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Contracting tends to attract driven people. You take on a role because you want to deliver, do a brilliant job, and go again on the next challenge. Here's what we've learned over the last 18 years of looking after contractors in Ireland, though. Your days are full and your lives are busy, and for the length of every contract your focus is on one thing: delivering your services into the project in front of you. The last thing you want after all that is to come home and start doing your own accounts.

We've reached the halfway point of the year, and if you're like most contractors, the last six months have flown by. Between contracts, deadlines and the day-to-day of running your own business, it's easy to put your own finances on the long finger. But the middle of the year is the ideal time to pause, take stock, and make sure everything is still working as hard as it should be for you.

With Icon Accounting, you get access to iPerks, a client exclusive rewards platform packed with real savings on the things you actually spend money on. This summer, that includes some of the best travel, lifestyle and leisure deals of the year.