like to hire. Pre-interviewed, pre-checked, proven.
[email protected]
(not has you know it)

Indicative day rate £1,075. Geo – UK Wide & Remote. Also available for part time and fractional contracts. I work with clients to help them to clarify and agree critical business issues, scope how to address those issues and to implement the solutions that they have developed with my support. For...

09/02/2021

Anyone who has spoken to someone at Bench will probably be aware we love dogs (and most animals to be fair).... we even have a K-9 page on our website https://bench.direct/k-9/
An article in January on BBC news around "pandemic puppies" is quite distressing reading. It's also been one of the worst times for dog thefts. Of course, there are people who get a dog who then find themselves in an untenable situation and have to give it up, but, many just underestimate what getting a dog entails. Numbers of enquiries to rehoming centres and charities from people looking to get their dog rehomed has gone up up significantly. Dogs Trust received over 1,800 enquiries from people looking to rehome their dogs in the 3 months leading up to December all looking to give up dogs under the age of one and between December 27 and December 28 alone, they received 114 calls about giving up dogs, with 19 of these being puppies under nine-months-old.
With the above in mind we have decided that a % from our fee (excluding K-9's!!) when a contractor is booked through us will be donated to local dog charities. Our contractors aren't for life ( !?) but a dog should be.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55719338

Lockdown seemed like the perfect time to get a dog, but for some, the excitement turned into regret.

03/02/2021

Don't undervalue how much you are worth or what you can bring. At Bench.Direct we have a group of carefully curated contractors who know theirs, as do we. Can one of them help you bring that added "piece" you may be missing right now? https://bench.direct/

27/01/2021

Who would have thought that not only is Wallingford (where we are based) ahead of the trend with a non-traditional and innovative way to recruit top IT Contractors but one of our local supermarkets is also leading the way to buy goods "unpacked". Waitrose has become the first national UK supermarket to integrate unpacked items into regular aisles at its Wallingford store! Must be something in the water here!!
https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2021/1/26/waitrose-unpacked-moves-up-a-gear-and-achieves-supermarket-first

Waitrose has become the first national UK supermarket to integrate unpacked items into its regular aisles at its store in Wallingford Oxfordshire.